One of my goals for ValerieCogswell.com is to create a bunch of fast and easy balanced meals, so you have options when life gets crazy (you know…like every day!) Peaches and Cream Overnight Oats is a deliciously sweet and satisfying breakfast (or dessert) to help...
I’m obsessed with eggs! Eggs are an inexpensive source of complete protein (read: metabolism boosting, lean muscle building protein), incredibly versatile and super easy to make. Add a small, shallow mason jar, ramekin or mini oven safe bowl (you'll need six of them for this...
When it’s ridiculously cold out and a cup of tea just won’t cut it, reach for Lean & Laced Hot Cocoa! It’s rich, chocolatey and packed with metabolism-boosting protein (unlike most hot cocoas that are loaded in sugar and whole milk or cream). I used...
If you’re like me, you want to be fit, healthy, energized and confident. But you refuse to starve yourself, count calories or succumb to “diet food” because to you, it’s just not worth it. You’re willing to work for what you want but only if...
High fructose corn syrup. Sodium Hexametaphosphate. Caramel color. These are the ingredients listed in Aunt Jemima syrup. The syrup millions of people, mostly kids, smother their pancakes with every day. Want to know the one thing missing in the list of ingredients in Aunt Jemima...
If you’ve read my previous blog on how diets actually cause weight gain, you were probably nodding your head, thinking, “Yup, been there!” Many of you reached out and said that you had been struggling for years to lose weight and now you finally understood...
I went shopping for jeans the other day. For the record, buying jeans is my second most hated shopping excursion (after bathing suit shopping of course.) So I’m looking in the mirror and I can barely concentrate on the jeans because I’m so focused on...
I haven’t gotten on a scale since 1999 (well..with the exception of the mandatory weigh-in at the doctor’s of course.) There are many compelling reasons why I broke up with my scale. But the main one? My scale is a liar. And yours is too....