As the winter chill and shorter days set in, you may be feeling more demotivated than ever to stick with all of the healthy habits you’ve built up over this year. It’s natural for us to want to hunker down and conserve energy during this time of year, but it can make it really easy to slip up on our health, especially with all these holiday treats and feasts stacking up. But now’s not the time to give up – it’s time to romanticize the season and get creative in the kitchen!
Craving all things warm and cozy? Looking for low-effort ways to spice up your usual healthy staples or wow guests this holiday season? We’ve got you covered. Here are some tasty tips for warming up your winter with Youngevity nutrition and healthy recipes:
Nutrition Best Served Hot
Youngevity delivers nutrition in all kinds of formulations and flavors – including hot beverage blends! For a
toasty morning or midday pick-me-up, brew up a cup of our delicious instant coffee blend, Tazza Di Vita™ Café Ganoderma. Each serving comes with added adaptogenic mushrooms and slightly less caffeine than a standard cup of coffee for a revitalizing, jitter-free experience. We also offer an all-in-one version with MCT, cane sugar, and non-dairy creamer if you prefer a latte on the go.
For creamy, sweet, nostalgic comfort, we recommend our Reishi mushroom-enhanced Beyond Hot Chocolate or one of our limited-edition protein shakes (Chocolate Mint is selling fast!). Though our shakes are easy to enjoy blended with cold milk or water, they taste just as delicious with steamed milk or in a bowl of oatmeal. And when you’re ready for an evening wind-down or in the mood for something lighter, we have a number of teas to choose from (both decaf and caffeinated). Personally, our pick for your January new year reset is our TrueDetox Tea™, ideal for refreshing your digestive and immune systems.
Cozy, Warm Recipes & Spices
The last thing we want to do on cold, early mornings or after long days at work is worry about meal prep, especially if the meal we’re making is cold. Açai bowls don’t usually sound great when it’s 30 degrees outside. Thankfully, the YGY catalog offers a lot more than just beverage mixes! Beyond our nutritional supplements, we offer fresh spice mixes, comforting instant bread and soup kits, addictively good condiments and jellies, and other tasty meal seasoning kits to help inspire your cooking. Both our Easy Eats™ and Sunset Gourmet product lines will help you whip up healthy, comforting, easy dishes in a flash.
Not sure where to start? Our YFast and Easy Eats recipe libraries are packed with delicious, nutrient-packed recipe suggestions for meals, snacks, and so much more. Here are a few of our favorite recipes and products! Explore even more in our product trifolds, in the Downloadable Documents section of each product page.
Roasted Garlic Aioli Alfredo Sauce
Souper Duper Soup Box – 7 delicious soup recipes!
Dinner’s Done Freezer Meal Kit – 8+ Meals
Traditional Sweet Corn Bread & Muffin Mix
Chipotle Aioli Sweet Heat Sauce
Sunset Gourmet’s Smoky Sweet Grilling Sauce
And when it comes to our spices, don’t forget – a little heat goes a long way! One Easy Eats packet provides enough seasoning for many meals, so feel free to use as much or as little as you like to spice up your winter.
When in Doubt, Get Creative
Sometimes hacking your motivation to keep up with a healthy lifestyle comes down to creativity and experimentation. If you like a bowl of yogurt or chia seed pudding in the morning, you can dress it up with seasonal flavors or blend in one of our protein shakes for added flavor. If you want to stay on track with a lean protein+rice+veggies lunch, try mixing in one of our spice blends to jazz things up. Lean into the flavors of the season and incorporate your farmers market hauls – it can make a huge difference in how excited you are to get cooking (and eating).
We hope this list gives you some inspo and encouragement to keep up the good work!
