Recipes

This easy, healthy Pea Salad recipe is a tasty appetizer to bring to your next potluck or family gathering! Made with green peas, bacon, red onion, and cheddar cheese, plus a lightened up creamy dressing, it comes together in under 15 minutes!  Spring is officially here, and I say bring on all the spring recipes, like this Pea Salad!  Any recipe that can be made in 15 minutes from start to finish is my kind of recipe. Typically my go-to is this cannellini bean salad because it's light, flavorful and quick to prepare. This pea salad fits right into that category as...

15 Sodium Rich Foods – Benefits & Risks Blog - HealthifyMe Blog - HealthifyMe - The definitive guide to weight loss, fitness and living a healthier life. Sodium is present in almost everything you eat and drink. It may be present naturally in various foods or supplemented with many foods during production. The most common form of sodium that we consume in our daily lives is salt, 40% sodium and 60% chloride. People use it in both home and restaurant cooking as a flavouring ingredient. For a long time, salt has been associated with hypertension, which causes damage to the...

ALDI Finds for the week of 3/29/23 include treats for your sweet tooth, seafood for your Friday, goods to get you gardening, and more. Check out this week’s picks below, and let me know what you want to Find! [TAG0] Let’s have dessert first this time, shall we? Because the frozen Specially Selected spring macarons are out this week, at $5.29 per 12 ct box. [TAG1] Also in the freezer section: These Sundae Shoppe Fusion ice cream bars worked out so well for me yesterday! They’re listed in this latest 3/29 ad at $3.49 a box, but my store had some left...

Spring is a great time to kickstart a health plan. Think about what you’ve been doing to help yourself thrive as you age. If nothing comes to mind, nutrition is always a good place to begin. The right nutrition will set you up for better sleep, energy and clarity so that you can move freely, be social and give yourself the best chance to keep illness and disease at a distance. If disease has already entered your life, what better reason to try to improve the way you feel and make the best of any condition. Detoxing or Not At...

I hope these weekly dinner menus have been inspiring you because I’m feeling SO freaking inspired lately. I’ve been shopping more local, like going to our local fish market, and picking items based solely on what looks best. Instead of turning to what feels most comfortable since I make the same things most weeks, I’m pushing myself out of my comfort zone and falling in love with food in a whole new way. On Friday, I took Avery to the fish market and the fish monger said the halibut was super fresh, so I bought that! I’m always intimidated with...