by Pamela Hernandez | Feb 10, 2011 | Recipes, What's New at Thrive Personal Fitness
image by IPBrian I have been experimenting with meat making. Faux meat that is. There is a magical substance known as vital wheat gluten you can use to make a vegetarian meat substitute called seitan. I recently rediscovered the recipes in La Dolce Vegan! for...
by Pamela Hernandez | Feb 7, 2011 | Monthly Workout Playlist
It’s Oscar Season! Is anyone else excited? Okay, maybe not everyone gets into it the same way my husband and I do. To us, it is a very big deal. A great deal of preparation goes into our ballots. Bragging rights for the year are at stake, after all. I believe the...
by Pamela Hernandez | Feb 3, 2011 | Nutrition
image by Tim Psych The USDA and Department of Health and Human Services released updated Dietary Guidelines for Americans at the end of January. Of the 23 recommendations, here are few: Eat more fruits and vegetables Eat fewer calories from solid fats and sugars...
by Pamela Hernandez | Jan 31, 2011 | Nutrition, Reviews
I love a good cookbook. Especially one with beautiful pictures, clean ingredients and calorie counts already included. That’s why right now I am loving Tosca Reno’s Eat Clean Cookbook. For those of you not initiated in the clean eating philosophy let me sum it...