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Healthified – And Protein Packed – Tuna Salad

Canned tuna is something a lot of us keep on hand for convenient lunches and snacks. It is cheap, protein packed (a 5 oz can of water packed chunk light tuna is about 100 calories and has 26 grams of protein and about 1 gram of fat) and easy to prepare. Do you ever get [...]

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Invitation For A FREE 28 Day Coaching Program With 3 Health Experts – Get Healthy Once And For All!

P.S. Have you subscribed to my blog yet? I’ll send you a free gift “Mesa de Vida’s Guide to Healthy Family Favorites” – don’t miss it! Sign up HERE!  Want help reaching your goals – putting healthy meals on the family table or losing weight, once and for all? I lost over 100 pounds by transforming my [...]

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Cooking Fresh And Local – Fresh Asparagus Recipe For The Sammamish Farmers Market

Fresh asparagus – do you love it? I know I do! I created this recipe for the Sammamish Farmers Market demo I did this past week. I went around to the booths and picked the freshest items I could find, got inspired and came up with this! Delicious! Fabulous as a dip for vegetables or [...]

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Guest Post – Mamabargains.com/Blog – Healthy Mexican Beef Skillet!

I have the esteemed pleasure to be a featured blogger over at the new Mamabargains.com/blog site! I will be providing delicious healthy recipes for busy Mama’s! Mamabargains.com is a fabulous site with amazing deals for you and your little one, check it out! Today I posted my Mexican Beef Skillet recipe – throw away your [...]

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5 Tips For Creating Exciting Meals With Food Allergies/Sensitivities/Restrictive Diets

As a personal chef I cook for all kinds of clients on all kinds of diets. Balanced and healthy, allergy restrictive, diet specific (Weight Watchers, HCG, etc.) orders from a doctor or naturopath or trainer, etc. I even have clients that want yummy comfort food, no holds barred on the fat, sugar, etc. I chef [...]

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Honey Cinnamon Custard with Spring Rhubarb Strawberry Compote – Celebrating the Farmers Market!

Yesterday was the opening day of the Sammamish Farmers Market. I’ve been waiting for this day since last October! I’ve had a few meetings with Juliana, the market manager and every time I got more excited! I moved to this area last summer and the market was where I met some of my first friends [...]

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Guest Post For Girl Power Hour And A Delicious Spanish Chicken Pilaf Recipe

I posted this today over at Girl Power Hour – check it out! Do you want to find healthy carbohydrate choices besides the standard rice, potatoes or pasta? Here is a delicious recipe you can experiment with and incorporate a new healthy grain into your diet!   P.S. Have you subscribed to my blog yet? [...]

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Skinny-Fat: Why It Isn’t The Fat You See That Could Shorten Your Life

Did you know that it isn’t necessarily the fat you see on your body that contributes to diet-related disease and likely a shortened life span but the fat you CAN’T see? Visceral fat, the fat you can’t see is what wraps around your organs and is much more dangerous than subcutaneous fat – the fat [...]

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Tips For Busy Moms For Balance and Health & A Healthy Pasta Recipe – Guest Post For Girl Power Hour

I wrote a guest post over on the Girl Power Hour site, for the 30 Day Fit & Fab Challenge. As part of Team Feel Good I’m providing recipe support as well as inspiration, sharing my journey losing 100 pounds and how what I learned along the way can help others. Included is an amazing healthy pasta [...]

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5 EASY ways to be healthier – every day!

Do you think healthy living has to be all-or-nothing? No way! Making easy tweaks to your daily life, a few positive daily steps in the right direction, can have a HUGE impact on your health! These are quick, easy ways to make every day a little more healthy! Start today and pass these habits onto [...]

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