About Meeshie Nguyen
Meeshie Nguyen
Meeshie Nguyen is a 38 year-old single mommy of the cutest 3 year- old boy Maddox. She is a full time Senior Financial Analyst (by day ) who founded D-Lux Events in 2009 – an organization that creates events for non-profits and run by volunteers – her passion to #GiveBack in her “free time”. She is also the co-founder of The Live Well Project (www.thelivewellproject.org ) which empowers, inspires, and motivates young teenage girls to live a healthy lifestyle. Meeshie is a 7 year breast cancer survivor who underwent chemotherapy and radiation. This past February 2014, her mother passed away from a year long bout with lung cancer. Meeshie is an ambassador for the American Lung Association of Southern California. She blogs about her experiences with both diseases in hopes that it will give education and hope to those affected by cancer. Meeshie loves to stay active! She runs in half and full marathons, loves Crossfit, and in Septemer 2013, decided to train for a bikini fitness competition. She competed in her first competition in November 2013 and again this past May 2014 in her first NPC Bikini Fitness show. Healthy eating is a way of life for Meeshie and she is very excited to be the blogger for the No Excuse Mom’s “Quick & Easy Recipes”! “Your health and the health of your family should be the number one priority in your life. Without your health, you cannot thrive in life. Eating clean is essential for everyone! “ ~MeeshieQuickest Turkey Pasta Dish that the KIDS will LOVE!
July 31, 2014 | Meeshie Nguyen
NEMS! Ever find that by the time you pick up the kids from school, run them to soccer, swim, and gymnastics it’s just about past dinner time? Well, here’s a really quick, easy, and a pretty healthy dish that I … Read More
Sweet Potato Snack!
July 14, 2014 | Meeshie Nguyen
Eating “good carbs” is important when you are trying to #EatClean! Here’s an easy sweet potato recipe that has NO SALT added. This is a GREAT snack for the kiddos too! 🙂
Prep time: 10 min Cook time: 40 min
This … Read More
4th of July Egg White Protein w/Oats Pancake!
July 3, 2014 | Meeshie Nguyen
Happy 4th NEMs! What a better way to start out the morning of the 4th with some egg white protein powder w/oats pancakes! (Try saying that three times really fast!!! LOL!) I got this awesome recipe from my old high … Read More
Filet Mignon Stir Fry
June 20, 2014 | Meeshie Nguyen
NEMS! Do you love beef? I DO! Here is an easy, quick, healthy, and most importantly TASTY recipe! (As always, you can substitute the beef with chicken, shrimp, or tofu)
What you need:
Notice that I don’t use … Read More
Quinoa Chicken Salad – (served cold)
May 29, 2014 | Meeshie Nguyen 2
You are going to LOVE this Quinoa Chicken Salad! Last week I went to my friend Izabella’s house for a play date and she made this dinner for us. Of course, once I saw and tasted it I knew … Read More
Tomato Risotto – Vegan & Kid Friendly!
May 22, 2014 | Meeshie Nguyen 1
NEMs!
One of the new things I am bringing to you as your Recipe Blogger is a variety of meals for your family AND kids! I recently found a wonderful mom Brandi who has her own blog on VEGAN dishes!
Quick Dinner: Shrimp Salad!
May 14, 2014 | Meeshie Nguyen
This is another Quick & Easy meal for the family (and if you are trying to stay healthy or are training for a fitness competition)!
Prep time: 10 min Cook time: 5 min
This is a quick and easy … Read More