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Get your GREENS ON for my favorite holiday of the year — St. Patrick’s Day Savannah. Grab this stealthy influx of vitamins and minerals from this one single ingredient and GET a myriad of jaw-dropping health benefits. Alas, celery. I decided to give this whole celery juice thing a go. I'm sharing this blog with you in response to my own positive experience (better than coffee sustaining energy for starters) and learnings of this medicinal powerhouse. SHOULD I JUICE CELERY OR EAT 12 STALKS? I don't know about you, but I don't want to eat an entire bunch of celery...

Hands down, these are my son’s favorite cupcake to make, eat and share. His friends always love them and moms always ask for the recipe. He especially loves measuring and mixing the ingredients and of course licking the spoon. I especially feel good in making this cleaner version of the typical cupcake that requires NO eggs, NO dairy or NO butter. Everyone in his class can eat them as there are no worries for the children with dairy and egg allergies. I was inspired by and adapted this recipe slightly from Chocolate Covered Katie, who has some mad skills in the...

Alas, the recipe you can count on to make your Thanksgiving Feast complete. Your vegan and non-vegan family and friends will love this decadent recipe. The only thing it is missing is Y O U. Ingredients: 4 medium-large sweet potatoes, peeled 2 tablespoons Earth Balance butter (or other vegan butter) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 4 tablespoons pure maple syrup  1 teaspoon sea salt 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon Topping: 1/4 cup Earth Balance butter (or other vegan butter) 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/3 cup all purpose flour 3/4 cup pecans, chopped Directions for Sweet Potatoes: 1. Preheat the oven to...

It’s high-time we have a kids fitness program that answers the unique needs of both a kid’s body and mind – is fun, engaging and exposes all the necessary training elements for long-term health, well-being and improved athletic markers for all children and adolescents. You can join the waitlist for the next available sessions   Introducing, ASF Kids. ASF Kids - bodies were made to move™ is the solution to a multitude of problems when it comes to kids and their health & fitness, but let’s just boil it down to three: kids aren’t moving enough (“I don’t know what to...

How can I get my child to be more physically active - without having to say it over and over or have them complain about it? Ah. Gotcha. Yes.  Now more than ever, we as parents, are trying to answer this question. We are still in the middle of the Coronavirus pandemic and most of our children are left without organized sports, playdates, and community fun. Here in Los Angeles and many other cities across America, we still have no in-person school with stay-at-home orders still in effect.  Meanwhile, our kids are spending more and more time in front of...