Italian Pork Stuffed Peppers
4 red bell peppers: Slice off the top of the peppers and remove the seeds and ribs. Place cut side down on parchment paper covered cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 20 min. When the peppers are raw they will not give when you squeeze them. When they’re done they’llContinue Reading
Fertility, Pregnancy and Postpartum Book Recommendations
Fertility-related books Awakening Fertility: The Essential Art of Preparing for Pregnancy Beautiful Babies: Nutrition for Fertility, Pregnancy, Breastfeeding and Baby’s First Foods Taking Charge of your Fertility How to Conceive Naturally and Have a Healthy Pregnancy after 30 Woman Code: Perfect your Cycle, Amplify your Fertility, Supercharge your Sex DriveContinue Reading
Exposing the Harm of Diet Culture (and How to Overcome it)
Diet Culture is toxic. Now that that’s out of the way, let’s dive deeper. To me, “diet culture” doesn’t encompass everyone who talks about food or gives food recommendations. After all, food is medicine and can be used therapeutically to prevent or reverse disease in many cases. BUT there areContinue Reading
Creamy Mushroom Soup (DF, GF)
(Dairy Free and Gluten Free) Serves 4 (In theory). 2 tbsp cooking fat of choice, divided 1 medium onion, chopped 5 cloves garlic, minced 2 pounds sliced mushrooms (baby bellas), divided 1/8 tsp black pepper 1 tsp salt 1 can full fat coconut milk (I like Thai Kitchen) 3 cupsContinue Reading
Why Stomach Acid is Good for You: A Book Review
Why Stomach Acid is Good For You: Natural Relief from Heartburn, Indigestion, Reflux and GERD (Click the link above to grab this book!) I remember previously reading related articles and hearing podcast hosts recite the benefits of stomach acid, but this book has shed a bright light on how integralContinue Reading
5 Ways to Stop Heartburn Before it Starts
Let’s talk HEARTBURN . SO many people suffer from acid reflux, and SO many of those people resort to OTC or prescription pills to manage it. It can be killer during pregnancy, especially once the babe starts taking up a lot of room. There has got to be a betterContinue Reading
Cycle Phases and Ovulation
The menstrual cycle has 4 phases: the follicular phase, the ovulatory phase, the luteal phase and the menstrual phase. Below, I will break down the average lengths, the hormone activity and the effects on your mood and lifestyle that each phase is likely to have. I even address which foodsContinue Reading
Kitchen Sink Chicken Soup!
Kitchen Sink Chicken Soup! This ended up being Chicken Vegetable Orzo Soup, but honestly it started out with “how many leftovers can I prevent from wasting today?” I’m including what I did here as a general idea of what you can do with leftovers so you don’t waste them! YouContinue Reading
Fat Doesn’t Make Us Fat
There is a wildly popular misconception that “if you eat fat, you’ll get fat.” This is an incredibly damaging myth based on reductive and blatantly false science, and it has actually contributed to the obesity epidemic. When the concept of fat making people fat became popular, there was a fundamentalContinue Reading
Shepherd’s Pie
I absolutely love Shepherd’s Pie! My favorite iteration includes bacon and is topped with a mixture of puréed cauliflower and white potatoes. This one is topped with all white potatoes, and it’s delish but the potatoes dry out a little in the fridge, so leftovers aren’t as amazing as theContinue Reading