food – Erika Diane

10 Foods for Healthy Skin

Food = medicine. What you put inside your body is all your body has to work with to accomplish everything it does during the day. Every meal could improve health or, over time, destroy it. On the quest for happy, healthy skin, you may want to include these 10 foods as part of your body’sContinue reading “10 Foods for Healthy Skin”

Fresh Market

The Fresh Market got its start in 1982 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Founded by Ray and Beverly Berry, The Fresh Market was the fulfillment of a dream; to develop a better grocery store that brought back the feeling of open European style markets. Still operated and based out of North Carolina, The Fresh Market hasContinue reading “Fresh Market”

The Dirty Dozen

Buying organic produce is, admit it, expensive. If you have ever wondered which foods are more important to find organic than others, you may find your answer here. The “Dirty Dozen” refers to a list of 12 foods that, when purchased and tested in “conventional” form, show the highest residues of pesticides. These would beContinue reading “The Dirty Dozen”

Homemade Veggie Burgers

Tonight we tried making our very own Homemade Veggie Burgers. These *can* be organic but tonight we mainly went for cheap, opting for conventional cans of black beans and corn (though we did still splurge on organic tomatoes)… You will need: 1 (2-ounce) hamburger bun, torn into pieces 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided 2 teaspoons chopped garlic 1 (15.25-ounce)Continue reading “Homemade Veggie Burgers”

Homemade Vegetable Hash

Homemade Vegetable Hash Never feel bad about adding fat to your veggies – good fat that is – as fat helps deliver the vitamins from your vegetables to the cells of your body that need them. This vegetable hash was made from a combination of chopped: Potatoes Onions Tomatoes Broccoli Zucchini Squash (amount of vegetablesContinue reading “Homemade Vegetable Hash”

Homemade Greek Gyros

So I would like to state for the record that, while I respect vegetarians and consider myself “mostly” vegetarian, I’m not a vegetarian. I have found that, with my active dance & circus lifestyle, I need meat; otherwise, I see my energy levels suffer, my hair and nail health suffer and I start to loseContinue reading “Homemade Greek Gyros”

Homemade Chicken Enchiladas

Eating healthy in this day and age is getting increasingly difficult; with artificial colors, flavors, texturizers, preservatives, modified oils, modified sugars, and who knows what other pesticides and poisons floating around in our false food, it’s getting harder to be a foodie with a conscience. I read something recently that when it comes to food,Continue reading “Homemade Chicken Enchiladas”