Pumpkin Recipes: Smoothie & Mousse

07 Friday Nov 2014

Posted by Dr. Tijana S., D.C. -- healthy.BEing family wellness in C.O.B.B. Moms, Children, Community, DIY, Family Wellness, Healthful Cooking, Natural Lifestyle, Nutrition, Recipes

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The Fall Season is in full swing and so is everything else pumpkin-flavored. I love pumpkin and pumpkin pie! So here are some healthy, on-the-go options we’ve tried during our Healthy Foodies event and it was a hit with the moms and kiddos!

Pumpkin Pie Smoothie

Ingredients:
1 frozen banana
1/2 cup Greek yogurt, flavored if you prefer1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice (or nutmeg, cloves, ginger, and/or more cinnamon)
1/2 cup milk of choice (we tried coconut cream that was delish!)
2 Tablespoons pure maple syrup or honey
2/3 cup pumpkin puree (canned or fresh)
1 cup ice

Directions:
Add all of the ingredients to the blender in the order listed. Blend on high for at least 3 minutes or until smooth – this may take longer if your blender isn’t very strong. Scrape down the sides of the blender as needed.

Add more milk to thin out if it is too thick. Add a couple more ice cubes for a thicker texture, if desired. Add more spices to taste, if desired.

Pumpkin Pie Mousse

Ingredients:
1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
1 tablespoon honey

Directions:
Mix it all together & top with cinnamon and additional spices to your taste, such as nutmeg, cloves, ginger, and cardamom.

Have you tried it?! Have a great recipe of your own to share, do so in the comments below.

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Recipe: Spaghetti Squash Boat

31 Friday Oct 2014

Posted by Dr. Tijana S., D.C. -- healthy.BEing family wellness in C.O.B.B. Moms, Community, DIY, Family Wellness, Healthful Cooking, Natural Lifestyle, Nutrition, Recipes

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Every month I run a meeting with one of my local mom groups, C.O.B.B. Moms, called Holistic Foodies. Holistic Foodies is an interactive workshop to help educate and inspire healthy cooking for the whole family while staying on a budget. Our goal is to teach the components of healthy nutrition as well as practical skills and suggestions on meal preparation, food combinations, and adventurous cuisine that is delicious, mindful, and affordable.

So here’s one of the delicious recipes we demo-ed yesterday that got the thumbs up approval from both busy moms and picky kiddos.

Spaghetti Squash Boats

Ingredients:
1-2 large spaghetti squash, halved lengthwise and seeds scooped out
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 head garlic
1 pounds spicy italian chicken sausage (or 1 pound ground chicken/turkey or half roundc hicken half sausage)
1/2 sweet onion, finely chopped
1 teaspoon fresh thyme (1/2 teaspoon dried)
1 teaspoon fresh sage (1/2 teaspoon dried)
1 tablespoon fresh basil ( 2 teaspoons dried)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes or prepared tomato pasta sauce
1 cup water, if necessary
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
fried sage or fresh basil, for garnish

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Roasting the squash: Slice the squash lengthwise and rub a drizzle of oil all over the cut side of both squash halves and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place cut side down on a baking sheet and bake about 30 to 45 minutes, or until the squash is just tender enough to scrape into strands. You want it to be barely tender, it will continue cooking later. Remove from the oven and scrape the squash into strands. Reduce the oven to 350 degrees F.

While the squash bakes, make the sauce. In a large skillet, cook 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Add the onion, bay leaf, thyme and sage and cook, stirring until the veggies are softened, about 5 minutes. Push to the veggies to the side of the pan. Increase the heat to medium-high. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil to the center of the pan and crumble in the chicken sausage and cook without stirring for 3 minutes. Break up the meat and continue to cook, stirring occasionally until well browned, about 3 minutes. Add the tomatoes or pasta sauce, basil and water if necessary to the skillet. Simmer, stirring occasionally until thickened, about 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from the heat.

To assemble the boat: Remove a little of the squash strands. Then place a layer of the meat sauce on top of the remaining strands, then layer the removed squash strands and add another layer of the meat sauce. Lastly, top with shredded mozzarella cheese. Place the squash on a baking sheet and bake for 20-30 minutes at 350, or until the squash are warm throughout and the cheese is browning. Remove from the oven and let sit 5 minutes. Garnish with fresh herbs!

Have additional questions? Contact below in comments, at drtijana.dc@gmail.com,Website, Facebook, or Twitter!

