This smoothie is made with Organic Chocolate flavored Nutiva HempShake, but you can also use carob or cocoa powder to make a somewhat similar drink. The hempshake powder adds raw plant protein (which is supposed to be easier to digest than protein from animal sources), omega-3 essential fatty acids, 9 essential amino acids, and a [...]

Download Original On Tuesday, we took over some dinner to share with Dan and Aimee. I asked Aimee if she wanted us to dress as waiters and bussers with name tags, but she said Evan couldn’t read yet. So, we got out of that one pretty easily. After we ate our tacos and homemade coconut ice [...]

My mom is staying with us right now, which means I have a shopping and swimming partner, a helper in the kitchen, and a beautifully freckled hand and arm model. Thanks, Mom. I decided to experiment with making some non-dairy, fresh, healthy, and hopefully yum-o-licious ice cream, and it turned out quite tasty. But…I don’t [...]

I L.O.V.E. this smoothie. And no, I’m not a glutton for punishment. Nor do I love it only for its nutritional value, which is pretty high. I actually truly enjoy the taste of this smoothie. At first, I was afraid to make and drink something so green. I expected to have to pinch my nose [...]

Download the Original size Cute little Evan was born to proud and happy parents Dan and Aimee on Friday, August 1st! He just barely made it onto our list of the fifty gajillion people who have their birthdays in August (including me, Tim, my father-in-law, and both of my brothers). Here are the stats: Time: 10:26am, [...]

I took my state board test for nursing, the NCLEX, this Wednesday.

This is obviously a bit of a detour from my usual health-crazed posts, as it’s all about candy, which some people think I never touch. But, I wanted to deliver a bouquet that was just a little bit different to a couple of much-loved cousins of mine (okay, they’re Tim’s cousins…but since Tim and I [...]

Wow, I (Tim) just experienced my first “big” earthquake. A 5.4 quake hit Los Angeles at 11:42 AM then a 3.8 about 9 minutes later. I was under a tent at the radar site, and when the tent started to shake I suspected my coworkers. Larry, Mo, and Curly are always trying to pull [...]

I’m going to try to share a different smoothie with you each week. I’m always drinking them, usually for breakfast, and I love to come up with different combinations. Whenever I have a fresh pineapple around, I make at least one a day, but usually more. Because I have a pineapple right now, I’ll be [...]

These wraps are based on the recipe Mediterranean Dolmas by Ani Phyo in her book Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen . If you read the ingredients and dismiss this as something that you won’t like, let me tell you that I don’t like any of the ingredients on their own. I’m surprised I even tried [...]