Every body is a work of ART
I love to cook at home and do so most nights each week. Lately, I find myself getting my recipes from Jessica! Her site is called “Jessica in the Kitchen.” She has gluten free, dairy free, nut free – so many options.
One of my favorite recipes from her blog is Mediterranean Chickpea Salad and there are many more I can’t wait to try!
Each year, the Environmental Working Group publishes the Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 lists. They show the fruits and vegetables with the most pesticides and the least amount of pesticides, respectively.
I like to take this list with me when I go to the grocery store because I want to choose my fruits and vegetables based on the Clean 15.
And you can, too!
To see the Dirty Dozen list, click here.
To see the Clean 15 list, click here.
I love to geek out over all the different ways we can incorporate probiotics into our diets.
Of course, yogurt is a great source of probiotics, but there are so many more out there.
I recently came across an article on paleohacks.com, which shows nine probiotic-rich foods other than yogurt!
Check out the photo below, and comment on this post to let me know which of these foods you are adding to your meals.
Daily, I have been consuming an apple cider vinegar drink. I just feel better when I do! My daughter is now drinking it every day, too! I buy Bragg’s raw, organic, unpasteurized apple cider vinegar. There are many different brands, and in a good bottle, you should see some strand-like sediment floating at the bottom. I have included a few links to just some of the many uses and benefits of apple cider vinegar. The links are from mindbodygreen.com, which is one of my favorite websites! It is a daily read for me. Always learning!!
I just placed my second order with Thrive Market!
“Thrive Market is the first socially conscious online store offering the world’s best-selling natural and organic products at wholesale prices.” It’s like a Costco for Whole Foods-type products. All products are 25-50% off retail prices.
I typically buy Bragg’s Apple Cider Vinegar. A 16-ounce bottle on Amazon is around $10, but through Thrive Market, it costs $3.35! A box of Mighty Leaf Tea costs around $9 in most stores, but through Thrive Market, it’s $5.95.
You pay a membership fee like Costco, Netfilx, etc., which is $5 per month. The membership pays for itself in savings. AND if you don’t make your membership fee back in savings by the end of the year, they will automatically give you the difference in Thrive Market credit after you renew. I have made my membership up with only two orders.
Thrive also has a social mission committed to giving a free membership to a low-income family for every paid member who joins Thrive. Also, they have carefully screened their products to ensure they do not carry any GMO foods, and that they are USDA Certified Organic. Click the link below and check it out. You can try a month for free and see for yourself. See link below!