Who doesn't like easy?! My family requests this chicken often, we mostly put it in tacos and taco bowls. It's easy, super flavorful, and you can definitely convert the recipe to a slow cooker or Instant Pot!

Shredded Chicken

2-3 lbs of boneless/skinless chicken breasts

1/2 cup chicken stock

1/2-1 cup of your favorite salsa

1/2 tsp chili powder

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp smoked paprika

1/2 tsp cumin

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp onion flakes or onion powder

4 oz. can of green chilies (hot or mild)

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Cut each chicken breast into 2-3 pieces. In a dutch oven (or large oven safe pot), heat some olive oil and sear the chicken pieces. Add in all other ingredients, bring to a boil, then place in oven. Cook for 1 1/2-2 hours until chicken is able to be shredded. Remove from oven, shred chicken and serve in tacos or taco bowls.

Recipe Tips: This recipe freezes well, so no worries if you make too much, just put it in a freezer safe container and enjoy another ...

Maybe you've been putting off the whole idea of meal planning because you think you don't have time, or it's just too complicated? Today's video is all about where to start and how to get started with meal planning.  

Meal planning should make your life easier in the long run by creating habits that work for you and your goals. It's important to meal plan in a way that fits into your lifestyle, and in a way that's doable. It doesn't make sense to create extra stress by adopting an all or nothing type plan, so give yourself grace as go through this process knowing it's ok to be a beginner, and you will get better!

Need to feel a little fire in your quads, this is just the move! And no weight required to feel all the burn. Add this move into your leg day!

Start with 30 seconds on each side, times two. Make sure you're keeping the weight in the heel of the forward foot, light pressure in the back foot (for balance). Modify by not going as deep into the squat.

It's that time of year where the comfort foods come back into rotation and the warmth of a saucy dish is perfect for a cool fall day.  I love this recipe, not only because you can add a ton of veggies, but also for the satisfying flavor. Yum! Let's get started!

Thai Meatballs with Red Curry

Meatballs:

2 lbs. ground turkey

1 medium zucchini grated and squeezed

1 T minced garlic

1 T minced ginger

1/4 cup chopped green onions and/or cilantro

1 tsp fish sauce

1-2 tsp Sriracha, chili paste or red curry paste (optional)

Salt/Pepper to taste

Red Curry Sauce:

1-2 tsp red curry paste (more if you like it spicy)

1 1/2 cups coconut milk

1 tsp fish sauce

3 T tomato paste

Squeeze of lime juice (optional)

Cauliflower Rice Medley:

Saute frozen cauliflower rice with onion, carrots, celery, or whatever veggies you have in your frig, also great with peppers and snap peas.

Combine turkey meatball ingredients and make into golf ball size meatballs.  Add to a hot pan, brownin...

Every Thursday night I host a Nutrition Happy Hour to connect live with clients and talk through nutrition struggles.  It's a great time to work on specific issues, talk through solutions, and encourage everyone that this is completely normal, yet changeable if you want it to be. This is just one of the many benefits of being a part of my groups, and it's a huge benefit to be able to talk specifically about the concerns/struggles you're having in order to change them.  Nutrition isn't one size fits all, come join us to see what it's all about!

Tonight's topic is Stress/Emotional Eating, it's a big one for so many people! It can feel like you can never conquer stress/emotional eating, but when you take it in small steps, give yourself grace, and keep working toward the goal - change will come.  Part of changing this habit is first realizing when it happens. You'll be looking for the emotion or situation that leads you to want to overeat, binge, comfort yourself, so that you can identif...

It's funny, I think as adults we assume we should just know how to do things we haven't done before. We don't expect our kids to know, we treat them like beginners, encouraging them to practice, continue trying until they get better. Maybe it's time we do the same! Check out today's video about how being a beginner is the only way to being an expert.

Habits make or break our progress toward our goals, so if you have a habit that's not working for you - listen up! In this video we go through a simple, effective step in helping you create or break a habit.

Yeah, I do too!  I wish I could say that cravings no longer exist after you start eating better and exercising, but we all know that's not happening! It does get better, and you crave more quality foods, but you also learn better tools to deal with cravings.  Let's get started with the basics, check out the three ways you can handle you cravings in today's video! Spoiler Alert - the answer is not always no!

Overeating is definitely a general term that can encompass so many different actions, so where do you start? How do you figure out the first step in not overeating?

Check out today's video, and then comment below to let me know more about your overeating.