Healthy Homemade Ice Cream

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Looking for a 3-minute cool, healthy homemade ice cream treat?? This is the treat for you!!  Continue reading “Healthy Homemade Ice Cream”

25 Small Food Swaps to Make You Healthier Instantly

At RNL we love healthy food swaps, or as we call it upgrading. This is where you simply upgrade your favorite foods to the healthiest versions so you can always enjoy without the guilt. Here are several of our favorite small food swaps to make you healthier instantly. Continue reading “25 Small Food Swaps to Make You Healthier Instantly”

Top 5 Tips to Recover from a Cold

We’ve all been there. You go to bed with a tinge of a sore throat and wake up with a nasty full-blown cold. That’s what happened to me this week. Actually, I’m typing this in bed because I’ve received so many texts and emails from sick folks 🙁 So here are my top tips to recover from a cold.  Continue reading “Top 5 Tips to Recover from a Cold”

Turkey Joes to Brighten Your Winter Mood

It started a couple of weeks ago. The holidays were over, but I still wanted some comfort food. It seems to me my Dad made the best sloppy joes as a kid. This could become a family debate, as my Grandmother still makes a mean joe in which she adds gumbo soup to the mix, but that’s another post 😉  And I don’t know about you, but I find ground turkey a bit boring (and sometimes dry) so I wanted to remedy that with my childhood food fix in a healthy way. Here’s what I came up with. I hope you love it!!  Continue reading “Turkey Joes to Brighten Your Winter Mood”

My Favorite Fun Immunity Remedy

Everyone knows that this time of the year is full of sugar, spice and everything nice, sprinkled with the sniffles or cold and flu. This time of the year it’s likely anyone reading this knows someone who is sick or has already come down with a cold themselves. Here’s where my favorite fun immunity booster, Kung Fu Tonic, comes in. Continue reading “My Favorite Fun Immunity Remedy”

Healthy Homemade Hot Chocolate

This time of year as the weather cools and the holidays are among us call for hot cocoa. And no, I don’t mean those little instant packets! I mean rich, creamy, chocolatey hot chocolate. And in little more time than those yucky packets taste. This traditional comfort drink is made nutrient rich and is perfect for snacking and boosting the metabolism!  Continue reading “Healthy Homemade Hot Chocolate”

What’s Really in the Flu Shot (+ Bonus Flu-Fighting Elixir Recipe!!)

Fall and winter bring lots of bugs going around and the tough choice of whether or not to get a  flu shot. Should you get one to avoid illness? Is it possible to boost immunity naturally? These are tough decisions you have to make yearly, especially if you have young children or are caring for an elderly person. Read on to find out what RNL has to say!  Continue reading “What’s Really in the Flu Shot (+ Bonus Flu-Fighting Elixir Recipe!!)”

What is Bulletproof Coffee? (Plus a Recipe)

Forget the cream and sugar. Butter is the new cool kid on the block, especially when it comes to your morning coffee.

Bulletproof Coffee, which is coffee with grass-fed butter and medium-chain triglycerides (MCT) oil mixed in, was designed by Dave Asprey, owner of Bulletproof Executive, to “supercharge your brain function and create an effortless fat loss with no cravings.” Continue reading “What is Bulletproof Coffee? (Plus a Recipe)”

5 Surprising Reasons to Eat Mushrooms Everyday

I love my local farmers market and one of my favorite stands to visit is the mushroom stand. Maybe it’s because I secretly think they look a bit like alien vegetables, and there’s always a fascinating new variety that I’m told I must try (admittedly I usually do!).

Mushrooms have so many benefits they really should be called a superfood. Read on for the top 5 benefits of eating mushrooms in this month’s functional food spotlight.

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How NOT to Get Seasonal Allergies

It’s that time of the year… allergy time. (Boo!!) Would you love to fight your seasonal allergies with food? Read on and learn how… Continue reading “How NOT to Get Seasonal Allergies”