BE HEALTHY & HAPPY, DR. TIJANA

If you do not already have a local chiropractor, call Dr. Tijana at 706.254.4579 to schedule your first appointment for YOU & YOUR FAMILY for a comprehensive health assessment TODAY!

Our Community Monthly Events

25 Monday Aug 2014

Posted by Dr. Tijana S., D.C. -- healthy.BEing family wellness in Babywearing, Breastfeeding, C.O.B.B. Moms, Children, Chiropractic, Cloth Diapering, Community, Community Highlight, Essential Oils, Events, Exercise, Family Health, Family Wellness, Meditation, Natural Lifestyle, Natural Parenting, Nutrition, Pediatric Chiropractic, Pregnancy, Reiki, Relaxation, Stress Management, Wellness, Yoga

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We are excited to share all of our monthly events at the healthy.BEing family wellness office and in our community!

We love offering FREE classes in the community to bring you a variety of options for a natural lifestyle, including yoga, pregnancy and postpartum support, cloth diapering, babywearing, and much more.

We’ve teamed up with C.O.B.B. Moms to offer some of their local monthly meetings at our office, so we just want to make sure that you don’t miss any of the excitement.

Our regular monthly events:
1st Tuesday of each month: Emerge Into Light meeting
2nd Wednesday of each month: Simply Blossoming: Prenatal Series (September – Preconception; October – Pregnancy; November – Birth; December – Postpartum)
2nd Friday of each month: BWI (Babywearubg International) – Cobb Chapter @ Champion Kids
2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month: Mommy & Me YogaPlay @ Carl Harrison Park in Marietta
3rd Wednesday of each month: For the Love of Cloth for all things cloth diapers

We will also be scheduling more classes on essential oils, healthy nutrition, meditation, and more soon, so stay tuned and watch our Event Calendar regularly or sign up for the Newsletter!

Have additional questions? Contact below in comments, at drtijana.dc@gmail.com,Website, Facebook, or Twitter!

Be healthy & happy, Dr. Tijana

If you do not already have a local chiropractor, call Dr. Tijana at 706.254.4579 to schedule your first appointment for YOU & YOUR FAMILY for a comprehensive health assessment TODAY!

August is National Breastfeeding Month!

15 Friday Aug 2014

Posted by Dr. Tijana S., D.C. -- healthy.BEing family wellness in Breastfeeding, Children, Chiropractic, Community, Community Business, Events, Family Health, Family Wellness, Infants, Nutrition, Pediatric Chiropractic, Postnatal Care, Pregnancy, Wellness, Women's Health

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August kicks off all things #breastfeeding, which means that we have been center stage for some of the wonderful local events to support and normalize breastfeeding.

It goes without saying that breast milk is the perfect nutrition for the baby! Breast milk provides the ideal natural nutrition with significant immunologic, psychological, social, economic, and environmental benefits.

We kicked off World Breastfeeding Week on Saturday, August 2nd with The Big Latch On – Marietta, a local event organized by C.O.B.B. Moms that supports breastfeeding. We had over 50 moms that participated with their babes in the official count of latched moms, plus an additional 100 participants and vendors! Dr. Tijana shared some nutritional tips for healthy breastfeeding to benefit both mom & baby. We had a great showing of community support in the Greater Atlanta area! We’re deeply appreciative of everyone who came out and supported breastfeeding moms & their families! There were other locations taking place all around Atlanta! We’re certainly very excited about helping to organize next year’s #BLOmarietta event!

In continued support, we will be a part of this Saturday’s event, A Day In The Park, with the mission of “Breastfeeding: A Winning Goal For Life” to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding. The event is organized by the Cobb & Douglas Public Health WIC Breastfeeding Program with the West Georgia Breastfeeding Coalition. Come out and show your support by participating with many local and national vendors! Stop by our table for some FREE giveaways!

We are very passionate about helping breastfeeding moms and babies through chiropractic, nutritional, and emotional support. But not all breastfeeding is as easily achieved as it is often assumed for many different reasons. Our goals is to provide you with educational and practical applications in order for you to make the best choice for you, your baby, and family. We are here to help and offer support in whatever capacity we can and without judgement, so feel free to ask questions and ask for help. If we can’t help you, we have a great number of resources that we can share with you and direct you to other breastfeeding support specialists!

Have additional questions? Contact below in comments, at drtijana.dc@gmail.com,Website, Facebook, or Twitter!

