Wellness blog — healthy eating

…    Are Carbs Bad For You?

… Are Carbs Bad For You?

😋 Want Something QUICK and DELICIOUS?   Something Easy To Make and Easy on Your Wallet Too?  Yes! Yes!    This roast sweet potato & avo smash serves a great meal time idea- for lunch or dinner. It packs a punch in MACROs (What? MACROS are just the nutrients that our body needs in large amounts, specifically carbohydrates, fats and protein)... good fats and good carbohydrates.   🛑 Wait, I hear you say, aren’t we supposed to be avoiding carbs?   No. NOT ALL CARBS ARE BAD! We need carbohydrates for energy.   We just need to choose complex unprocessed carbs.   Think whole foods...

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10 Days to Feeling Fabulous!

10 Days to Feeling Fabulous!

With the help of my fabulous sister, Rachel, also a pharmacist and qualified personal trainer, we wrote up a series of easy to follow, pocket size daily resistance trainings to help you feel more limber and lively!    Limber and Lively in 10!  10 days is enough time to press play on these video shorts to get your body up and away from your desk to implement these daily stretches and weight lifting exercises.     Sitting is the new smoking…  No- really. According to studies, prolonged sitting has been shown to increase all cause cardiovascular disease related mortality. Does this...

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Sunday Dinner

Dinner In Diner - Ville Hangry In the Kitchen with Laura

Short on Time for Short Order Cooks There are times when I can barely get my coat off before I’m in the door from (insert extracurricular sport here…) and have to get into cooking the dinner. As you know, I’ve three hungry men-children to feed.  There’s a small window of opportunity between mellow and meltdown- myself included! I know sometimes it can feel like such a laborious task, cooking the dinner, but hopefully you’ll find my meals easy and useful. I know it’s easy to get frozen foods, but I like to think homemade food tastes better and simply IS...

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