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Recipe: Roasted Vegetables

Recipe: Roasted Vegetables

Recipe: Roasted Vegetables A family favorite around our house is roasted vegetables, we love them because they are so versatile! Not only can they be served by themselves but they can be added to pasta and eaten both hot or cold. Want to dress us a pasta sauce or add nice zing to any dish […]

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Stuffed Artichokes

Stuffed Artichokes

Stuffed Artichokes This is a recipe I copied from “The Italian Woman’s Club” 1970 edition, I  have always had good luck with this version of stuffed artichokes and it gets good reviews by friends and family. I hope you enjoy it and continue sharing it with your friends and family.   Stuffed Artichokes 4 lg.

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Pre and Pro Biotics: Alone or together, which is best?

During a recent conversation, pre and pro biotics came up, the question was asked what they were, more importantly, how should they be eaten. It was mentioned that to get true benefit from pre and probiotics they should be eaten together, the question was why? What are pre and pro biotics and what is the

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Summer Salad: Cole Slaw with Granny Smith Apple Slices

Summer Salad: Cole Slaw with Granny Smith Apple Slices

Summer time salad and Cole Slaw, they just seem to go together! This salad went together quickly and was an instant hit at the table. Like most salads, it is better once the flavors mature over a few hours, or overnight. The pickle lovers in my family enjoyed this served with freshly sliced crisp baby

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Quick Reference Guide to Visualizing Serving Size

Quick Reference Guide to Visualizing Serving Size

Quick Reference Guide to Visualizing Serving Size Nutrition guidelines detail the things you should be eating, Many will include suggestions to eat either a serving or a portion size, but what is that exactly? Are Digital Kitchen Food Scales required at all times in an effort to better manage your serving/portion sizes? Having a scale

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Beginner Fitness: Your Questions Answered

Beginner Fitness: Your Questions Answered

Do you feel like a beginner fitness rookie? Your questions answered. Often I am asked questions of people wanting to make changes to their everyday living, the most common are: How much time should you invest with fitness each day? The recommended amount of daily activity is 150 hours per week according to the Surgeon

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Eleven Laws of Fitness, Tony Horton

Eleven Laws of Fitness, Tony Horton

Eleven Laws of Fitness, Tony Horton talks about getting results with P90X Tony Horton is a very engaging speaker, getting so much information out of this presentation. We filmed this series while attending a Super Saturday event in June of 2010, I come back to it often for the information and a good laugh. What

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Walnuts Contain Most Healthy Antioxidants

 Antioxidants Heavy: The Walnut     According to the report: the walnut is ranked as having the highest concentration of anti-oxidants. Reports Tamara Croes, on the University of Scranton’s findings she discusses in her Earth Times piece titled  “Walnuts Contain Most Healthy Antioxidants.” The following is a snippet from the article: “J. Vinson, Ph.D. of

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Walnuts are the Antioxidant Winner

Walnuts Contain Healthy Antioxidants Walnuts have always been a favorite snack in our household; Costco sized bags remain on #1 son’s gift list. We don’t mind his love of walnuts; as long as we keep a secret stash hidden. When he was a boy we couldn’t keep our walnut supply stocked. Son: “Mom, there aren’t

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Fight Against Government Flab

I love reading articles about people getting fit, it really excites me to see that the military has taken notice of the challenge that P90X program, which trainer Tony Horton, designed for Beachbody.  Tony Horton has worked with the military before, which I wrote about on this blog previously, he also travels around the globe

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