Welcome back to my kitchen! I love healthy, easy snacks and this one is perfect. It's packed with fiber rich chia seeds and fruit, and will give you lasting energy and a quick pick me up on the go. You'll reap benefits from healthy ingredients like: Cinnamon, which is an antioxidant that helps lower blood cholesterol, regulate blood sugar (which helps with cravings), can alleviate headache and migraine symptoms, and boosts both cognitive function and memory. Cherries, which … [Read more...]
Healthy Nutella: Dark Chocolate Protein Nut Butter Spread
This chocolate spread is something I came up with as a delicious morning breakfast option that was an alternative to eggs. It's great to mix up what you have for breakfast daily. I personally rotate between eggs and oatmeal during the week, and make home made pancakes on the weekend. But I wanted more options! Turns out this makes an amazing snack at any time of the day. There's no added sugar, it's complete with protein, healthy fat AND chocolate (my favorite food group). Speaking … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Recipe Round-Up
Happy Thanksgiving Rockstar! You know what my favorite thing about this time of year is? The focus on being grateful for all the awesome parts of life - and my gratitude list definitely includes YOU! My second favorite part? The food, of course! While the holidays can be a great time to lean on my No Strings Attached philosophy, it's also really easy to enjoy your favorite flavors of the season while staying right on track with your nutrition. That's why the coaches at Team Betty Rocker and … [Read more...]
How I Use Collagen Protein
Collagen is in my heavy rotation for top choice protein powders. It’s really versatile in that it’s *virtually* tasteless, can be mixed in anything, dissolves well, and the benefits of collagen protein are many. Collagen used to make its way into our diets through foods like bone broths, slow-cooked organ meats, kidney pies, baked beef hearts, whole crustaceans, and whole-fish soups and stews. But if you’re not regularly eating these types of foods, you may not be getting any of this … [Read more...]
Buckwheat Bread (gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free)
I've been searching for a bread that I could make that is gluten, dairy, and egg free to satisfy as many of my alternative eaters as possible, while being full of nutrients, delicious, and hearty to eat. But most of all, I wanted it to be bread-y. You know, like bread is supposed to be. I wanted to toast it, slice it, spread stuff on it, and generally, enjoy it like bread. So many "healthy" or gluten-free breads fall short in some (or all) of those departments. But not this Buckwheat … [Read more...]
