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Recipes

Below you’ll find an index of all the recipes that’s featured on this blog. Let me know if you ever end up cooking these and how it goes!


Appetizers

Mini Pigs in A Blanket, So Easy & Delicious!
Pork Belly Buns with Pickled Cucumbers & Carrots
Easy Spinach Dip
Smoked Paprika Isreali Couscous Spinach Salad
The BEST Guacamole Recipe
Smoked Salmon Mousse
Baked Buffalo Wings

Soup

Mushroom Soup: A Clean Recipe
Ground Turkey, Kale & Black Eye Pea Soup
Butternut Squash Soup
Chinese Pork and Corn Soup
Vegan Lentil Soup
Chinese Pork and Daikon Soup
Lobster Bisque
Homemade Fish Stock
Seafood & Sausage Gumbo
Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
Miso Soup
Chili Cookoff CHAMP!

Pasta

Zucchini Noodles w/ Turkey Tomato Sauce
Spaghetti Squash Pasta w/ Kale and Sausage
Recipe: Vodka Tomato Cream Pasta
The BEST Spaghetti and Meatballs
Easy Three Cheese Mac-N-Cheese
Beef Stroganoff
Healthier Spaghetti & Turkey Meatballs

Rice

Cauliflower Paleo Fried Rice
Surf & Turf Paella Recipe
Tom Yum Fried Rice

Meat

Thai Red Curry with Chicken & Sweet Potatoes
Clean Chicken Fajitas
Momofuku’s Bo Ssam, Korean Pork and Lettuce Wraps
Roast Turkey, Chinese Style
BBQ Asian Beef Short Ribs (Kalbi)
Oven-Roasted BBQ Pork Spareribs Recipe
Braised Short Ribs
Beef Shank Osso Buco

Seafood

Easy Thai Mango Cucumber Salsa + Tilapia
Clean Tuna Salad w/ Vegan Cashew Mayo
Miso Glazed Salmon
Three Course Meal with Chef Tony
Spicy Tuna Hand Rolls Recipe

Vegetarian Entree

Red Lentils (Dal) Masala

Vegetables & Sides

Roasted Pepper and Caramelized Onion Confit
Sautéed Rainbow Swiss Chard
Easy Creamed Corn (without the cream)
Potato, Celery Root and Leeks Gratin
Sage and Sausage Stuffing/Dressing
Green Bean Casserole (from scratch)
Southern Collard Greens
Honey-Balsamic Glazed Brussel Sprouts
Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes Recipe

Breakfast

Vanilla Chia Seed Pudding
Gluten-Free Spinach Pancakes
Homemade Egg McMuffin with a Toaster

Dessert & Sweets

French Macarons w/ Step-by-Step Photos

Sauces

Ginger & Scallion Sauce
Nuoc Cham – Vietnamese Dipping Sauce (Fish Sauce)
Bomb.com Bourbon Whiskey BBQ Sauce
Lemongrass Chili Sauce Recipe

Dessert & Smoothies

Blueberry, Banana & Spinach Power Smoothie
Frozen Kale Ice Cubes for Green Smoothies!
Tropical Lime in the Coconut Smoothie
Blueberry & Mango Smoothie
Mango, Avocado & Kale Smoothie
Smoothie Ingredients for Elimination Diet, Part 4

Cocktails

Pimm’s Cup, the Perfect Summer Drink
Blueberry Lemonade, Perfect for 4th of July!
Watermelon Gin Fizz
Red Wine Sangria Recipe

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I’ve been growing this fiddle leaf fig for almost I’ve been growing this fiddle leaf fig for almost 10 years. It’s hitting the ceiling, tipping over, and desperately needs to be turned into a tree.

I’ve wanted to do this for years. But cutting the entire top off a plant I’ve kept alive for a decade feels... irreversible. Like once you do it, there’s no going back.

Then I spent way too long watching plant people on Instagram do it and finally hyped myself up enough to try.

This is No. 23 on my 40x40 list: do something that scares me. Not because the stakes are high, but because I’ve been overthinking a decision that isn’t actually that serious.

Some things feel like a one-way door when they’re really a two-way door. Worst case? I buy another plant.
Did it work? Still waiting to find out. 🌿

#fiddleleaffig #40by40 #becomingforty #houseplantsmakemehappy #plantmom
🙋🏻‍♀️ is it better to eat two small meals separate 🙋🏻‍♀️ is it better to eat two small meals separately, or one large one?

if you want to prioritize fat burn, consolidate your calories into larger meals and cut back on snacking.

𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝟮:

• every time you eat, insulin spikes 📈
• more eating windows = more insulin events
• your body can only burn fat when insulin is low 🔥
• same food, same calories — but timing changes everything
• fewer eating windows = more recovery time for your body ✅

note: the research on meal frequency vs. spike height is still evolving — the clearest benefit of fewer eating windows is giving your body more time to clear and recover between insulin responses.

lesson 3 coming soon: why intermittent fasting works for a completely different reason than most people think 👀

📲 send this to someone who thinks eating six small meals a day is boosting their metabolism.

#insulinresistance #metabolichealth #bloodsugarbalance #fatburningmode
the insulin series, lesson 1 🔥🔒 most people think the insulin series, lesson 1 🔥🔒

most people think fat loss is about eating less. but what they don’t tell you is that you can’t burn fat if your insulin is elevated.

here’s exactly how glucose and insulin work — and why the timing of when you eat matters just as much as what you eat.

this is lesson 1 of 4. save this and come back to it.

lesson 2 coming soon — same calories, completely different impact on your insulin. 

#insulinresistance #metabolichealth #bloodsugarbalance #glucoserevolution
POV: you’re sick of “move more and eat less” becau POV: you’re sick of “move more and eat less” because it’s never actually worked for you.

Turns out scientists are still actively debating what causes obesity.

🧬 There are two models:

1. Energy balance model - aka calories in, calories out
2. The carb-insulin model - less talked about but has changed my life

I enrolled in Cornell’s Nutrition and Metabolic Health program to get answers from the source. 

🤯 My biggest a-ha moment? Even the experts don’t agree.

No wonder we’re always getting whiplash from dieting advice.

If you’ve never heard of the carb-insulin model, you might just be missing half the picture.

#carbinsulinmodel #metabolichealth #insulinresistance
I found a deadline my ADHD brain won’t ignore: my I found a deadline my ADHD brain won’t ignore: my 40th birthday. 🙌🏻

I’ve spent 15 years writing OKRs for work. Quarterly goals, success metrics, check-ins to make sure the things actually happen. But I rarely take the same energy and apply it to my own life.

So I made my list. 40 things by 40, across 8 areas of my life to become ✨ 𝙝𝙚𝙧 ✨.

Some are big (get fit AF 💪🏻, board certified health coach 🎓). Some I’ve procrastinated on embarrassingly long (we had a baby before our wedding photo book and our family trust, woops). Some I’m doing for the joy of it.

It’s a stretch goal to finish it all. But it’s out here now. I look forward to our monthly check-ins. 🤝

Swipe through to see all 40, then tell me something you’d put on your list in the comments. 👇

#becoming40 #40by40 #adhdwomen
Welcome to my ✨𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟰𝟬✨ era. Here to make it Welcome to my ✨𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟰𝟬✨ era. 

Here to make it my best decade yet. 
Here’s the plan: 40 things before I turn 40 in November. 

I’m documenting all of it here - starting with getting fit AF at 40. 

Follow along if you’re in your own becoming era too. 🫶 

#becoming40 #40before40 #adhdwomen
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