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Clean living with Klean LA

admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 11:00:22 +0000

I love coming home from work after a long day to cook an intricate, gourmet meal made only with fresh ingredients that still meets my healthy standards, then enjoying the evening relaxing with my husband as we clean all the pots and pans. Ok, the truth is I would love to eat that gourmet meal and my husband and I do love cooking together, but making this a reality while balancing work, family, the blog and a social life leaves very little time to cook a nice dinner. And no energy to clean up. I can’t even seem to find the time to plan a meal, let alone cook it. I doubt that I’m the only one in this boat. We live in a fast passed society with deadlines and demands. The reality is, cooking a big meal is time intensive and time is precious. Everything has a trade off and convenience usually means heavily processed, packaged, pre-made meals. You can forget fresh ingredients. That’s what I thought until I stumbled across Klean LA, a premium meal delivery service. They deliver freshly made meals straight to your doorstep specifically with the purpose of weight loss, weight management and nutrition. It […]

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Kate Bakes & Instagram Giveaway

Michelle Martin — Thu, 22 May 2014 12:31:50 +0000

Kate Bakes is a vegan and gluten-free granola bar company based out of Washington, DC. Every bar is handmade using only organic ingredients. Kate has truly mastered the art of making delicious yet healthy granola bars. Each of her creations are sweet and chewy bars that provide natural protein and fiber with no added preservatives. We love to support local businesses and wanted to share our amazing experience of working these yummy bars into our daily routine. We found them to be a perfect pre-work out snack, a filling on the go breakfast and a very rewarding afternoon treat. Each bar contains 220 calories, 7 grams of protein and 4.5 grams of fiber. Kate offers 4 different flavors; the Banana Cinnamon Oatmeal, Chocolate Coffee, Sunflower Butter Raisin and Cardamom Date. All were quite satisfying but our favorite was the Banana Cinnamon Oatmeal which was a combination of almond butter, banana, coconut, rolled oats, soy protein powder, and all organic – agave syrup, rice cereal, chia seeds, cinnamon and vanilla. Sounds good right? Even better paired with your favorite cup of coffee or tea. You can find her bars sold in DC (Muse Cafe in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Menu/MBK, GWU’s Campus Fresh and Cibo Express in Terminal A at Reagan […]

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South Block Juice Cleanse Winner

admin — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 16:34:07 +0000

We are excited to announce that Rachel Richshafer is the winner of the South Block 3 Day Juice Cleanse! Even if you didn’t win, you have to try this cleanse and remember to use promo code 52Thursdays to get $5 off your next South Block juice cleanse! Thank you all for entering! xoxo Sarah and Michelle

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Fresh Sesame Tuna Salad

Michelle Martin — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 12:30:39 +0000

We just finished a 3 day juice cleanse at South Block Juice bar which has really helped me reevaluate what I eat and drink. That’s what I love about juicing, it helps break the cycle of dependence on saturated fats, refined carbohydrates, processed foods, and excess caffeine and alcohol. It truly has helped ease my food decision making while reducing my appetite which is why I wanted to share with you guys an easy, healthy and very delicious meal that I have been obsessed with since completing my juice cleanse. We call it…Fresh Sesame Tuna Salad! This is one of my favorite dishes that my husband and I came up with because it’s light and refreshing for warmer temperatures and will help you build and maintain that beach bod we are forever striving for. Sigh. I am not a big seafood fan, but have tried several big girl times to eat more fish as they are beneficial to our health. (Fish has Omega 3 which helps lower your blood pressure, reduces the risk of heart disease and Alzheimer’s and signs of Schizophrenia and Depression. Oh, and it also helps improve your skin and hair. Bonus points!) I believe that we came up with […]

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