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Rhonda Cawthorn

Rhonda Cawthorn aka the Sage Chef, is a certified personal chef and caterer and is a classically trained chef in the French style. She studied cooking at Sullivan University where she was awarded the prestigious Honor of the Order of the Golden Toque in 2010 as well as earned two culinary arts degrees, one in personal cheffery and one in culinary arts and catering. She is also a former award-winning English professor who has studied the art of writing for most of her life.
She loves learning abo...
About a Mom •

Italian Wedding Cookies

These almond-flavored Italian Wedding Cookies just melt in your mouth so deliciously. If you want a cookie that takes you back to Christmastime at grandma’s house when you were little, you cannot get more food-memory evoking than these delicate Italian wedding cookies. There’s something so nostalgic and evocative about biting into the delicate crumb of a buttery cookie that’s all dusted in a cloud of powdered sugar, melting softly on your tongue.Indeed, Italian wedding cookies are sure to please...
Dr. Berg •

Keto Diet for Beginners: Powerful Start Guide | Dr. Berg

Starting a ketogenic diet can feel overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be. This comprehensive keto diet for beginners guide breaks down everything you need to know–from how it works and what to eat to how to avoid common mistakes. Whether you’re aiming to lose weight, improve your energy, or simply eat healthier, this beginner-friendly approach to Healthy Keto® will help you get started on a low-carb lifestyle.The ketogenic diet is a low-carbohydrate, moderate-protein, high-fat diet designed to...
Dr. Berg •

How to Lower Cortisol: Best Natural Solutions | Dr. Berg

Cortisol plays a crucial role in mitigating the effects of stress on the body. However, chronic stress, a poor diet, and lack of adequate sleep can lead to high levels of cortisol, which can negatively affect your physical and mental health.

Learn if you show signs of elevated stress hormones and discover how to lower cortisol levels naturally.


Cortisol is a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal glands in response to stress. It plays a crucial role in regulating various physiological funct...
Dr. Berg •

What Is Intermittent Fasting? Life-Changing Facts | Dr. Berg

What is intermittent fasting, and should you consider doing it? The 16:8 fast is a popular intermittent fasting pattern that triggers profound metabolic changes that can help your body burn fat stores, increase insulin sensitivity, lower blood pressure, and enhance cellular regeneration.   Learn how to start intermittent fasting and discover why restricting your calorie intake for prolonged periods can unlock your health goals. Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern that alternates between fa...
About a Mom •

Chicken Carbonara - About a Mom

This isn’t just Chicken Carbonara. It’s Bacon Chicken Carbonara, and that makes a whole lot of delectably delicious difference.I’m a sucker for a fancy sauce of any kind, be it Hollandaise, mayonnaise, or—well, you get the point: I love sauces. What makes this little confession of mine all the stranger is that although I went to culinary school, carbonara was new to me until about a year ago when I began reading Lidia Bastianich’s Mastering the Art of Italian Cooking. When I saw the picture for...
About a Mom •

Pancetta Pasta - About a Mom

You know what “pancetta” means? I think Pancetta is Italian for “something really freaking tasty.”This Pancetta Pasta is one of the most appropriate illustrations I know of that proves beyond a shadow of doubt that simple dishes can often be the best things we’ve ever tasted.With just six ingredients—two of them being salt and pepper, the others being olive oil, pasta, parmesan, and pancetta—this simple pasta dish will quickly become a family favorite because it’s so utterly and undeniably delic...
About a Mom •

Ravioli Carbonara - About a Mom

Can you believe that this naughtily delicious cheese ravioli topped with a pancetta carbonara can be on your table in less than 30 min?I love ravioli like I love unwrapping presents—they’re just like little packets of as-yet unopened surprises on the plate, all delicious and ready to be unwrapped by my fork, which cannot wait to pierce that ravioli and find out what deliciousness awaits me inside.Will that deliciousness match this blessing of a sauce that surrounds it, gracing my tongue with the...
About a Mom •

