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Top 5 Healthy Camping Food Ideas
Annual camping trips are, were, and always will be favorite summer gatherings for many of us. This year, I have decided to kick it up a notch by incorporating healthy eating habits even in the middle of a state park! Just because you’re not at home whipping together healthy meals doesn’t mean you can’t do [...]
Foodie Friday: Raspberries
It’s summertime, and in my family, a fun weekend jaunt might include a lazy day of berry picking (and eating!). This juicy member of the berry family and the rose family is a tart pick that is especially abundant from the months of June through October. Fun Facts about the “Other” Berry Not your average [...]
Top 5 Snacks to Pack in Your Suitcase
Going on vacation? There’s no better time to travel in the year than now! Kids are out of school, the sun is hot, everyone is in the mood for a summer getaway. You can eat whatever you want while on vacation, without tearing up your wallet into a gizillion pieces. The secret? Healthy snacks! On [...]
Foodie Friday: Lentils
Lentils are an often overlooked delicious source of both protein and fiber. A staple of the East, this legume is a given in any East Indian household or restaurant, and comes in assorted colors (red, green, yellow, black) that give it varying flavors. While often combined with rice or bread in India (the largest producer in [...]
Foodie Friday: Cinnamon
I don’t know about you, but there’s not much that can beat a hot bowl of oatmeal with brown sugar and cinnamon! It may not seem like a match for the hot weather, but cinnamon can be just the right flavor to get me going. Cinnamon is my 8 year-old daughter’s favorite spice. She adds [...]
5 Ways to Spice Up Your Sandwich
Spice up your summer this year by spicing up your homemade sandwiches! That’s right. Sandwiches are great delivery vehicles for a number of health benefits including antioxidants, increased metabolism and overall a great way to maintain that summer bod you’ve worked hard all spring for. Toast that Grain! Some people who don’t normally like whole [...]
Study Alert: Link Between Pesticide Exposure and ADHD
As a mom to two young children, recent findings published in Pediatric journal were of great interest to me. According to a study conducted by Harvard University and the University of Montreal, in which urine samples were studied for over 1,100 children aged 8 to 15, for traces of organophosphate pesticide. Children with the highest [...]
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5 Ways to Prevent Weight Gain at Work
For those of us trying to stay trim and active, there’s little that’s more fitness-killing than sitting behind a desk for 40 hours a week. Even without the constraint of a desk, a career can drain energy so that we’re too tired to work out after the workday is done. I find that there are [...]
6 Ways to STOP Sweet Cravings
I’ll admit it—sometimes a sweet craving just cannot be resisted. Fortunately, I’ve discovered a few tricks to keep the little cravings from turning into full-fledged junkfests. Here are my top 6 ways to curb those sneaky cravings: Avoid Triggers and Remove Temptations Whether we’re under stress or flying high, different things can trigger us to [...]
5 Ways to Retain Nutrients While Cooking
5 Ways to Retain Nutrients While Cooking With the economy the way it is, we can’t help but brainstorm about the innumerous possibilities how we can save money. It’s pretty much become second nature to finger through weekly sales papers, or return the bag of Roma tomatoes you had just picked out after noticing another [...]
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