Empower Your Body: Embrace Fish Tacos

Not excited about eating more fish? Try this tasty recipe. Fish Tacos: 6 oz of fresh fish (tuna, talapia, pan fish, red snapper, etc) per person Mrs. Dash Southwestern Chipotle 10-minute marinade 1 package tortillas Fresh salsa Chipotle Mayonnaise (see note) Shredded romaine lettuce Shredded cheese Place fish and enough marinade to cover in a…

Are your kids getting fat this summer?

More and more schools are addressing the problem of childhood obesity with increased activity and better food choices, but here’s the problem.  What happens when kids leave the structure of school for the Summer? They gain weight according to a recent study conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Gone are the days of our childhood,…

Empower Your Body: Embrace the Smoothie

Start your morning with a smoothie and boost your fruit and fiber intake.  Good for your body and tasty too! Our family starts each morning with a smoothie.  My sister gave me a smoothie maker as a gift a while ago, and at the time I wasn’t sure I would use it – I was…

Stress Remedy: Wine and Chocolate

A glass of red wine, a lovely piece of chocolate, comfy clothes and a moment to say “ahhhh” at the end of the day — yes, the wine and chocolate stress remedy. No, it doesn’t have to be wine and chocolate, although they both have heart healthy benefits, but taking some time at the end…

Sane New Years Resolutions

How long do your New Year’s resolutions last? A few weeks? A few months? It is often hard to keep a resolution – sometimes because we defeat ourselves from the start by making too large of a commitment. Resolutions are really commitments to ourselves. Things we choose to change or do to improve our lives.…