Be healthy & happy, Dr. Tijana

If you do not already have a local chiropractor, call Dr. Tijana at 706.254.4579 to schedule your first appointment for YOU & YOUR FAMILY for a comprehensive health assessment TODAY!

Event: April Desserts & Doulas

10 Thursday Apr 2014

Posted by Dr. Tijana S., D.C. -- healthy.BEing family wellness in Chiropractic, Community, Events, Family Wellness, Pediatric Chiropractic, Pregnancy, Prenatal Care, Wellness, Women's Health

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Are you pregnant or know someone who is?

Come mingle with Georgia Birth Network birth professionals over some yummy desserts.

Meet doulas, prenatal chiropractors, child birth educators, lactation consultants massage therapist and birth photographers.

Drop by anytime between 7-9pm. RSVP if you can!

Admission is FREE.

Have additional questions? Contact below in comments, via Email, Website, Facebook, or Twitter?!

Be healthy & happy, Dr. Tijana

Call Dr. Tijana at 770.609.5544 to schedule your FREE consultation and your comprehensive health assessment for YOU & YOUR FAMILY today!

Raising for Rora

31 Monday Mar 2014

Posted by Dr. Tijana S., D.C. -- healthy.BEing family wellness in Children, Chiropractic, Community, Community Highlight, Events, Family Wellness, Pediatric Chiropractic, Wellness

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I have had the distinct pleasure of working with a little girl named Eliora, Rora as many know her, her brother Asher, and her family, at my healthy.BEing office. She is a sweet & loving baby girl who constantly spreads sunshine. She also happens to have spina bifida along with other related and unrelated conditions.

So in an effort to to help support Rora’s current medical needs, there is a brand new, amazing campaign to help raise funds for this wonderful little girl (and her friends) & her ability to stand! There are tons of benefits to being upright – cognitive development, social development, bowel/bladder benefits, and so much more. All of these are applicable to Eliora and we know that standing will do so much for her. And imagine how “walking”, no matter how assisted, will help her with various areas of development.

Have you all heard of the Upsee by Firefly? This would be an amazing way to help Rora stand and make strides physically and cognitively. The Upsee is going to cost around $500 and it’s going to be released in the US on April 7th,only a week away. The special needs community in the US is so excited – and very thankful that a mama turned her dream into a reality. The goal is to raise $1000: one for Eliora and one for another child, or multiple children, that could really benefit from this super awesome equipment.

One of the ways to help raise the funds is to be a part of a special mini photo-session with two lovely friends, Heather Goodbread of Heather Goodbread / Photographer and Doula and Lovereen Moore of Lovely Portraits & Fine Art have collaborated and put together a little local shindig to help raise funds for the Upsees. Your participation of $100 gets you a mini session (themed around Eliora’s favorite things: babywearing, playing, dressing up) that includes digital files AND a custom silhouette portrait painting. Only 10 slots available. Happening this Thursday, April 3rd in Kennesaw, GA!
The value of this is over $150, so you save some money and 100% of the funds go directly toward the Upsees.

So please help in this effort by participating in this mini-session or giving generous through donating via PayPal at raising4rora@gmail.com! If nothing else, please share this post (or series of posts) as a big help with much appreciation.

We are a community of families walking each other toward #healthyBEing!

Have additional questions? Contact below in comments, via Email, Website, Facebook, or Twitter?!

Be healthy & happy, Dr. Tijana

Call Dr. Tijana at 770.609.5544 to schedule your FREE consultation and your comprehensive health assessment for YOU & YOUR FAMILY today!

Event: February Desserts & Doulas

12 Wednesday Feb 2014

Posted by Dr. Tijana S., D.C. -- healthy.BEing family wellness in Children, Chiropractic, Community, Events, Family Health, Infants, Pediatric Chiropractic, Postnatal Care, Pregnancy, Prenatal Care, Prenatal Care, Reiki, Wellness

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Are you pregnant or know someone who is?

Come mingle with Georgia Birth Network birth professionals over some yummy desserts.

Meet doulas, prenatal chiropractors, child birth educators, lactation consultants massage therapist and birth photographers.

Drop by anytime between 7-9pm. RSVP if you can!

Admission is FREE.

Have additional questions? Contact below in comments, at drtijana.dc@gmail.com,Website, Facebook, or Twitter!

Be healthy & happy, Dr. Tijana

If you do not already have a local chiropractor, call Dr. Tijana at 706.254.4579 to schedule your first appointment for YOU & YOUR FAMILY for a comprehensive health assessment TODAY!