Optimal Wellness Blog by Kristie

Carrot Curry Soup

Carrot Curry Soup

Carrot Curry Soup Soups are a delcious and fun way to rehydrate in the summer months. Served warm or chilled, they are also a great way to use vegetables from your garden. Carrots are packed with minerals. They are also rich in beta-carotene which the liver converts in to vitamin A–necessary for night vision, and reduced the risk

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Benefits of Water

Benefits of Water

Benefits of Water Most of your body composition is water–so why replenish and hydrate with anything else? More Benefits of Water: Compases 75% of your brain Makes up 83% of your blood Composes 22% of your bones Protects and cushions your vital organs Reglates your body temperature Cushions your joints Removes waste Moistens oxygen for breathing Helps

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Grilled Veggie Summer Salad

Grilled Veggie Summer Salad

Grilled Veggie Salad Summer is the time for grilling! You can still eat mostly plant-based and enjoy your grill, I promise. You just need to grill your veg. It’s easy, delicious and fun. Just add some veg to your grill and see what I mean. You will love it! Choose your favorite veg, make a delicious marinade,

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Spicy Chili Paste with Garlic

Spicy Chili Paste with Garlic

Chile Paste with Garlic:  This is a delicious paste that can be added to sauces or marinades to boost the “heat”, texture and flavor. I love to add 1-2 tsp to my marinades when grilling vegetables. It is especially delcious with grilled beans, zucchini, squash, or onions. Caution: Use rubber gloves when preparing this recipe and handling

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Spicy Grilled Green Beans

Spicy Grilled Green Beans

Spicy Grilled Green Beans I love grilling veggies. It’s a fun way to enjoy the deliciousness of my garden. Enjoy my favorite grilled green bean recipe and delicious marinade grilling sauce. The beans can be eaten alone, as a side dish, or as a topper to any salad. They are just that good!     Ingredients: 6

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Healthy Green Omega Muffins

Healthy Green Omega Muffins

Healthy Green Omega Muffins My obessesion with health hit a cross-roads when it came to my obsession with muffins. I just love love muffins–but I can’t compromise my hard work to maintain my health with a high-calorie, highly processed, sugar-filled muffin. So, I have created an option that lets my love for health and my love for

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Simple and Delicious Summer Salsas

Simple and Delicious Summer Salsas

Summer isn’t summer without a yummy salsa. I make sure to plant extra tomatoes, jalapeños, peppers and onions in my gardens just for salsa making. Use my simple salsa recipe as a “basic” recipe as a foundation for all salsas, then add simple whole food ingredients from the recipe options below,  to enjoy a variety of delicious

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A Simple 10-Minute Health Habit to Help Balance Hormones

A Simple 10-Minute Health Habit to Help Balance Hormones

As a hormone specialist, I am often asked, “What is the simplest, most cost-effective, thing I can do to help balance my hormones?” My Answer? Eat more greens–and the easiest eay to do this? Drink a quart of green smoothies daily. Smoothies are a simple, 10 minute habit you can perform daily to radically improve your health,

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Vegan Pesto

Vegan Pesto

Vegan Pesto I love pesto. I love making a vegan alternative for my vegan friends, and for those in my life who don’t tolerate parmesan cheese very well. And when I make pesto, I make enough that I can freeze some for later. 1 ice cube of pesto is approximately 2 T of pesto that I can

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Keep it Real

Keep it Real

When it comes to your health, the best thing you can do is keep it real: Keep it Real: clean, simple, and whole: organic, nonGMO, home grown is even better. Just keep it real–real food makes healthy DNA, repairs damaged cells, and cleanses your body (organ systems, blood and lymphatics). So keep it real. For real health, and

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