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How to Meal Plan & Prep While Traveling

"How can I still plan my meals and prep healthy foods while I’m traveling?" "Is healthy eating still possible when I’m not in my own kitchen?" We get these questions from our That Clean Life community a lot. I’ve done my fair share of traveling in the last two years including road... Read more

Rebecca Dwyre Mar 18, 2019

How to Use Your Instant Pot for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Have you hopped on the Instant Pot train yet? At first, I was quite intimidated by this appliance. I used it for dinners, but not much else. But over time, I started to realize that my Instant Pot can be used for all kinds of meals. It has serious superpowers and can make prepping your... Read more

Jaclyn Irwin Mar 11, 2019

10 Healthy Prepared Foods That Will Make Meal Prep a Breeze

Taking time to meal prep at the beginning of the week can be an awesome habit to help you stick to your healthy eating goals. But let’s be real - it can also be super time-consuming. One thing I’ve learned from meal planning and meal prep over the years is that sometimes short-cuts... Read more

Rebecca Dwyre Mar 04, 2019

5 Vegetables You Can Stop Peeling

Have you ever looked at a vegetable and wondered, "Do I really need to spend time peeling this?" I certainly have. In fact, I vividly remember going to a cooking class and watching the instructor shred a whole beet with the peel on. I was shocked. I thought you always had to peel beets! But... Read more

Jaclyn Irwin Feb 24, 2019

5 Serious Food Safety Mistakes You Might Be Making in Your Kitchen

Foodborne illness is serious. If the food you eat is not handled properly, your risk for getting food poisoning increases, and let's be honest: no one wants food poisoning. NO ONE. Although we don't have full control over how our food is handled before it reaches our kitchens, we can take some precautions to minimize... Read more

Rebecca Dwyre Feb 19, 2019

10 Post-Workout Snack Ideas From Nutrition Experts

We often focus on what to eat before a workout, but what you eat after your workout is just as important! You want to make sure you are feeding your body to help repair muscle tissues, replenish your energy and feel great for your next gym session. To help fuel your body right post-workout, we... Read more

Jaclyn Irwin Feb 11, 2019

How to Make Perfect Hard-Boiled Eggs That Are Easy to Peel

When you Google ‘perfect hard boiled eggs’ approximately 24 million hits come up. It seems everyone out there has their own tricks and secrets when it comes to hard-boiled eggs and they swear their way is the best way. But still, we’ve all been there before. Following a ‘no-fail’ method we found on the... Read more

Rebecca Dwyre Feb 04, 2019

How to Cook Spaghetti Squash to Get Long Noodles That Aren’t Watery

Spaghetti squash is all the rage right now in the world of culinary nutrition, but let's face it: these rock-hard beasts aren't the easiest vegetable to slice into, and more often than not, you end up with short watery strands that barely resemble "spaghetti". But before you completely give up on spaghetti squash forever, listen... Read more

Jaclyn Irwin Jan 28, 2019

Ingredients To Buy Frozen Instead of Fresh to Save Time, Money and Clean Up

When you are running short on time, prepping fruits and veggies for a meal is the last thing you want to do. I've recently discovered that buying ingredients frozen instead of fresh saves me a ton of time when it comes to washing and chopping. It also saves me money as they won't spoil before... Read more

Abigail Hopkins Jan 21, 2019

20 Easy, Healthy Snacks to Add to Your Meal Plan

We’ve all experienced those pangs of hunger in between meals, right? Snacks are essential to have on hand so that hunger doesn’t spiral out of control. When it comes to meal planning healthy snacks, we are firm believers in keeping it simple! So today we are rounding up 20 super easy and healthy... Read more

Jaclyn Irwin Jan 14, 2019