Celebrating Your Uniqueness Doesn’t End With Food
June 19, 2013 by Intern
Filed under Featured, Motivation, Nosh, Nutrition, Weight Loss
Have you ever stood in the grocery store at a complete loss on where to go? If you swing by the veggies and fresh fruit section, you know you’re on the right track. Until…OMG, organic or homegrown? The meat department isn’t any better! Fish? Yeah, but which one has the most antioxidants? The most protein? [...]
5 Healthy Cooking Tips
Ever notice how all those celeb chefs on TV make healthy cooking look so effortless? Their kitchen isn’t cluttered with ingredients and dirty dishes; everything is already cut, measured and prepped, neatly lined up, making their cooking space just look so dang tidy. Your culinary attempts, however, leave your kitchen looking worse than Bourbon Street after Mardi Gras. What is [...]
Jazz Up Your Water With This Strawberry Lime Agua Fresca Recipe
Strawberries, strawberries, strawberries! They are the fruit du jour this time of year and totally delicious on their own. Or with a nice scoop of ice cream. But when used with a little lime, they can seriously not only perk up but also transform your water, making getting your hydration one heck of a delicious, healthy [...]
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 [...]
How to Make Your Own Protein Ice Cream
You guys already know that protein does wonders for your body…and your appetite, right? Each evening (okay—I’m a total addict), I make myself my very own version of protein ice cream to beat my sweet cravings and give my body something healthy to enjoy before I head to bed. This basic protein ice cream recipe only requires [...]
A Fit-Bottomed-Dude Approved Snack: Roasted Nuts
You didn’t think we could go all week without some mention of nuts, did you? I mean, come on. It is Fit Bottomed Dude’s Week! So, of course, we have to share this roasted nut recipe from Fit Bottomed Eats. Have to… Can’t Get Enough of these Roasted Nuts We’ve always known that roasted nuts [...]
NuttZo: Taking Peanut Butter to the Next Healthy Level
Peanut butter! Have there ever been two words that evoked such happiness? We think not. Runners love this diet staple, chock-full of protein, healthy fats and fiber. We’ll spread it on a pre-run toast, make a smoothie with it, dip a banana into it, use it in cooking and sometimes eat it straight from the jar with a [...]
How to Make Your Own Energy Bars at Home
It’s easy to get addicted to nutrition and energy bars. They’re just so quick. And convenient. And tasty. But, like most things that come in a shiny foil wrapper, they’re not the healthiest. Darn! Though many boast a mega-punch of protein, added vitamins/minerals, antioxidants and other good stuff, it’s hard to find an energy bar that doesn’t have a bunch of added [...]
Yep, We Said ‘Meat Crust’ Pizza
We have questions for the pizza-holics in the house. First, is it possible to have a tasty yet “clean” pizza? Second, does the idea of a “meat crust” make you want to roar like a caveperson? Third, are you game to try something a little new in the kitchen? If you answered yes to any [...]
Our Two Loves Combined: Chocolate-Coconut Granola Recipe
It’s well documented that we love chocolate and coconut. So when our new site Fit Bottomed Eats (check it out, what, what!) shared a Chocolate-Coconut Granola recipe earlier this month by one of our favorite celeb chefs Bobby Flay, ya’ll knew we’d have to share it here, too, right? Right! A sweet treat that has [...]
