An online resource for women's health. Informing and inspiring women to be fit for their future.
Fair warning: when I do brownies, they are seriously dark. Fans of white chocolate (a.k.a. cheap vegetable oil, sugar, and fillers if it’s junky white chocolate or actual cocoa butter and sugar if it’s good-quality chocolate; either way, it’s just too much sugar for me) will not like my brownies. Fans of at least 75% [...]
Can you believe Valentine’s Day 2012 is already right around the corner? Neither can we! Don’t forget to visit ASKinyourface.com for all of your fabulous and fun articles on Valentine’s Day. Whether you’re single, in a relationship, married, divorced, in a “complicated” relationship, you will find something here to dive right into! Keep posted for [...]
The holidays are upon us, so let’s bake some chocolate treats! And when I say chocolate, I mean serious chocolate: choose bars that are at least 75% cocoa, don’t oversweeten your baked goods (traditional recipes are so sugar-shocked that you can typically cut the amount by 50% and get a much tastier result), stick with [...]
We eat for many reasons. First and foremost, we need fuel to allow us energy throughout the day. Many of us eat a particular way for the benefit of our heart, our diabetes, our hypertension, our muscles, our weight, etc., however I rarely hear of individuals eating for their brains. The brain controls the body [...]
1. Don’t try to multi-task if you can help it! Scientific studies show that our brains can’t handle it and can only focus on one thing at a time. Anything that requires concentration or is very important, give it your full focus. 2. Exercise your body AND your brain. Play crossword puzzles or Sudoku, practice [...]
Dark chocolate is one of my favorite things to indulge in. When I found out that it actually had health benefits, I said “More please!”. This Valentine’s Day, ignore your inner nagging about dieting and have a day to treat yourself with this wonderful dessert. Some “Dark” History Chocolate history in general goes right back [...]
I admit it: I’m on a chocolate-cake-made-in-a-food-processor kick. It’s just so easy to toss everything into a processor, blend it, pour it into a pan, and bake it! And nuts and dates just seem to lend themselves to being blended, poured, and baked. I have a feeling the chestnut cake I made recently is just [...]
Meet Allison Stuart Kaplan, Founder and Co-Editor in Chief of ASKinyourface.com.
Meet Lauren Stewart, Co-Editor in Chief of ASKinyourface.com.
