Marissa Vicario

Recent Blog Posts

Healthy Meal Planning for the Week: Roasted Beets

Whoa! Everyone really really loved my whole grains meal prep guide so I'm sharing more meal prep secrets and since it's root vegetable season, let's move on to roasted beets. I noticed a lot of people don't prepare beets simply because it seems complicated (and messy). Well, guess what? It's not! Beets are SO good for you and are great natural detoxifiers. Here's a quick little guide to roasting … [Read more...]

Ninja Blender Review

You may recall that I mentioned I first learned about the Ninja Blender at the Healthy Living Summit. It was there that I first fell in love with this glorious kitchen appliance. From the second I tasted the green smoothie it made, I NEEDED to know where it came from! Enter the Ninja Ultima Blender (now known as the Ninja Foodi), which my friends at Ninja sent me as a gift in exchange for this … [Read more...]

Healdsburg Wine Country Half Marathon Recap: A Surprise PR

It was a long racing season. I didn't even expect to write a race re-cap because I thought this race would be uneventful like many of my others. Oh, was I wrong. By the time I ran the Healdsburg WIne Country Half Marathon last weekend, my body was finished and so was my mind. I learned a lot about myself this year in terms of my limits and my strength. But what every athlete always knows deep … [Read more...]

How to Prepare Squash: Baked Squash {Recipe}

I've noticed a lot of people wondering how to prepare squash. One of my favorite things about this time of year is the mounds of  beautiful winter squash available so I want you to be able to take advantage. I love all squash varieties but my favorite is Delicata because it's so easy to work with. This baked squash recipe can be used with almost any kind of squash and makes a sweet and savory … [Read more...]

Simple Food Philosophy from Spoonriver Restaurant

At the Healthy Living Summit in Minneapolis, I ate dinner at Spoonriver Restaurant, an organic establishment that supports local growers and sustainable food. I ordered the vegetarian platter and it was SO GOOD! Little did I know, the owner, Brenda Langton, would be the keynote speaker at the conference the next day. Her philosophy on healthy eating is spot on similar to mine. In a world where … [Read more...]

One Medical Group: Free Membership

I've never thought of going to the doctor - even for a check-up - as an enjoyable experience. Even though I'm super healthy there's always a little anxiety involved with my annual visit. When One Medical Group, a concierge-style medical practice with six office in NYC, invited me in for a free visit, I thought the same would be true, but from the second I walked in the door, I was immediately … [Read more...]

Veggie Chili Recipe

One of the benefits of having a boyfriend who likes to cook is that we often cook together. And then there are those nights when I can't even begin to think about what's for dinner when he takes matters into his own hands. It happened last with this veggie chili recipe. I'd had a whirlwind day followed by a Junior League meeting. Those are the nights I don't expect to get home before 9 p.m. … [Read more...]

What Supplements Should I Take?

One of the most popular questions I’m asked is, “what supplements should I take?” Seems a lot of people think supplements = healthy. Not so much. I’m on the conservative side when it comes to supplementation. I’ll attempt to answer the question, "What supplements should I take" by explaining why I take the ones I do in a minute but first let me explain why I’m conservative. Nature gets it … [Read more...]

Purely Elizabeth Gluten-free Granola Giveaway

When I first started studying nutrition and learned about the real meaning of “gluten-free” I was frustrated that eating store-bought gluten free bread meant ingesting a laundry list of other fillers and chemicals. I met purely elizabeth founder and maker of gluten-free granola and baking mixes, Elizabeth Stein, while I was a student at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. I remember one … [Read more...]