The Art and Benefits of Belly Dance {Guest Post}

        

What will belly dancing do for you? "I have seen women's confidence blossom after having taken belly dancing classes, as well as enjoying the 'sisterhood' that occurs after dancing together each week."

Learn more about this guest post on my new blog, Conveying Awareness. Find this article and recipes here. 

The Spirit of Adventure {Guest Post}

Do you ever look with longing at someone else’s life and think, “I wish I could do that too.”  I do. I often wonder how it would be to live a life of adventure, free of fear and full of courage. But when I pause to contemplate the definition of adventure and what it means to be courageous, I have to acknowledge the fact that I do approach my life with courage and fill it with adventure. And so can you. It’s all in how you look at things. 

"Sometimes adventure comes in simply changing your perspective. [Tweet This]

Pancakes with added plant power (DF)

One of my family's favorite weekend breakfast foods is pancakes. Well, I do like french toast too, and I have a recipe using the Complete here that you may be interested. But, my every day breakfast is one of two things: 1) a Complete smoothie with added sources of plant protein or 2) pastured local eggs over medium with veggies on the side. 

I hope you enjoy this pancake recipe. Without buttermilk, they're not fluffy but they're still very good and even better with real maple syrup (mmm grade B is my favorite but hard to come by locally so I buy online).

Ingredients:
1 1/3 cup of flour 
2 tbsp sugar (we like coconut sugar)
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
pinch of sea salt
1 cup of almond milk + *2 tsp
1 egg
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1/3 cup of vanilla Complete plant powder (or your choice)
1/2 to 1 cup of blueberries (or your berry preference); partially thaw if frozen
1-2 tbsp oil 

Joy [Almond Shortbread] Cookies

This post has been moved to my new blog on my health coaching website. You can find the recipe on Conveying Awareness.

Choose, eat, and live well! =)

Apple Brownie Squares

This recipe has been moved to my new blog on my health coaching website. You can find it on Conveying Awareness. 

Choose, eat, and live well! =)