A Lighter Touch, LLC

Roasted vegetables with a cashew tahini sauce and a simple arugula salad with lemon vinaigrette.
Feed your gut and your soul. Eat whole foods !!

What can go in a salad bowl?? My answer: ANYTHING!!!
The zucchini slices are dusted with herbed breadcrumbs and baked.
The salad bowl contains: balsamic vinaigrette, thyme, arugula, pea shoots, chopped red/yellow peppers, green/kalamata olives, fresh dill pickles, strawberries, dollop of guacamole and tzatziki sauce!!!! The flavors just pop!
Better than the taste though, are all the micronutrients for good gut health! Your microbiome is literally the beginning or the end of WELLNESS! It is where 50% of your immune system resides.
Try out a “bowl” for your next meal. Your gut will thank you!
Bon Appetite!

Holiday Lymphatic Syndrome
(HLS) is a condition I see every January. People are enjoying family, friends and all the festivities! They drink too much alcohol, eat too much sugar, gorge on cheese and other hi-saturated fat foods, crackers and desserts!

It’s easy to do… almost expected. But what happens in your body beyond the gas, bloating and weight gain?? Inflammation!!! Where do 50% of your lymph nodes live? In your gut!

That inflammation results in a sluggish flow of lymph throughout your body. Your lymphatic system is what cleans out cellular waste from all sources. It keeps your body healthy. When you gunk it up with ”too much holiday food”, your lymph nodes congest and fluid can’t move through them. Then you feel sluggish.

Every client I have seen so far this month has no lymphatic fluid moving through their superficial lymph vessels. They feel ”off”.
If you can, bring yourself in for a lymphatic drainage massage. Get your lymph system back on track!!!

All the best for Health and Vitality in 2025!!!

Grabbing a bite to eat out on the road doesn’t need to be unhealthy! Mediterranean restaurants will always have great salads dressed with EVOO, lemon and herbs as well as hummus. And that garlic sauce is soooo good for your immune system!
Enjoy!!!

Sometimes you just get a taste for potatoes…. That’s fine!! Just stick with whole foods. Potatoes, red onions and garlic, sautéed with EVOO and a bit of stone ground mustard and rosemary. Add in a few handfuls wilted spinach.
Soooo delish!!! 😋

What’s for lunch today???
A delicious plant-based bowl!!! Love fresh strawberries and blueberries on my salads! ❤️

Just ❤️❤️❤️ chickpea mashed with blueberries, pistachios, sunflower seeds, chopped red onion and chopped green olive.

The whole plant-based adventure continues!!! What ISN’T in the bowl would be the better question. Super easy, delicious and nutritious!!!
What do you like in your bowl??

Dandelion Fritters!!
This was a first… even for me! Can you believe I got my husband to eat them too?!?
They were delicious and super easy to make - picked the flower heads from my yard as we don’t spray toxic nastiness on our grass. 😋😋😋

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