About Liza Atkinson

Liza Atkinson is constantly evolving her thoughts and feelings about what it means to be healthy and happy. Her quest includes a passion for cooking real food, understanding nutrition and what best fuels our bodies and an interest in nourishing her family. Liza is a crunchy-granola leaning mommy of two little people and wife to a fellow foodie. A real social butterfly, she loves building relationships and having great conversations over a glass of red wine.

“Saving” memories in the digital age

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In this digital age, we never look and touch actual photographs anymore. And though I have never been a scrap booker (they are too fussy and time consuming for me), I do enjoy looking at photo albums or picture books. However, the last time I actually had photos made and put them into a photo [...]

3 ways to replenish your physical and emotional well-being

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Replenish. Just the word makes me relax a bit, you? When I think of ways to replenish both physically and emotionally several ideas come to mind. These certainly aren’t new, but I think we can always use another reminder. Find your magic number Get more sleep. We hear it all of the time, right? I [...]

Channeling Italy: 5 foodie habits for everyday life

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My passion for food began 10-years-ago this summer with a trip to Italy with my then boyfriend and now husband. We had only been dating a few months but it was my last summer before I would finish college and we went for it. It was a two-week tour across central and northern Italy.  We both [...]

Lessons in nutrition

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My son was diagnosed with a peanut allergy when he was six-months-old. He had been having horrible eczema all over his little body and there was one spot on his cheek that cracked and bled often. Since I was exclusively nursing him, his pediatrician suggested I start eliminating some things from my diet to try and [...]

No more shampoo?

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I have a confession to make. I have stopped shampooing my hair…What? Yup – you read that right. I have basically stopped shampooing my hair. I stopped right around New Years. I know what you are thinking. Do I look as though I have fallen on hard times? Nope! So what gives? After I had [...]

The Wonders of Coconut Oil

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Coconut is all the rage these days isn’t it? Coconut water, coconut milk, coconut ice cream… I love all things coconut, always have. However when I was pregnant this past summer, I craved coconut like crazy. Seriously I ate it every single day for a couple of months! Other than the shredded stuff in a [...]

Are You Drinking Too Much?

Nope I don’t mean wine or beer…I mean water.  Wouldn’t it be nice if we all said we were drinking too much water? It seems that all we hear is that no one is drinking enough. How much water do you drink every day? Have you read this article from The Washington Post being circulated [...]