Nutrition By Mia

Ginger-Lime Kombucha Cocktail

It’s here! A healthy cocktail to ring in the new year featuring a hefty dose of vitamin c and a guest appearance from the probiotics and ginger digestive system dream team. If we’re keeping in line (lime?) with my current kombucha fixation, then this one fits the bill. Cheers to…
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Homemade Kombucha

  SO excited about my first successful batch of homemade kombucha. Like fermented vegetables, kombucha contains probiotics that help balance our intestinal microflora to normalize processes in the gut and boost immunity. It also provides an array of enzymes and organic acids that aid digestion and absorption of nutrients with…
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Healthy Snickerdoodles

With two birthdays to celebrate 3 days before Christmas, I knew that cookies would be on my to-bake list. These are gluten-free, dairy-free and free of refined sugar.  I personally think they taste just as good as their conventional counterpart but I would suggest only making them if you are familiar…
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Christmas Kale Salad

Disguising your food as a Christmas tree is the best way to trick your non-veggie friends into choosing the good stuff. I am just loving this kale salad with pomegranate arils and can’t wait to serve it in just a handful of days. This one packs nutrient density that is…
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Holiday Simmer Pot

Scented candles are so yesteryear, santa prefers homemade stovetop potpourri the last time I checked. Nothing screams holiday cheer like the aromas of Christmas time. I love preparing this on the stovetop a week before Christmas and warming it up each morning leading up to the big day– it helps…
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Kale and Basil Pesto (dairy-free)

Is there anything more festive than toasted pine nuts? For such little morsels, it’s hard to believe that they are one of the highest protein nuts out there! They are rich in pinolenic acid which stimulates satiety hormones CCK and GLP-1 to turn off “hangry” mode so grab a handful if…
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