Health with Hope

Sharing a new post on the blog, complete with a holiday recipe. Merriest holidays, my friends!

Holiday Thoughts + Stuffed Acorn Squash Here we are at the curtain call of 2021, and I find myself wondering how the holidays have arrived so quickly. If the last year-and-a-half taught us anything, it is the value of health and...

Check out my Top 5 Immune Boosting Foods (all kid-friendly)!

We're excited to team up w/ Nûby USA to share nutrition tips + recipes that support healthy children and families!
More useful tasty content like this video coming soon!

GIVEAWAY! Win a $10 Walmart Gift Card! ✨To Enter: 1. LIKE this post! 2. COMMENT & tell us which immunity boosting food is your favorite! EXTRA ENTRY: Tag a Friend!✨ We’ve teamed up with Registered Dietitian (RD) Hope Anderson from Health with Hope! Hope has compiled her Top 5 Immunity Boosting Foods to boost your baby’s (and adults!) immune system & fight all the big sicks. As a parent Hope knows kids can be picky eaters, so she has included her top tips to incorporate these 5 ingredients in your little one’s diet. Her goal is to ensure yummy meals while promoting healthy eating habits AND boosting immunity! Toddler Approved Way to Incorporate Hope’s Top 5 Immunity Boosting Foods in your child’s (or your own) diet! 1. 🫐Blueberries: Tip: Top cold or hot cereal with berries, freeze to make smoothies, or enjoy by the handful. 2. 🍨Yogurt: Tip: throw blueberries on top of yogurt for a double booster of immunity protection! Add yogurt to smoothies for creaminess. 3. 🥬Spinach Tip: Add a few handfuls of (tasteless!) spinach to fruit smoothies for a nutritious, kid friendly breakfast or snack. 4.🌰 Nuts/ Seeds & Nut Butter Tip: Add nut butters to smoothies, swirl into oatmeal, or enjoy with some cut fruit. 5. 🍠Sweet Potato Tip: Slice sweet potatoes into wedges or rounds, toss in olive oil and roast at 425 for 20-25 min, flipping halfway through until edges are golden. Giveaway ends 12/6 at 11:59pm . 2 winners announced on m 12/7 Facebook. US residents only.

Join me in kitchen for a virtual Holiday Cooking Class at 6 pm tonight!

We'll make 3 dishes that are perfect for your holiday table, I’ll share my best cooking hacks + tips, answer questions, and talk about all that is doing to fill hearts and empty bellies this holiday season!

Register for the FREE class (www.foodbanknela.org/events) and grab the ingredients listed in comment section.

See you tonight!

Sharpen those knives, get out your Christmas apron, and meet me in the kitchen for a (virtual) Holiday Cooking Class!

From the comfort of your own kitchen, you’ll learn how to make 3 simple + festive recipes:
• Whole Roasted Cauliflower + Tahini Drizzle
• Citrus Pork Tenderloin
• Dark Chocolate Holiday Bark

All funds raised will benefit the Food Bank of Northeast LA. Grab tickets at FoodBankNELA.org/events (link in bio).

HOPE bars are BACK!

Now taking orders, just in time for the holidays 🙌
Grab some for an easy breakfast on busy mornings, on-the-go snacks, a feel-good dessert, or for the perfect fuel while snagging Black Friday deals.

$3/bar or $36/dozen. DM or [email protected] to order.

Growing + nourishing baby girl these last 8 months has been nothing short of incredible! What our bodies are capable of — running a marathon or bringing new life into the world and feeding baby with a perfect balance of nutrients from mom's own body — all of it is simply amazing!

So I couldn't be more excited to sit down with Milk & Honey - Lactation Consultant TONIGHT in honor of to chat about the ins-and-outs of nourishing yours and baby's bodies while breastfeeding.

7:15 pm Facebook Live. We'll give away some HOPE bars too! See you there!

Images by T.J. Shuflin

Warmer months are here. It’s gotten into the 80’s this week in Louisiana, and I’ve starting craving all the tastes of summer — peaches, blueberries, basil, homegrown tomatoes...

This time of year, I like to swap out warm bowls of oats for cool, creamy overnight oats. The ingredients come together in the same amount of time it takes to slice a peach, but if you don’t have any ripe stone fruits around yet, use any fruit on hand.

This morning’s combo was blueberries + banana + almond butter. I’m holding out for the first bite of a juicy Ruston peach next month at the Peach Festival. In the meantime, our thoughts and prayers are with the people and city of Ruston as they recover from last week’s tornado
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Happy National Nutrition Month!!
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To celebrate, we're hosting 3 FREE GROCERY STORE TOURS during March! Join us and learn how to:

- shop for wholesome foods on a budget
- navigate grocery store with confidence in knowing what’s truly good for you and your family and what to skip
- extend the life of fresh produce
- and much more!

WHEN: 5:30 — 6:30 PM on
- March 4th
- March 18th
- March 25th

WHERE:
Walmart Neighborhood Market on N. 18th St, Monroe

We’ll meet in the produce section and take off from there. Bring a friend and your nutrition questions!

“Healthy eating isn’t perfect eating, and perfect eating isn’t healthy eating.“

Beautifully and simply put.

WHY YOUR BODY PREFERS AVERAGES OVER 'PERFECT' HEALTHY EATING | WellSeek While health facts are shared with the best of intentions, it's often mistaken that we must follow them as rules to a tee. Here's why eating isn't meant to be perfect.