Orange Creamsicle Overnight Oats

  October 8, 2017  |    Blog>Nutrition & Weight Loss

We have a long love affair with orange creamsicles that dates back to elementary school. While our cook-everything-from-scratch, granola baking hippie (minus the drugs) mom, who had the best intentions to keep us healthy, gave us her low-sugar, home-cooked dessert every night, she did give us money to buy ice cream at school every Friday …

Skinny Chocolate Chunky Cookies

  October 7, 2017  |    Blog>Recipes>Desserts

If you’ve spent much time on our site you know we’re veggie-loving twin sisters, registered dietitians and personal trainers and we have a thang for sweets. And if you’re new to our site, welcome to the place where we dish out the delicious, waistline friendly sweets and we take ‘em (you better believe we eat …

Kiwi & Olive Quinoa with Cranberries and Feta

  June 27, 2017  |    Blog>Recipes>Lunch/Dinner

A big fat cooking rut.  I, Lyssie, was in one.  Yes, even this registered dietitian and one of The Nutrition Twins who loves to cook got stuck in one.  And thanks to two generous samples- #zesprikiwifruit and #organicgrain (organicgrains.com) and an urge to instantly marry the two in one dish, I’ve been set free!  Having …

Metabolism Boosting Morning Green Smoothie

  June 15, 2017  |    Blog>Recipes>Breakfast

  Early on in our career as dietitians, our first book, Fire Up Your Metabolism was published.  We felt compelled to write the book after realizing that so many people felt doomed by their genetics or that they couldn’t do anything to get their body to burn more calories.  We wanted to let people know …