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Cooking with Qunoot: Banana Soft Serve Sundae

Banana Soft Serve Sundae This dessert is low fat and less than 200 calories! This recipe is all natural and only takes minutes to make. You can also honey to this recipe if you do not have agave. This can also have other great toppings such as raisins, nuts, or some dark chocolate! Mix in some natural peanut butter to make this a delicious Peanut Butter Banana Soft Serve! [video id="CVP4tTB7JH8" type="youtu ...

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Getting Fit with Christine Vlog

Christine Litwicki is an ACE and NASM Certified Personal Trainer and a USAT Certified Level One Triathlon Coach.  She has completed numerous triathlons and a marathon.  Her training philosophy that fitness and health are for everyone has inspired her clients to complete their races and triathlons.  Using her undergraduate in Psychology combined with her years of training experience she educates her clients ...

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Maaria’s Triathlon Diary Vlog

Maaria Mozaffar has committed to be a lifelong triathlete – to show others that one can take the ordinary and turn into the extraordinary. If she can do it, you can do it too. Watch her triathlon videos here: [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVLApOQ4mTw[/embed] ...

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Fad Diets

Summer is here and most of people are trying to speed up weight loss so they can fit into their fun summer attire. Unfortunately, this frantic need to lose weight fast results in people experimenting with diets that claim fast results; some of which sound too good to be true. These fast fix diets, otherwise named as fad diets, really are too good to be true. Fad diets are unhealthy because they instruct die ...

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Fresh Strawberry and Chamomile Lemonade

Fresh Strawberry and Chamomile Lemonade Yield : 8 servings This is a delicious and refreshing beverage with an unusual yet familiar taste. Have the lemonade for a day at the beach with the kids and make extra strawberry lemon puree to use for a unique evening cocktail! 1 pound strawberries 2 cup granulated sugar 2 sachets Chamomile tea ¾ cup fresh lemon juice ¼ cup Agave nectar generous pinch of salt 4 cups ...

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Healthified Zucchini Bread

The holidays are full of sweets and good food for most people whether they choose to celebrate or not. Grocery stores showcase a huge array of beautifully decorated pastries, commercials depict happy, healthy individuals blissfully enjoying holiday treats, friends and families constantly discuss food, recipes and preparation methods. In western societies it is difficult to escape the sweet eating holiday fr ...

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How does your skin feel about you?

I'm sure you are aware of how you feel about your skin.  But have you ever wondered what your skin thought about you?  If your skin could speak, would it have good things to say?  Would it say it was being appreciated or would it say it's been mistreated? I have always struggled with my skin.  Acne has plagued me since childhood and I recently had another flare up in december this past year.  My typical rou ...

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Cooking with Qunoot: Skinny Panini

This Skinny Panini is half the calories of a regular turkey and cheese Panini! This is a well balanced meal with healthy fats, complex carbohydrates, lean proteins, and even your veggies! This can be enjoyed even on a gluten free diet! Skinny Panini [video id="yk9IfUz91_c" type="youtube"] Recipe: 2 Slices Ezekiel Bread 2 Slices of Turkey Breast 1 Slice Low Fat Provolone Cheese 1 Slice of Avocado 1 Tablespoo ...

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Yogurt Panna Cotta with Buttered Citrus Honey and BY M Granola Parfaits

Yogurt Panna Cotta with Buttered Citrus Honey and BY M Granola Parfaits Yield: 6 Parfaits This is my sophisticated, and simple twist for a yogurt and granola parfait that takes minutes to put together and is easy enough for any child (with adult supervision of course) who wants to prepare something special . It was one of my most popular desserts on my menu when I worked at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angele ...

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Cooking with Qunoot: Greek Yogurt Salad

Fresh Greek Yogurt Salad Recipe: 4 cups Greek yogurt 1 large cucumber 1.5 large tomatoes 1 cup cilantro 1 large lemon ¾ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon black pepper ¼ teaspoon garlic powder [video id="bDYXvws3y-g" type="youtube"] Cooking Instructions: Remove cilantro from its stems and chop cilantro leaves. Add chopped cilantro leaves to the fat free Greek yogurt. Mix chopped leaves and yogurt together while addin ...

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