by Christina | Jun 21, 2019 | Member Exclusives, Wellness
Booty bands are one of my favorite pieces of workout “equipment” because they can add a lot of resistance while still being lightweight, small, and easy to travel with. This workout focuses on your lower body, and it’s a great option if you’re looking for something low-impact or a workout to do while traveling.
Adjust the rep ranges to your fitness level, and make sure that you’re doing each rep with proper form. If your form breaks down, you’re doing too many reps! Make sure you warm up / prime your body before getting started.
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by Christina | Jun 18, 2019 | Member Exclusives, Recipes, Wellness
Since recently increasing my carb intake, I’ve been having a lot of fun trying out new types of paleo starches and cooking them in different ways! Plantains are one of my favorite paleo starches, and they definitely don’t get enough love.
If you love bananas, you’ll love plantains! You can usually find the two in the same section at the grocery store, but the plantains have a thicker skin and are darker in color. Plantains are a great option if you’re looking for a dense, whole-food carbohydrate – sweet potatoes can get old if you have them all the time!
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by Christina | Jun 14, 2019 | Member Exclusives
Have you ever woken up on an important day and been frustrated to find that, for some reason, you are very bloated?! Yeah — no fun. If that’s happened to you, this post is for you.
Remember, if you are constantly bloated and want to truly eliminate it for good, you have to address the root cause. This could be a food intolerance, incorrect macronutrient ratio for your body, gut dysbiosis, imbalanced hormones, stress, or another underlying issue, but you’ll need to focus on figuring out what the true cause is and focusing on that in order to get rid of your bloating longterm.
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by Christina | Jun 14, 2019 | Member Exclusives, Wellness
You don’t need any equipment to get a great full-body workout in, and you can also have an effective workout with low-impact exercises. No jumping required! You can do this workout anywhere, anytime. Adjust the rep ranges to your fitness level, and make sure that you’re doing each rep with proper form. If your form breaks down, you’re doing too many reps! Make sure you warm up / prime your body before getting started.
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by Christina | Jun 13, 2019 | Recipes, Wellness
There is nothing I love more than a quick and easy vegetable side dish – especially one that seems a lot fancier than it really is.
I made this Paleo / Vegan Eggplant Zucchini Marinara for the first time over the holidays last year for my family. I was cooking Christmas dinner by myself, so I wanted some type of vegetable casserole that was easy to make and could be thrown in the oven to serve a large group of people.
To be quite honest, this dish came together because these were the only ingredients in the fridge I had left to work with! I was originally going to just roast the zucchini and eggplant like I normally would, but then I found a jar of marinara sauce in the cabinet and decided to dress it up a little bit! When in doubt, throw marinara on your food. 😉
I absolutely love the combination of zucchini, eggplant, and tomato – it reminds me of Italy! This is a simple way to put them all together into a big casserole to meal prep for the week or to cook in bulk for a group. The vegetables and marinara sauce blend together perfectly, and I actually think it tastes even better as leftovers!
This recipe was a huge success, and it was my family’s favorite dish out of everything that I made for the holiday meal! My mom was shocked at how little went into it, because this veggie dish is bursting with flavor!
This is the perfect dish to make if you’re lazy in the kitchen but you don’t want to compromise on flavor, and you still want to make an impression.
If you don’t like eggplant or zucchini, feel free to leave one of those veggies out and double up on the other. You can also add another vegetable, like yellow squash or mushrooms, depending on your dietary preferences.
This is also one of my favorite recipes for anyone following a low FODMAP diet! Following low FODMAP can feel very boring and repetitive at times, and this dish is the perfect way to switch it up and enjoy low FODMAP vegetables in a new way!
You can use any marinara sauce for this recipe, but I used Rao’s Sensitive Marinara Sauce! I love Rao’s Sensitive version because it’s free of garlic and onions, which are common triggers for anyone struggling with gut issues. Most marinara sauces do contain garlic and onions, so if you’re following a low FODMAP diet you’ll want to either use Rao’s Sensitive, another marinara sauce without garlic and onions, or make your own.
This recipe is paleo, vegan, low carb, low FODMAP, soy-free, and nut-free! It’s the perfect dish to bring to a potluck or to make for family. You can serve it with pretty much any animal protein, and you have a complete meal!
Paleo / Vegan Eggplant Zucchini Marinara
Serves: 4-6
Total Time: 1 hour
Ingredients:
Instructions:
- Preheat your oven to 425*F. Grease a 9×13 inch baking dish with olive oil.
- Line a few trays with parchment paper. Brush the zucchini and eggplant rounds with olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt. Place on the baking trays and bake for about 10 minutes. Flip the eggplant and zucchini rounds over and bake for another 10 minutes.
- After the eggplant and zucchini rounds have baked for 20 minutes, remove them from the oven. Create alternating rows of eggplant and zucchini in the greased baking dish so that the vegetables lay on top of each other.
- Pour the marinara sauce evenly over your layered vegetables. Sprinkle the Italian seasoning evenly over the marinara sauce.
- Bake in the oven for 30 minutes, or until the vegetables have softened and the marinara sauce looks “baked.”
- Remove from the oven and enjoy!
