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  • Why you should eat more home cooked meals

    The health benefits of home cooking In the age of fast take out and delivery services, home cooking is often abandoned for accessible, time-saving alternatives. When opting for the seemingly more convenient delivery option, you may be forfeiting the many benefits of cooking at home. Beyond potentially saving money, cooking at home can have numerous…

  • Healthier snack ideas

    Simple, quick, nutrient dense snacks Healthy snacking is an important aspect of daily nutrition, helping to regulate hunger, moods, and stabilize blood sugar. This collection of healthier snack ideas is meant to inspire healthier satisfying snacks without health compromising effects. Dried fruit Dried fruit can be the perfect satisfying crunchy or chewy snack. Be sure…

  • How to eat an anti-inflammatory diet

    A chronic disease preventing diet Inflammation in the body is a normal and necessary response to removing harm in the body and beginning healing processes. However, inflammation begins to cause critical damage when appearing chronically. Chronic inflammation is associated with a plethora of chronic diseases such as autoimmune, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, lung, mental, metabolic and neurodegenerative…

  • Eating to optimize mental health

    The connection between food and our mentality What we eat impacts far beyond how we look and feel physically. How we fuel our bodies is also how we fuel our minds. What we eat can impact our behaviors, moods and mental well being. For instance, you may be familiar with serotonin, a neurotransmitter which regulates…

  • How habits change your life

    For better or for worse How habits change your life Habits instill powerful patterns in our lives that either lead to prosperity or stagnancy. Habits influence how we feel holistically as well as the path we lead in life. They can unconsciously promote or obstruct progress toward our self expectations and goals. So the question…

  • Healthier dessert ideas

    Easy, quick, nutrient dense desserts A lot of you have been requesting dessert recipes. Truth is, a lot of the desserts I make routinely are so simple they do not call for a recipe. This is most likely because when I am craving something sweet, I am typically not patient enough to spend more than…

  • What is wellness?

    Defining wellness DICTIONARY DEFINITION Wellness noun WHAT IS WELLNESS? Wellness is a multidimensional state of health strived for consciously. Wellness is holistic in its many dimensions. While wellness is about the conscious, deliberate effort for health holistically, it is also about living. Think of the things that are a hinderance to your life on a…

  • TWC Ingredient Index

    Health benefits of ingredients used in TWC recipes The TWC Ingredient Index contains an alphabetized list of the ingredients used within The Wellness Craft’s recipes as well as their health benefits. This list will continually be updated as new recipes are posted. Almonds are a great source of vitamins and minerals such as vitamin E,…

  • Recipe Series: Crispy Chickpea Caesar Salad

    Crunchy, light and satisfying caesar INTRO Crispy chickpeas are the perfect addition to a crunchy, bright and flavorful caesar. The key to achieving the crispiness of the chickpea is seasoning with nutritional yeast. I use the Trader Joe’s Vegan Caesar as the dressing for this salad. Although plant-based, it is just as creamy and even…

  • Is food addictive?

    The power of awareness Food today is curated by businesses to keep you coming back for more. The addictive properties in food are no coincidence. They are studied within the industry to keep consumers buying. Ultra processed foods are foods heavily manipulated from their natural state and combined with additives to create a calorie dense,…