Bucatini Carbonara - About a Mom

You will not believe the rich flavor of this delicious pasta dish until you taste it.Yesterday, my dear client, Jillian, who lives practically next door, called and said, “Rhonda, what’s that yummy dish called that you fixed us last week… you mentioned something like ‘pasta with holes in it’… Oh, it was so, so good.”I thought about this confusing clue as I flipped through the Rolodex of meals I fixed for her, little Harper, the wee twins, and her hubby, Ferf. It didn’t take me long to figure out...
About a Mom •

Creamy Pasta Salad - About a Mom

This creamy mayo and sour cream sauce with its magical sprinkling of vinegar and sugar makes this the most delicious pasta salad this chef has ever tasted – and it’s yours in 20 minutes flat!There’s always that dish that makes kids try new vegetables and discover them to be ‘dee-licious’. When I was just eight years old and hadn’t even ventured to try a salad with ranch dressing yet, it was my mother’s fresh spinach, red onion, and mandarin orange salad with this amazing sour cream, vinegar, and...
About a Mom •

Ground Beef and Potatoes Recipe - About a Mom

My mom called this dish hash, so I always thought the word “hash” meant good food, made well, that no one can resist. Dinner doesn’t have to be fancy to be delicious. Some of our most prized meals are the simplest ones. Eggs with bacon, seasoned with salt and pepper. Chicken and rice, seasoned with salt and pepper. An omelet, seasoned with salt and cooked in butter. That’s all you need. Same goes for this meal. It’s simple, but that makes it simply amazing as well. That’s something we’ve forgott...
About a Mom •

Chicken Pasta Salad Recipe - About a Mom

This beautiful and scrumptious Chicken Pasta Salad is drenched in a heavenly sauce made of Greek yogurt, honey, mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, and apple cider vinegar, and it’s simply ambrosial.One of the families I cook for has a daughter, Harper, who turns five in a month. The other day she said, “What’s a blog, Rhonda? My mom says I’m going to be famous.” So, please, let’s make Harper famous if, for nothing else, every hilarious thing she says just like that. The other day she came over to go swi...
About a Mom •

Chicken Shepherd's Pie - About a Mom

This Chicken Shepherd’s Pie has just the right bit of sage, rosemary and thyme to coax new flavors out of the chicken and mashed potatoes …. eating this, you’ll feel like you just took a bite of HOME.For me, nothing tastes more like soothing comfort in a meal than a warm, steaming plate of meat and mashed potatoes. Especially a whipped blanket of potatoes atop seasoned chicken and vegetables with the welcome surprise of savory gravy. Every bite is a velvety rich, savory forkful of the flavors of...
About a Mom •

Smoked Chuck Roast - About a Mom

With Smoked Chuck Roast—it’s all about that beautiful, delicious, rich, savory, cooked skin that forms on that meat called the ‘bark’.If you’ve never had a smoked chuck roast, boy, you’re in for a real treat. Chuck roast (also known as chuck pot roast) is called a poor man’s brisket for a reason. Like brisket, chuck roast is full of fat and marbling that just melts in that smoker and creates the most amazing bark—and people who practice the art of smoking meats are all about the bark.In fact, al...
About a Mom •

Easy Chili Recipe - About a Mom

When you want chili fast (…or chili fries fast…or chili dogs fast) this savory five–ingredient chili is on your table in 25 minutes flat.  Do you ever just want a hot bowl of chili with some crackers but want it done fast? Or do you ever just want a chili dog like right now? I do, all the time. So, I have at least six flattened freezer bags full of this quick chili at all times.I think chili is good for all kinds of days–even in August. Why? Because it just floods the body with the comfort of be...
About a Mom •

Lentil Sloppy Joes (Vegan) - About a Mom

Lentils simmered with chili, maple, paprika, cumin, tomato and soy sauce make this meatless sloppy joe so delicious – you won’t miss the meat!What do vegan chefs and soul food chefs share in common? A deep knowledge of how to take vegetables and legumes and steep them in rich flavor. I’ve learned more about creating flavor from vegan and soul food chefs than I have any other chefs in the world. Why? Because it’s easy to make already flavorful ingredients taste good, like lobster, king crab, or c...
About a Mom •

