Carbs are not the enemy!

As you hopefully know by now, after reading my article on carb cycling and hearing me talk about carbs in my diet, carbs are not the enemy. You just need to choose the right kinds, at the right time of day, and utilizing the carb rotation or cycle and you should NOT...

How do you cook your oatmeal?

Traci is on her way to becoming fabulously fit at 40 but she must start liking oats! Who doesn’t like oatmeal? As you know oatmeal is one of the many staples or “staple options” in our balanced lifestyle programs! From my experience, typically people...

Not so sweet, twice baked sweet potato

Sweet Potato Twice Baked–Not so Sweet ingredients: -4 medium sweet potatoes -1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil -pepper (to taste) -1/3 cup non fat sour cream -2 tbsp minced garlic -2 tbsp fresh parsley -3 scallions, sliced Preparation Pre-heat the oven to...

Quinoa Melody

1 cup quinoa, drained 2 cups water 1 tomato 1 large red bell pepper, chopped 1 large green bell pepper, chopped 1 cucumber, skinned and chopped 2 tbsp lime juice 1 tbsp low sodium soy sauce fresh parsley 2 cloves garlic, crushed pepper to taste 1 large purple onion,...