Time2Thrive
I'm a 19 year breast cancer survivor, RN, certified functional medicine health coach, graphic designer, wife, mother and grandmother. This blog is my story, and the result of a difficult and complicated struggle to regain my health. I hope by sharing my story and what I've learned, I can help others thrive the way I have been able to. Thanks for visiting.
Chicken Kebabs
Chicken Keema Kebabs Healthy doesn’t have to be bland. These Pakistani inspired Chicken Kebabs are an example of healthy and delicious. “Keema” is somewhat of a catch-all in South Asian cooking for most ground meat mixtures. Spices and meats can vary wildly from one keema...
Wheat Free, Dairy Free, Grain Free T2T Buns
No Grain Time2Thrive Buns: First, these are so easy to make, but getting consistent results can be tricky. I tried to make these at my son’s house over Christmas, and used a substitution for the apple cider vinegar. They were like hockey pucks. But, I...
Low Carb Stuffing
Cauliflower is becoming a miracle vegetable in our house. We’ve made pizza dough, mashed potatoes, cheese bread and now stuffing out of it! This recipe is from Delish, a website devoted to recipes. I have the link at the end, but their site doesn’t include...
T2T Low Carb Crabcakes
I adapted this recipe from one online that used flour. I’ve substituted the flour with a combo of brown rice flour and almond flour. You can also use a wheat free flour mix that is premade. I thought they turned out better than ones made...
Illness and Childhood Trauma
Make sure you tell your physician if you’ve had childhood trauma. Ongoing adversity in childhood leads to a chronic state of “fight, flight or freeze.” Researchers at Yale recently demonstrated that when inflammatory stress hormones flood a child’s body and brain, they alter the genes...
T2T’s Falafel
This is absolutely my take on falafel. Falafel is a vegetarian patty originally made with either chickpeas, fava beans or a combination of both. Mine is made with chickpeas and is gluten free. Falafel has been around for centuries, and with good reason. High in...
The Essence of Functional Medicine
Because I am a nurse, I know a lot of people in the medical community and as they learn my story and I get healthier, I’ve often been asked what functional medicine is. This image below sums up completely what a patient’s experience with functional...
Kohlrabi Slaw with cherries
One of the cool things about using a CSA provider is getting “surprise” veggies you have not cooked previously. A few weeks ago, Kohlrabi showed up in our box. Kohlrabi are part of the cabbage family, and have an odd sputnik look to them. (OK,...
Low Carb Grain Free Bread
I went to a conference last weekend, and asked my husband, who is hands down the better baker in our family, to find a grain free bread recipe. He found one and modified it a bit and made this for me when I returned home...
10 Days, 10 Ways to Lower Carbs, Day 10
Ok, Day 10 of 10! For my “finale” (thank God, this has been hard to post 10 days in a row!), I’ll talk about supplements to add to your regimen and some general guidelines and links to articles that I think have important information about...
10 Days, 10 Ways to Lower Carbs, Day 9
Today is simple. The next time you want to reach for potato chips, try one of these low carb snack alternatives! In general, I’ve avoided cheese because I don’t eat dairy. You can add cheese in small amounts if you can tolerate dairy. The key...
Strawberry Cookies GF, DF, Low Carb
I had a bunch of organic strawberries last weekend, and I didn’t want them to go bad, so I made this recipe based on a paleo recipe I saw. You can also substitute blueberries, blackberries or raspberries. And, because of their nutritional value, they make...
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