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About Karen

Karen merges her deep and innate culinary skills with her knowledge of holistic nutrition to help individuals achieve optimal health through detoxification and weight loss workshops, therapeutic cooking classes, and private nutrition consultations. Karen Diggs, CNC is a member of the National Association of Nutrition Professionals.

Little Gluten-free Gems

These little gems are enormously satisfying and are perfect with a cup of chai or green tea. What’s even better is that they are super easy to make! Here’s how: 1 – 1/4 cup  *Pamela’s Mix 1/3 cup water 1/3 … Continue reading

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Spice up your Tea (and your life)

Are you trying to get off coffee, but can’t really get excited about tea?  Here’s a stunning recipe with exotic spices to the rescue!  Your mornings will be imbibed with sensual energy when you start the day  with my  Six-Spice … Continue reading

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Cocoa Cupcakes with Matcha Frosting

Cupcakes!  It’s all the rage these days.  Cupcakes instead of wedding cakes, cupcakes instead of donuts, cupcakes instead of ding dongs… But what do we gluten-free, cupcake lovers do when we need to satisfy our cupcake urge?  Well, stop crying … Continue reading

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Savory Gluten-free Pancakes

Say “pancakes” and many of us may conjure up a mental picture of  a stack of them dripping with Aunt Jemima syrup.  I certainly recall chomping on a few while watching Saturday morning cartoons on TV when I was a … Continue reading

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Breakfast outside the Box

By the box, I mean the cereal box… How many of you wake up tired and stressed and mindlessly shake out some cereal into a bowl  (while yawning), pour low-fat milk over and chow it down in 60 seconds, with … Continue reading

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Luscious Cocoa Pudding with Geranium Cream

  This sensuously silky and opulent chocolate pudding contains no processed sugar, has a deep dark cocoa flavor, is thickened with kudzu, and is topped with a dollop of geranium scented cream.  It also contains amazake and xylitol which you … Continue reading

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Not the usual Loaf & Mash

There’s nothing more classic and comforting than meatloaf and mashed potatoes, but have you gorged on such a meal and felt way too full and maybe even bloated and sluggish afterwards?  Well, here’s a light and simple version for you … Continue reading

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Be Sleek & Sexy with a Maca Mocktail

Hmmmm. Right.  Well, sleek and sexy sounds good, but  maca?  mocktail?  What is all this weird stuff, you ask? ! Well, there may be times when you just don’t feel like drinking (alcohol) that is, but still want the sexiness … Continue reading

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Saved by Sage

In these turbulent times of environmental and financial calamities, it  can be hard to maintain a sense of optimism and balance. We can all use a dose (or two) of healing wisdom. But from where and how, you ask? Don’t … Continue reading

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The 15-Second Dressing

As Summer approaches, you may have a desire to eat a little lighter and enjoy all the crisp, refreshing organic salad greens from your local farmers’ market. Did you know that lettuces are: Good sources of minerals such as magnesium … Continue reading

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