Don’t Fear the Fish: 7 Easy Ways to Cook Stuff With Fins

I have grown to love fish over the years. And, unlike Erin, I’ve never been afraid of it. Granted, it hasn’t always been my favorite meat of choice, but I’ve definitely learned to embrace it as it’s such a lean and healthy protein option. And, seriously, I think fish offers as many or more ways to cook it as any other meat out [...]

Overcoming My Fish Fear

Hello, my name is Erin, and I’m afraid of fish. Hi, Erin!  I’ve always been a bit afraid of fish. If I’m in a lake, I’m afraid of being touched by one. If I’m in the ocean, I’m afraid of being eaten by a big one. If I’m in my kitchen, I’m afraid to cook one. [...]

Fit Gift Guide: 7 Gifts for the Healthy Foodie

Last week we hit you up with what will be a regular Monday feature from now until Christmas: our fit gift guides! Today, we’re taking a foodie twist on the usual gift guide. So if you’re a healthy food lover (can you say “wish list”?) or have one on your shopping list, read on for [...]

Nom Nom: The Eat-Clean Diet Vegetarian Cookbook

We may say that “diet is a four-letter word”, but let me get one thing straight: This dietbook/cookbook is not about deprivation. Nor is it anything to cuss at, unless, of course, you are like me and get kind of angry when you eat something really good and might drop an F-bomb in misguided delight. [...]

Vegetarian Recipe: The Carla Burger With Peach Pico de Gallo

Yesterday we got some fab healthy barbecue tips from Top Chef’s and ABC’s The Chew’s Carla Hall. Full of awesome ideas and Southern charm, today Carla is sharing one of her favorite recipes—which is appropriately called “The Carla Burger.” She worked with MorningStar Farms for the vegetarian recipe and says: “My spicy black bean burger has [...]

Chef Carla Hall’s Top Healthy Cooking and Barbecue Tips

The “official” season of barbecues may be over. But we say hogwash to that! Not only because saying “hogwash” is fun and makes us think of Harry Potter, which is, you know, pretty rad, but also because now that the temp is cooling down, being outside and cooking food is a super enjoyable way to [...]

Freezer Tips: Why Your Freezer Should Be Your Healthy Eating BFF

This post is a part of Back to Basics Week, a week where we share fabulous how-to and beginner’s content—like this post on freezer tips—to get you and your fitness kicked off and up for fall! Now that we’re into the throes of back-to-school madness, many of you are probably busier than you have been this [...]

10 Healthy Cooking Substitutions From Biggest Loser Author Devin Alexander

This post is a part of Back to Basics Week, a week where we share fabulous how-to and beginner’s content—like this post on healthy cooking substitutions from Devin Alexander—to get you and your fitness kicked up for fall!  Meet celebrity chef and author of The Biggest Loser Cookbook series, Devin Alexander. Devin knows healthy food. And when it comes [...]

Who’s on Erin’s Personal Health Professional Wish List?

A few weeks back, one of our fave bloggers Peanut Butter Fingers posed a really good question: If you could have any sort of personal health professional, who would you choose? Since last month we talked fitness bucket lists for our Question of the Week, this time, we decided to tackle this slightly different twist on our wish lists. Read [...]

Living the Cultured Food Life (Which Is Way More Tasty Than It Sounds)

Gather ’round FBGs! Today we want to talk about cultured food. Yes, “cultured food” may sound like the result of a science experiment or, worse yet, something grown inside that unmarked food container in the back of your fridge that at one time was edible leftovers. But cultured foods really aren’t gross at all. Okay, [...]

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