Apple Walnut Chia-Oat Bake is wholesomely delicious, filled with bushels of fall flavor and hearty goodness to keep you energized for every autumn endeavor. 
Dairy-free, table-sugar free, gluten-free and perfectly sized to feed a big family and also fantastic for meal prepping – cut into single servings and pop in the freezer until needed. Continue reading
The consolation prize for my boot camp wake up alarm at 4:45 am is that I get to fuel up with a bowl of nourishing, loaded oats. Admittedly, 99 percent of the time, I am too fuzzy-headed and time-strapped to make said bowl of fabulous oats before the sun even rises. That’s why I love to meal prep overnight oats to get a jump start on breakfast.
Check out my Raspberry Beet Overnight Oats recipe – not only is it pretty in pink but it’s a pretty amazingly healthy recipe for any day, even a busy Valentine’s Day breakfast. Continue reading
Apple Cider Steel Cut Oats for Instant Pot are a smart and scrumptious solution to morning meal mayhem. The looming demands of the day should be fueled with a healthy, satiating breakfast – yet the irony is the A.M. time crunch often leads to meal-skipping or making poor food choices. 
A small amount of time meal prepping breakfast for the week, will allow you to nourish yourself properly in the morning and spend the saved time tackling your “to-do” list with more energy. These steel cut oats, naturally sweetened with apple cider, have been a family favorite this fall – read on to get the recipe!
Keeping my nutrition in check with my busy family, work and training schedule can sometimes seem like one of the hardest tasks at hand. If I don’t put a priority on properly fueling first thing in the morning before my workouts, and then afterward, I definitely notice an increase in my recovery time, dip in my overall energy and concentration levels, and a reduction in performance the next day. Day after day, this can become a downward spiral. For example, if the stress starts getting to me, I’m prone to lose weight and stop sleeping and that’s no good for an athlete trying to maintain and/or grow muscle mass.
Thankfully, I plan ahead more these days with simple solutions for success, like putting up portions of leftover steak in the freezer for future salads, meal prepping a week’s worth of whole grains like quinoa or oatmeal, and placing my scoops of protein powders and recovery drinks into single-serve baggies for a grab-and-go before the gym. Read on to get the recipes for my easy make-ahead Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Power Oats and learn about some of the sports nutrition products I rely on from Life Time Fitness. Continue reading
When kids are young, you can have almost total control over their existence, including what they eat. In fact, it’s good parenting to offer a wide variety of wholesome foods, starting early on to get a clean-eating lifestyle established. But, as they grow up and fly the coop, decisions big and small, and not just about food, become entirely up the them. 
This month my oldest is leaving two years of dorm life to live in an apartment for the first time. There will be plenty of decisions to make – gas for the car vs. video games, making it to class on time vs. sleeping in, eating ramin noodle cups and vending machine donuts vs. preparing healthy meals at home. All these years I’ve been teaching him how to make good choices, and more recently, how to cook. For my own peace of mind, I’m sending off a care package this week packed with a Chocolate Cashew Baked Oat Cups made with a favorite pantry staple, Silk® Unsweetened Vanilla Almondmilk Bottles.
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