If you love making hearty salads when hosting girlfriends for a book club, wine night or game night, this is the salad for you! It’s also perfect to make when you are having another family over and you order pizza but want something easy and casual to also serve to grown-ups.

Robin Arzón is the definition of a fit mom. As the Vice President of Fitness Programming and Head Instructor at Peloton, as well as a professional ultramarathon runner, she’s not afraid to work hard to be her fittest—and is inspiring other moms to get out there and do the same. She’s also a two-time New York Times Bestselling Author, and her newest book, “Strong Baby”

Popeye was on to something! The animated character’s creators were telling us to eat the leafy green stuff long before it became a featured salad on restaurant menus or the pulverized, secret ingredient in fruit smoothies and brownies. Raw or cooked, cleanse or not, spinach is an excellent add to any weekly veggie list!

Winter with kids can be tough, even in lovely SoCal. Short days and colder weather can keep us inside, and being cooped up too long with small kids can lead to tantrums, messes and other general destruction and mayhem. To help you through the next few weeks, we’re sharing 10 smart ways to keep kids engaged.

It’s the vegetable that has the worst reputation… at least it did a number of years ago. There used to be a general belief that Brussels sprouts were gassy, stinky, horrible-tasting, mini-cabbage balls that most people detested… Then one day, the idea of roasting the hearty layered spheres became a thing and many long-ago haters of the veggie became true believers.

It’s one of the most approachable filets in the fish case at your local grocer, in my opinion. Halibut, with its clean flaky white texture, is by far one of my favorite go-to fishes for a healthy cleanse, or non-cleansing, meal. 

Dry January is in full swing, and driven by Millennials, what started as a trend is quickly becoming a lifestyle for many. In 2022, 35 percent of Americans dipped a toe into an alcohol free January, and #sobercurious is trending on social media, while alcohol-free bars are popping up in cities around the country.

QUINOA – No cleanse is ever complete without this seed (that we eat like a grain) with a cute letter sequence that may make you wonder if you’re pronouncing its name correctly. If you read it the way it’s written you might say [Kee-no-ah]. However, it’s pronounced, “Keen-wah.”

If you’re a skim milk drinker like I tend to be, off cleanse, almond milk is a very suitable substitute that has skim’s thirst-quenching, no-fat taste and body. It works well in cleanse-approved breakfast cereals, and there’s some notable good stuff sloshing around in its characteristic carton (if store bought) or carafe (if homemade).