Happy Thanksgiving! Wishing you a wonderful day with family and friends. I wanted to thank you all for being part of my community. I am grateful to have so many wonderful people in my life. My gift to you is sharing this delicious pumpkin pie smoothie recipe with you. Pumpkin is full of Vitamins A, C, E, and K, and it delivers substantial amounts of iron, magnesium, potassium, and manganese. Because I don’t tolerate dairy, I omitted yogurt. However if you can have dairy wit

With Thanksgiving upon us, I wanted to take this time to thank all of you with whom I had the pleasure of meeting and working during this past year. And to thank those of you who follow my work, read my blog posts, and listen to the messages I share on finding health not dis-ease. Some of you may already know that I wrote my first book, Finding My Way, Facing My Journey With Courage, a few years ago. After publishing my story, so many people sent me beautiful messages thankin

We’re getting close to Thanksgiving, and most of us have added to-do lists on our schedules this week. So I wanted to share this simple, yet delicious recipe, to help you stay on track. If you double up on this recipe, you may have leftovers for lunch the following day or two. It only takes about 20 minutes, including chopping the cabbage and bok choy, to sauteeing in the pan. This recipe is a gluten-free option. Top it off with some brown rice, cauliflower rice, along with p

This morning I wanted to make a smoothie that would have plenty of vitamin C, antioxidants and immune-boosting vitamins and minerals to combat the cold season. Most of us think that taking a multi-vitamin is the answer to staying healthy. However, fruits and vegetables contain many biologically active ingredients that may help ward off illness and disease in ways that vitamins alone do not. A healthy diet is much more powerful than simply taking a daily multivitamin. When you

I grew up with my mom’s delicious homemade, melt-in-your-mouth meatballs and Italian style gravy, along with other mouth-watering dishes, such as eggplant parmesan, chicken cutlet, ravioli, and lasagna. In my adult years, I have opted out of eating that way once I discovered my food sensitivities, which includes dairy and gluten, not to mention the weight I would gain when eating those foods on a regular basis. If you love Italian food, as I do, you would rather undergo a roo