3 Best Protein Cookies

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3 Best Protein Cookies

Protein cookies seem to be the new thing. Everywhere I go, everywhere I look in the grocery store or convenient store there seems to be a protein cookie staring back at me. I love the concept and I love the fact that food manufacturers are making an effort to produce something better than the regular old sugar laden cookie. I know what you’re thinking… Yes, a lot of the “protein cookies” out there are still junk but some of them aren’t so bad (in taste or ingredients).

I was curious about these new cookies and I’ll try anything once. So, I made it my job to taste test some of the most common protein cookies out there. I’ve tasted at least 10 from grass-fed whey to vegan protein cookies. It’s a hard job but someone’s got to do it! Ok but seriously, I wanted to see what all of the fuss is about. I picked three of my favorite protein cookies from the bunch to share with you.

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5 Ways To Use Honey In Your Diet

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5 Ways To Use Honey In Your Diet

Do you use honey in your diet? I love it for health benefits but I also like to use it as a natural sweetener. I use it as a sweetener in baking recipes if it’s an easy swap, as a substitute for syrup on the occasion that I have pancakes or waffles and even in yogurt with granola. It’s also a great sweetener in protein smoothies and drinks like tea, iced tea or coffee.

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5 Easy Ways To Make Your Meals Healthier

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5 Easy Ways To Make Your Meals Healthier

Do you ever find yourself eating the same things over and over again? Or are you in a position where you travel all of the time or are time starved and have to grab and go with meals quite a bit? Eating healthy can seem like a hard task at times. Unhealthy options are lurking around every corner it seems like.

Food is not only delicious but it’s essential to life, energy, repair, muscle growth and just about every single process in the human body. Getting good food with high nutrient value is extremely important but it can become hard when bad food is all around us. We are what we absorb so it would only make sense to get as much as we can out of the food that we eat on a daily basis. Healthify your meals with these simple tips.

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Losing Weight: The 90/10 Rule

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Losing Weight: The 90/10 Rule

Trying to lose weight but still want to enjoy some of your favorite treats? Learning the 90/10 rule can help balance out your clean eating with the option to enjoy a few treats each week too! You’ve probably heard someone, somewhere talk about the 90/10 Rule when it relates to weight loss or health and fitness goals.  There are all kinds of rules you might’ve heard of like the 80/20 rule or even 85/15 rule. They all relate to how many meals in a week you dedicate to eating healthy and in line with your goals versus how many meals you allow yourself to eat out of line with your goals or have “cheat meals”.

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10 Superfood Boosters For Protein Shakes and Smoothies

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10 Superfood Boosters For Protein Shakes and Smoothies

Protein shakes and smoothies are a wonderful way to get in a ton of nutrients in a quick, easy to take with you container. I use shakes and smoothies almost daily. They’re so easy to blend up, pour into a shake container and tote anywhere. Plus, you can add a ton of nutrition to one simple shake. Pack in your macronutrients (protein, carbohydrates and fat) as well as your micronutrients (vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients). Often times, it’s much easier to drink all of this nutrition rather than having to eat it.

A great way to increase the nutrient density in shakes is to add superfood boosters like flax seed, chia seeds, super greens supplements, nuts, oils and more. 

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5 Simple Containers That Make Food Prep Easy

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5 Simple Containers That Make Food Prep Easy

How many of you food prep weekly? If you’re like me, a few hours a week is what it takes to get prepared for the week ahead. I generally do a Sunday food prep for two – three days worth of meals and then I’ll do a midweek food prep for the rest of the week. This helps me organize, maximizes my time and allows me to change my mind in terms of what I want to eat for the next few days. I’ve found in the past that if I food prep on Sunday for an entire week, I end up wasting food. By Tuesday, I don’t want to eat what I had planned for the rest of the week. So I keep it simple and do what works for me. While, I truly don’t love to food prep (yes, I’m admitting it), it is a MUST or my week can take a wrong turn in a hurry. I’ve got to be prepared and have food ready to go or “take out” screams my name.

To make life a little easier, I have figured out my “go to” food prep items. I now know which containers I like best and how I like to store my prepared eats. 

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10 Easy Healthy Snacks To Take On The Go

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10 Easy Healthy Snacks To Take On The Go

Healthy, unrefined snacks are often times hard to find. Healthy snacks that are packaged and easy to take on the go are even harder come by. If you’re like me, you’ve searched high and low for easy bites that can be transported easily, don’t have to be stored in a refrigerator and actually taste good. How hard can that be? Well, it turns out it’s getting easier than you think. With the paleo, vegan, gluten free and whole food revolutions, these types of snacks are popping up everywhere. From gourmet to super simple, we’ve got 10 easy unrefined snacks that you can take on the go – and they are actually delicious!

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5 Health Benefits Of Dark Chocolate

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5 Health Benefits Of Dark Chocolate

Chocolate lovers get ready to celebrate! I love chocolate – and if I’m being honest, I love the really good stuff. Give me some good quality chocolate and I’m in heaven! A square (or two) at the end of the day and I’m not only happy but also satisfied. I also love the kind that is considered a true superfood like dark chocolate that is 85% cacao or even cacao nibs. If you love dark chocolate, you’re in luck! There are some great health benefits to consuming your daily dose. 

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