Ground your chickens and cook your bacon I’m sure you’ve noticed that everything is more expensive these days. Chicken breasts are no exception. The last time I bought local, pasture raised chicken breasts, I thought I was going to have to finance it for a couple of years.  Lately I’ve decided to go a […]

  What’s chaffling you? By now, if you are a regular reader of this article, you know that just about any food can be broken down, remade, and come out the other side not only better for you, but better tasting as well.  It’s not always easy.  It might require driving to more stores to find the […]

I know some of the recipes I have used for this article can seem a bit long and involved. Making every component from scratch instead of just ripping open a pouch will have that effect. So today, I thought I’d give you one of those quick weeknight dinners that is easy to make and that […]

  Double Down Brownies I’ve covered brownies before in my articles on how to hack recipes for a healthy lifestyle.  I say you can’t have too many brownie recipes.  In fact, I will eventually write another one for a gooey and decadent avocado based brownie that might be my all-time favorite.  We’ll save that one for […]

  Pro Tip with Protein! One of the biggest mistakes I see when people try to lose weight is the crash diet. When working to achieve and maintain a healthy weight and body composition, you need to think long term instead of fast and furious.   The problem with a drastic calorie cut is two fold.  […]

  You’re sick, Jessy! Sick, sick, sick! I hate the sound of the a/c running in my house.  In my mind, the air ducts are attached directly to my bank account. Every time the a/c kicks on, I picture some Scrooge McDuck situation where dollar bills are being vacuumed out of a vault and flying out […]

  Lets Get Dark Chocolate.  I eat it every day.  It’s one of the key components to the success of being on this lifestyle free of processed foods and added sugars for the past six years.   The problem with diets is that they are stupid.  When people trying to lose weight tell me how restrictive […]

  Squash your eggs Nothing is more non-processed than growing your own veggies at home.  It’s about time to dig in the dirt and get those backyard gardens to fire up and start producing the best veggies and berries you will get all year.  Veggies sold in stores are always picked before they ripen on […]

  If the snow is yellow… Since I was a kid, I had the habit of taking leftover spaghetti, slapping a couple of slices of  American cheese over it, and nuking it in the microwave.  It was so much better to me that way than straight out of the pot.   The fake cheese gave the noodles […]