Month: May 2014

  • Kale Salad with Avocados, Strawberries and Balsamic Vinaigrette

    Kale Salad with Avocados, Strawberries and Balsamic Vinaigrette

    Kale, Strawberry and Avocado Salad Looking for a fresh take on your old kale salad?  This tasty dish has the best elements of Spring: sweet strawberries and creamy avocado paired with crispy red onions and savory pistachios.  If you haven’t tried a massaged kale salad, this is a good excuse to give it a whirl. […]

  • Next Week’s Meal Plan Menu ~ Healthy Meal Plans

    Next Week’s Meal Plan Menu ~ Healthy Meal Plans

      Healthy meal plans are Eat Happy Meal Plan’s specialty!  Not healthy in the low-cal, low-fat, rabbit-food kind of way.   Rather, in the – no one has adulterated these ingredients to strip the awesome nutrients from them – kind of way.  Just look at that list of amazing produce that’s worked into the week […]

  • Warm Lentil Salad with Kale and Portobello Mushrooms

    Warm Lentil Salad with Kale and Portobello Mushrooms

    Lentil Salad with Kale and Mushrooms This lentil salad right here is a bowl full of health.  Lentils are off the chart on a number of awesome nutrients, including molybdenum, folate, copper, phosphorus and iron. (Sometimes I seriously wonder how something so boring looking can be so incredibly full of good stuff.)  Throwing in the […]

  • Legit Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Legit Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Oatmeal goodness in a delish cookie Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies that only have a sprinkling of oats are super lame.  Not like these awesome cookies, which use 100% oats and not a shake of flour.  That makes them gluten free and 100% whole grain goodness – but don’t let that detract from their cookie status. […]

  • Gluten-Free Diet Lowers Type I Diabetes in Mice

    Gluten-Free Diet Lowers Type I Diabetes in Mice

    Both celiac disease and type I diabetes run in my family, so this study about how a gluten-free diet reduced incidences of type I diabetes in mice is particularly interesting.  For years researchers and holistically-oriented health care practitioners have been pointing out a link between both dairy and gluten consumption and an increase in autoimmune […]

  • This week’s Eat Happy Meal Plan ~ Healthy Meal Plans ~ May 11, 2014

    This week’s Eat Happy Meal Plan ~ Healthy Meal Plans ~ May 11, 2014

    Eat Happy Meal Plan Shopping List May 11 2014 Have you thought about leveraging healthy meal plans to improve your health and make your life easier?  If you are feeling confused about what to eat, or how or what to cook to get it all in, Eat Happy Meal Plan can be your lifesaver.  After working with clients […]

  • Strawberry Rhubarb Spring Salad with Hazelnuts and Poached Chicken

    Strawberry Rhubarb Spring Salad with Hazelnuts and Poached Chicken

    Strawberry Rhubarb Spring Salad with Hazelnuts and Poached Chicken Spring brings out my obsession with all things Strawberry Rhubarb.  Strawberry rhubarb pie was my favorite growing up (ok, one of my favorites, I mean apple and pumpkin are favorites too.. but definitely my favorite spring pie!), but anyways these days – although I still love […]

  • This Week’s Eat Happy Meal Plan Menu ~ Healthy Meal Plans

    This Week’s Eat Happy Meal Plan Menu ~ Healthy Meal Plans

    Snapshot of Eat Happy Meal Plan Shopping List May 5, 2014 Have you thought about leveraging healthy meal plans to improve your health and make your life easier?  If you are feeling confused about what to eat, or how or what to cook to get it all in, Eat Happy Meal Plan can be your lifesaver. […]