Tomato Beef Stew - About a Mom

Chunks of beef a-swim in a delicious, rich, hearty tomato stew is my idea of heaven in a bowl – especially when it takes just 20 minutes flat, and the stove does all the rest.This is my kind of stew. It combines real beef broth with good, canned tomatoes, the welcome, tender, melt-in-your mouth flavor of cooked carrots, and fall-apart tender potatoes. All of this floats in a thick, zesty, beefy, tomatoey broth that makes this my new favorite stew, hands down.If your kids love canned vegetable so...
About a Mom •

White Chocolate Chip Cookies - About a Mom

I don’t know whether it’s the sweet vanilla dough or the delicious white chocolate chips making the whole cookie a creamy, dreamy bundle of flavor but I love, love, love these White Chocolate Chip Cookies. Do you love a white cookie as much as I do? Then you’ll love these buttery cookies. They’re crispy, chewy, velvety, sweet concoctions with just a hint of salt that makes the flavors jump up and come alive! These cookies taste like light, airy cookies from heaven. They’re my favorite snack when...
Pepper Porch •

Keto Shakshuka Recipe

Eggs all gently poached to perfection by a simmering, spicy red sauce, with that delicious egg yolk spilling over all … mmm-mmm!There’s nothing I find more satisfying than a dish with a runny egg yolk that doubles as a sauce. Cut into a perfectly poached or baked egg, and that golden yolk spills out, coating everything on your plate with rich, velvety goodness. Add a bold, spicy sauce for that yolk to spill into, and you’ve got culinary magic.For this Southern chef, few things compare to watchin...
Pepper Porch
Pepper Porch •

Keto Burger Recipe – Five Guys-Inspired

This keto Five Guys–style burger is messy, melty, and made to satisfy even the fiercest fast-food craving.To me, if I’m going to splurge on any food, it’s going to be my favorite food, and that’s a good, juicy, cheesy burger. Nothing quite satisfies me like a good burger. And this burger is proof that you can still enjoy your comfort cravings when you’re eating the keto way.What I had in mind was creating the most ecstatic burger experience possible … something that felt indulgent, like Five Guy...
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Dr. Berg •

Keto Diet for Beginners: Powerful Start Guide | Dr. Berg

Starting a ketogenic diet can feel overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be. This comprehensive keto diet for beginners guide breaks down everything you need to know–from how it works and what to eat to how to avoid common mistakes. Whether you’re aiming to lose weight, improve your energy, or simply eat healthier, this beginner-friendly approach to Healthy Keto® will help you get started on a low-carb lifestyle.The ketogenic diet is a low-carbohydrate, moderate-protein, high-fat diet designed to...
Dr. Berg •

How to Lower Cortisol: Best Natural Solutions | Dr. Berg

Cortisol plays a crucial role in mitigating the effects of stress on the body. However, chronic stress, a poor diet, and lack of adequate sleep can lead to high levels of cortisol, which can negatively affect your physical and mental health.

Learn if you show signs of elevated stress hormones and discover how to lower cortisol levels naturally.


Cortisol is a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal glands in response to stress. It plays a crucial role in regulating various physiological funct...
Dr. Berg •

What Is My Body Type? Find Out and Take Control | Dr. Berg

What is my body type, and why is it important? If you struggle with getting healthy and losing weight, chances are, you don’t know your body type. Making dietary changes based on how your body functions on the inside will greatly affect how you look and feel.If you have problems with brain fog, grogginess, lethargy, pain, losing weight, chronic stress, anxiety, depression, insomnia, joint pain, or chronic disease, you’re in the right place. Knowing your specific body type and how to and how to h...
Dr. Berg •

What Is Intermittent Fasting? Life-Changing Facts | Dr. Berg

What is intermittent fasting, and should you consider doing it? The 16:8 fast is a popular intermittent fasting pattern that triggers profound metabolic changes that can help your body burn fat stores, increase insulin sensitivity, lower blood pressure, and enhance cellular regeneration.   Learn how to start intermittent fasting and discover why restricting your calorie intake for prolonged periods can unlock your health goals. Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern that alternates between fa...
Pepper Porch •

Keto Shakshuka Recipe

Eggs all gently poached to perfection by a simmering, spicy red sauce, with that delicious egg yolk spilling over all … mmm-mmm!There’s nothing I find more satisfying than a dish with a runny egg yolk that doubles as a sauce. Cut into a perfectly poached or baked egg, and that golden yolk spills out, coating everything on your plate with rich, velvety goodness. Add a bold, spicy sauce for that yolk to spill into, and you’ve got culinary magic.For this Southern chef, few things compare to watchin...
Pepper Porch
Pepper Porch •

