Creating a healthy and purpose-driven life.
At certain times of the year, all I’m craving is German food. Now Germany isn’t known for their healthiest foods, in fact every time I travel to Germany I return at least 5 pounds heavier! The German diet is mainly comprised of bread, meat, potatoes, and cake. I’m not joking. And anyone who has a heritage whose diet isn’t the healthiest, feels my pain when reminiscing of the childhood times.
Let’s be real..we all probably don’t wash our makeup brushes as often as we should! I know I don’t! But it’s important to do it anyway. Makeup in itsself isn’t the greatest for my skin, but add in all of the dirt that gets stuck in the brushes, then my skin is REALLY not a happy camper!
It’s official: Summer is here! It’s time for sunshine, popsicles, pool parties, morning runs (to avoid the heat), travel, and going to the farmer’s market. My summer is jam packed with summer classes at the college, traveling to the mountainous North Carolina, Florida and even Europe! Add in a business conference, several business events and some coaching and you have an idea of what my summer looks like!
Last weekend I travelled to both CT and NY. While in NY, we went to NYC and got to experience the city life of New Yorkers. This will sound weird, but I find being in NYC both invigorating and relaxing. That might sound contradicting, but I couldn’t be more honest. The city makes me excited, and it’s hard to keep up with everything that’s going on around you, but at the same time because it’s so full of life, there’s no time to think and dissect every little thought I have (hence it’s relaxing). Maybe a better way to describe it is that NYC allows me to fully be present in the moment.
Strawberry and Banana- a match made in heaven! For as long as I can remember, I’ve been loving that mix of flavours. Strawberry Banana Julius was the only thing I’d order from Orange Julius (I still have no idea what the other ones taste like!). And before we stopped eating dairy, I used to mix strawberry flavoured yogurt with banana flavoured yogurt. But the childhood memories don’t stop there! Kefir, fruit salad, ice cream…you name it, I ate it! At least if strawberry banana was the flavour combination…
Banana pancakes have been making the rounds for a while now for several reasons:
1) They’re almost all allergen free (except for eggs)
2) They’re extremely simple to make and require few ingredients,
and 3) They taste delicious (and are super healthy).
I’ve made a gazillion different versions of these, but since I’ve stumbled across the concept of adding dried flowers to baking I’ve become obsessed with these lemon lavender pancakes. And of course what else works well with lavender? Blueberries! So I topped it off with a warm blueberry sauce.
I have those moments when I just expect others to know or understand what I’m talking about. As you can imagine, that doesn’t always quite work out for me. Whoops! Anyhow, I’ve received some questions about smoothie bowls and thought a post to explain them would be fitting (and helpful for some of you)!
As Easter has come to an end, it is getting warmer and warmer, and staying that way. Summer is around the corner, and with summer come the fresh berries, tropical fruits, and many other delicious foods! To me, summer is all about eating fresh whole foods, and eating light. Kale salads, juices, smoothie bowls, and fruit salad are what my meals mainly consist of in the summer, and I love it!
Every year on Halloween, I’d always give my parents the Reese’s peanut butter cups. I didn’t understand why they were so crazy about them! Having suffered from a peanut butter allergy as a child, though not officially allergic anymore I avoid peanut butter whenever possible. I just don’t like the taste, and I swear my throat starts closing up whenever I eat it. Instead, I’m crazy about almond and cashew butter! Thank god, for other nut butters! Unfortunately, I’ve never been able to find almond butter chocolate cups. If I would find them at a local grocery store, you can believe it that I’d be buying tons of them! I have, however, seen the sunflower seed butter cups (those taste almost identical to peanut butter to me, so I avoid those as well).
I. Love. Traveling! And what I love even more is the fact that I have to do some of it for my business! For example, two months ago I had to travel to Orlando, FL for a business conference. One of the biggest problems with traveling is how to stay healthy. Here’s what I did throughout my time on the road to keep my healthy lifestyle!
