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No, I’m not talking about steroids. Not that kind of juice. Juicing became really popular about five years ago and people have wanted on that bandwagon ever since. There are tons of different juicers, from super fancy to straight up crappy. I just use THIS basic juicer. It works for me and I recommend it. Believe it or not, there’s a right and wrong way to juice. Don’t worry, the right way isn’t hard. It’s just likely that you may be doing it the wrong way. Problem #1: A high sugar juice. For example, when I talk to people about juicing, I first ask what they’re using to juice. It usually goes something like this: “A cucumber, an apple, a pear, pineapple, spinach, and berries.” Holy fruit that’s a lot of sugar! You have to consider that you’re not getting any fiber when juicing, which normally helps slow the absorption…

I recently asked people on my Facebook page how much they spend on groceries and shared that I spend around $100 for my husband and myself. I was surprised to find that people were surprised by this and tell me that they spent way more than that for two people on non-organic food. I also know that it’s possible to spend even less than this, like if we didn’t have to buy wild seafood for Scott (but he doesn’t eat chicken or beef or turkey). This also includes the extras we get, like organic wine, dark chocolate and smoked oysters (which make the best snack). To be honest, I actually used to spend a shit ton of money on groceries. I’d go in without an idea and grab whatever looked good. I didn’t check sales, and I normally went to Whole Foods (Whole Paycheck, anyone?) because it was the nearest…

Last month was my bridal shower. Since a few of my friends were coming in from out of town, we had it the Saturday before the wedding and went from bridal shower to bachelorette party. My friends know I don’t eat gluten and am more or less obsessed with food, so I’m pretty sure they expected it to be gluten-free. I actually got rave reviews on the food. I made almost all of the food myself. Here’s the menu: caprese salad Greek pasta salad chips and salsa chocolate cupcakes vanilla cupcakes potato chips antipasto platter from Whole Foods (SO good – prosciutto, salami, cheese, marinated mushrooms and tomatoes, etc.) spicy smoked mozzarella pasta salad (this is the pasta salad I always get compliments on) homemade chicken salad This was enough to feed about 20 women. The bread you see is Against All Grain’s loaf, which is one of my favorites.…