Keto Burger Recipe – Five Guys-Inspired

This keto Five Guys–style burger is messy, melty, and made to satisfy even the fiercest fast-food craving.To me, if I’m going to splurge on any food, it’s going to be my favorite food, and that’s a good, juicy, cheesy burger. Nothing quite satisfies me like a good burger. And this burger is proof that you can still enjoy your comfort cravings when you’re eating the keto way.What I had in mind was creating the most ecstatic burger experience possible … something that felt indulgent, like Five Guy's...
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NaturalHealth365 •

Immune System Support with Essential Oils | NaturalHealth365

(NaturalHealth365) Okay, you’ve made an important (health) decision to eliminate hazardous, life-threatening chemicals found in too many personal care products and household cleaners.  No longer are you going to trust (or depend on) government “health” officials for healthy living advice.  That’s good, because they tend to always be in favor of corporate profits over public safety.
Here’s the good news: there are many (healthier) ways to clean countertops, put a scent on your body or “freshen up...
NaturalHealth365 •

Heart Health with Better Nutrition | NaturalHealth365

(NaturalHealth365). There are two nutrients that many Americans are not getting nearly enough of that can help you to avoid serious heart health issues and poor overall energy.  Can you guess what they are?
Vitamin B4 and K2 are vitamins that can help you keep calcium out of the “bad” places in the body, like your arteries, and help to supply the mitochondria, those important batteries that power up every cell in our body for optimal health and vitality.
Vitamin B4, also known as choline, adine,...
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NaturalHealth365 •

Beauty Products Dangers Exposed | NaturalHealth365

(NaturalHealth365) Health and beauty products including shampoos, conditioners, makeup, and, most of all, fragrances of any kind are loaded with thousands of toxic chemicals, and America has banned only 9 of these from public use, even though 40 other countries have banned some 1,300 or more chemicals from their products.  Why?
Indeed, fragrances contain some of the most dangerous toxins to human health – and why use them, really, when there are healthy alternatives we can use to scent our homes...
The Energy Blueprint - Cutting-Edge Science For Ov •

Science Says: Coffee Is Secretly Sabotaging Your Energy Levels │ (Why Does Coffee Make Me Tired?) - The Energy Blueprint

Coffee and caffeine are often thought of as energy boosting substances? And indeed, immediately following caffeine consumption, you will feel a boost in energy. Yet, the story of how coffee relates to energy levels (and fatigue) is more complex than it seems on the surface. I’ll give you a clue why I say this: Every day, thousands of people do Google searches with questions like “why does coffee make me sleepy?”, and “coffee makes me tired?”, and “can coffee make you tired?”
The truth is that wh...
NaturalNewsBlogs •

Why Vitamin K2 Is The New Superfood

Vitamin K2 is the new superfood, as scientists are discovering. Superfoods are those foods revered for their nutrient density and benefits to the body overall. Scientists have only recently discovered that this vitamin is a highly necessary one for bone density and development, to build strong teeth and facial bones, to keep our arteries and hearts free of calcification, to promote prostate health, to slow aging, especially of the tissues and skin, and for contributing to overall health of the b...
Ben Greenfield Life - Health, Diet, Fitness, Famil •

The Controversial Hormone Harkened As A Natural "Fountain Of Youth" And What I Use To Increase Lean Muscle Mass, Lose Fat, Add Years To My Life, And Protect My Body From Cancer.

October 18, 2016
The cryptic message from my biohacking, exercise-science-obsessed, name-shall-remain-anonymous friend read like this:
“Ben…here is the sleep/fat loss/muscle gain stack I am now using:
-Ipamorelin at 200mcg 1x/day
-Mod-GRF frag at 100mcg 2x/day
-IGF-1 at 50mcg post-workout…”
Unless you lurk on bodybuilding forums, you’re on the very pointy edge of anti-aging and biohacking, or you've read my previous articles on “peptide injections”, this message is likely Greek to you.
But e...