Hi, I'm Brandon. I'm a nutrition researcher, healthy eating and cooking coach, writer, student, recipe tester and avid classic movie fan. More →
Almond Butter Filled Devil’s Food Cupcakes (Grain-free, Paleo, and Very Delicious!)
If there’s one nut butter that I love above all the rest (including sunflower seed butter), it’s almond butter. It’s rich taste and filling texture makes for a perfect snack and pick-me-up when you’re on the go. I like to dip celery and carrots in my almond butter, as well as organic apple slices. You [...]
Create Your Own Salad Bar
I love salads. They can be as simple or as complex as you want them. Typically I like simple, easy to prepare salads, with olive oil and red wine vinegar, along with an assortment of chopped, diced, and shredded vegetables. Creating a salad bar to go along with a meal is an easy task that [...]
Product Review: Hodgson Mill’s Gluten Free Multi-Purpose Baking Mix
Note: This product is not grain-free, or “paleo”. Many of my readers are simply gluten-free, and are looking for easier options for flours for their baked goods. So, in that spirit, I’ve decided to dedicate a post to all those who are Celiac, gluten-intolerant, or gluten-sensitive who do choose to eat whole-grains. Quite recently I [...]
Good and Bad Foods
I wanted to clear the air about one topic here on The Healthy Advocate, and that topic surrounds the idea of good and bad foods. It concerns labels that we put on foods, which limit us to what we can experience or choose to experience. It’s our self-righteousness that we sometimes take, as health-foodies, to [...]
Intuitive Eating from the Perspective of a Recovering Anorectic (Guest Post)
I have the privilege of presenting to you one of my dear friends, Kate, author of the blog Small Step Upwards. She is a true inspiration to me for her honesty, her writing, and her journey through the dark world of eating disorders. I was so excited for her to share with you her experience [...]
The Healthy Advocate Turns 3 Years Young!
Happy birthday to TheHealthyAdvocate.com! Today my website turns 3 years old, and I’m so happy for all the things I’ve accomplished so far, and all the bright things ahead. There is so much to be grateful for, and I’m so happy to be in an age where we can connect on topics that interest us [...]
Substituting Honey for Sugar in Recipes
After going sugar-free in 2010, I rarely use honey; however, I do often use it in small amounts every now and then if I’m in a pinch, often combining with other sweeteners, like coconut palm sugar, xylitol, and stevia. Substituting honey for sugar in your recipes is definitely a science, as it has many different [...]
The Top 4 Health Benefits of Gratitude
If there’s one thing that has really helped me improve my overall health it is the daily practice of saying “thank you”. Gratitude is a powerful emotion that improves our health. Whether it’s promoting our immune system, decreasing stress hormones and the aging process, or improving your weight loss efforts, there are multitude of health [...]
Winter Chili
This post is part of Intoxicated on Life’s Wellness Wednesday Well, it isn’t winter yet, and heck, it doesn’t even feel like winter in my part of the country. Yesterday it got to 80 degrees Fahrenheit, in the beginning of December! Craziness. But despite that (and in my rebellious spirit), I’ve wanted to share with [...]
Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles
This post is a part of Simply Gluten and Sugar Free’s ‘Slightly Indulgent Tuesday’! Chocolate and peanut butter. They were both meant to be, weren’t they? I think so, which is why I wanted to put together these delicious chocolate peanut butter truffles to share with you for the holidays. Actually, when it comes to [...]
The Unconventional Gluten-free Cookbook Now on Amazon!
