Recipes for a balanced life

Healthy Homemade Salad Dressing

Bring On The Flavor! Eating healthy should never be boring. In fact it should be just as flavorful, if not ...
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How To Make Great Healthy Grilled Vegetables

My favorite healthy way to eat almost any vegetable is grilled, its quick, easy and super tasty without adding a ...
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Nectarine Cucumber Summer Salad

One of my favorite easy healthy meals is a chopped vegetable & fruit salad topped with any grilled or roasted ...
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Cinnamon Coffee Cake Baked Oatmeal

Coffee Cake Baked Oatmeal? Ever since I was a child, I have loved coffee cakes and crumb cakes. My favorite ...
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Why We All Need Coaches

Back to the competition stage When I decided to step back on the fitness stage after a 20 year break ...
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Texas Caviar Inspired Black Bean Salad

I love Black Bean Salads (or any bean salad for that matter) I was first introduced to Texas Caviar black ...
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Roasted Cauliflower Tabouli

Roasted Cauliflower Tabouli This might be one of the best recipes I have ever developed- seriously! I'm so fn excited ...
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Banana Bread Protein Muffins

Banana Bread Protein Muffins Banana Bread Protein Muffins, specifically this recipe, are my latest go to carb & protein snack ...
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Healthy Fresh Herb Ranch Dip

A Healthy Dip Your Kids Will Love! This healthy herb ranch dip might be the best thing to ever happen ...
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Paleo Blueberry Muffins

Paleo Blueberry Muffins and Snowmobiling What do Paleo Blueberry Muffins have to do with snowmobiling? There are three things I ...
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Paleo Meatballs

These Paleo meatballs are little protein power bombs. They are gluten free, grain free and, if made with pasture raised ...
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Spaghetti Squash

Did you know that you get longer strands if you cut spaghetti squash horizontally instead of vertically? It's true, due ...
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Why I’m training for a fitness competition

My career in fitness Thirty years ago, in 1989, I began training for my first fitness show. Twenty years ago, ...
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Irish Soda Bread with Raisins & Caraway

One of my oldest and fondest childhood food memories is the first time that I was introduced to Irish Soda ...
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Quick Tomato Sauce

Until you taste this tomato sauce you cannot imagine how amazingly delicious it is! This super simple, quick sauce is ...
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Sweet Kitchen & Bar’s Classic Brownies

These are classic brownies that lean towards the fudgy side with just the right amount of cakeyness (is that a ...
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Rich Chocolate Paleo Brownies

These rich, delicious, intensely chocolaty, Paleo(ish) brownies are packed with nutritional goodness from raw cacao, coconut oil, maple syrup and ...
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Sturbridge Baking Company’s Chewy Brownies

This brownie recipe was a favorite with customers at my first bakery in Sturbridge Massachusetts; The Sturbridge Baking Company. Dense ...
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Perfectly Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes

For The Love of Pancakes Breakfast and brunch are my favorite meals to cook, to eat and to go out ...
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Gluten Free Buttermilk Pancakes

Gluten Free And Just As Good As The Original Brunch at Sweet was one of our most popular services and ...
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