Week 11: Lettuce mix, carrots, red leaf lettuce, pea shoots, chrysanthemum leaves (shungiku), young garlic Week 12: Lettuce mix, purple carrots, red leaf lettuce, cilantro, rainbow chard, purslane Two new exciting greens to try these past two weeks, shungiku and purslane. I didn't get too creative with the purslane I just mixed it into my... Continue Reading →
CSA Week 7&8
Spring is officially in full swing and more veggies are sprouting; excited for the weeks to come. Week 7 keeping the green theme going. Leafy greens are the power house vegetable, packed with nutrients and vitamins that our bodies crave. There is some definite truth to the saying "Eat your greens" more so than "An apple a... Continue Reading →
Holy Mole
One of the things I love most about cooking is experimenting with recipes and making them fit my lifestyle. Another thing I love is Mexican food. My guilty pleasure are the chips and pico de gallo (they have to be thick cut though). Now I know this is more of an Americanized food, just as... Continue Reading →
Weekly Meal Prep: Recipes, Tips, and Tricks
Meal prep has been a major part of my weekend routine for almost a year now. There are so many ways to do meal prep, I cook my meals to completion and store them in the fridge to eat during the week. Other ways to do meal prep include freezer bags for Crock-Pot meals, prepping... Continue Reading →
My First Workshop
For the past 5 years I have been a client of Longevita Pilates in Auburn,WA. I have seen the studio grow from a small space offering Pilates and yoga; expanding to a space probably 10 times the size and incorporating hot yoga, barre, Zumba, boot camp, and TRX. I have been so lucky that as... Continue Reading →
What is P.R.E.P.?
While creating my Instagram account I was searching for a fun way to describe what I do and the focus of my photos. I knew that most of the pictures I posted would be centered around food, recipes, and my Sunday meal prepping extravaganzas. At the inception, I was following a primal diet inspired by... Continue Reading →
Becoming a Health Coach
If you read my first post you now know that I am a certified health and wellness coach through the Health Coach Institute. This has been an incredible journey, breaking me out of my comfort zone, meeting new friends all over the world, and learning a lot about myself in the process of helping others... Continue Reading →