Irina Gonzalez @irina-gonzalez ?

  • Irina-Gonzalez wrote a new blog post Slow Cooker Black Bean Soup /  8 hours, 13 minutes ago · View

    ThumbnailIt’ll probably come as no surprise to you that I made another slow cooker soup this week. What can I say? I am pretty thoroughly obsessed with them. I love slow cooker soups because they usually yield me quite a few hearty lunch portions and, above all, soup is the kind of food that benefits by [...]

  • Irina-Gonzalez wrote a new blog post 3 Best Healthy Dining Out Tips for Diet Success /  2 days, 1 hour ago · View

    ThumbnailI’ve spent the better part of my adult life dieting, often going up and down. Now that I’m finally on the road to success (as in, keeping it off for life), I’ve learned a thing or two–especially when it comes to eating healthy in restaurants. Although I try to keep most of my meals home cooked [...]

  • Irina-Gonzalez wrote a new blog post 12 Slow Cooker Summer Dinner Party Favorites /  1 week ago · View

    ThumbnailNow that the weather’s getting even warmer this May, I’ve started thinking about how I’m going to use my slow cooker this summer. Just because it’s sunny outside doesn’t mean that I’m going to stop indulging in my favorite mealtime prep device. I probably won’t be doing my favorite soups and stews anymore, so instead I’m [...]

  • Irina-Gonzalez wrote a new blog post Start jogging to lose weight; keep it up to live longer /  1 week, 2 days ago · View

    Thumbnail I try to keep up a healthy exercise habit in order to maintain my weight loss but, I must admit, I’ve been pretty lazy the last few months. I don’t know what’s been going on but I just haven’t really felt motivated lately. Now I’m getting a pretty big dose of motivation, though, thanks to [...]

  • Irina-Gonzalez wrote a new blog post 6 Tequila-Infused Slow Cooker Dinners /  2 weeks ago · View

    ThumbnailI think I’m a bit obsessed right now. After writing about the healthy Mexican favorites I’m going to be cooking up this weekend for Cinco de Mayo, I started looking through some more of our Slow Cooker Chronicles for Mexican recipe inspiration. That’s when I came across Heather’s slow cooker drunken pork carnitas recipe, one of her first from [...]

  • Irina-Gonzalez wrote a new blog post 6 Healthy Mexican Favorites for Cinco de Mayo /  2 weeks, 2 days ago · View

    ThumbnailOne of the things I really hate about losing weight is actual act of dieting. I don’t mean that I hate healthy foods. In fact, I’ve grown to love the added variety that I now have in eating mainly lean meats, whole grains and tons of different kinds of vegetables. I never knew that healthy food [...]