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Banana Buckwheat Pancakes
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Meal Prep and Storage
Meal Prep and Storage In the past two weeks, we’ve discussed meal planning and have begun talking about the prep work. This week we’ll continue our discussion of meal prep and storage, and I’ll share ideas for making your life easier when it comes to magically producing a meal on the table. Containers to use When you are prepping meals, you want to be mindful of the types of containers you use. These containers are not just storing the ingredients and cooked food items, but are meant to keep the food fresh in the refrigerator or freezer for an extended period of time. You need to be careful what you…
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It’s not just about food…check your cleaning products too!
It’s not just about food… It’s not just about food…It’s about what you put on your skin, what you wash your clothes with and what you use to clean. This became no more certainly apparent than a few years ago when the manager of a pub in the neighboring town of Burlington, Massachusetts was overcome with toxic fumes and died as a result. He was a thirty-two year old man, a new father and his life was snuffed out by toxic chemicals. When I first read about it, the report was that he was cleaning the floor with bleach when the chemical accident occurred. My fear was that he had…
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How to Be Detailed in Your Meal Plans
How to Be Detailed in Your Meal Plans Once you’ve started noting down some meals you would like to make during the week, try to be as detailed as possible. If you think you will have leftovers from a chicken dinner in order to have lunch for 2-3 days, note that in the plan! Let’s talk about how to be detailed in your meal plans. This will help you reduce how many lunches you need to create from scratch, which saves you a lot of time when it comes time to prepare your different meals for the week. After listing the meals, make another list with all the groceries you…
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Meal Plan and Prep For Busy People
Meal Plan and Prep For Busy People If you’re like most of us, you have such a busy life, that making homemade, healthy meals each day is a constant struggle. Instead of just giving in and going through the local drive-thru or ordering pizza three nights a week, why not give meal plan and prep for busy people a try? Here are some things to know about each of these options to help you save time, money, and still prepare healthy meals each day for your family. What Exactly is Meal Planning? Before you can start on your meal prep, you need to plan your meals. Meal planning is nothing…
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The Best Sweetener To Use
What is the best sweetener to use? People ask me all the time what is the best sweetener to use, and it is one of the most important health questions you can ask. The sugar we are eating in this country and now in the world is destroying our health, making us sick, fat and old before our time when we don’t need to suffer like this. I have a few suggestions for you today if you’re interested in this topic. To your body, sugar is sugar is sugar. It doesn’t matter if it’s organic or agave or honey or maple syrup. To your body, it’s all the same. It…
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Lifelong Journey to Health and Wellness
Lifelong Journey to Health and Wellness This is a guest post from Connie Ragen Green on the topic of her journey of learning to eat to be well. Be sure to check out all she has to offer…books, training and so much more at https://ConnieRagenGreen.com Life is a journey that takes many twists and turns along the way. What may start as a single step can take you in a direction that makes all the difference in the world. My journey took a twist and then a turn when I was diagnosed with breast cancer at age thirty-seven. No one in my family had ever experienced cancer of any type.…
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Do You Read? A Whole World is Waiting for You!
Do you read? Do you read may sound like a strange topic for a column on health, but hear me out. There’s a world of information out there just waiting for you to take hold, explore and learn. Even if you don’t like to read or believe you don’t read well, there are audible books you can enjoy anytime…even while you’re folding clothes or commuting to and from work. Here’s the connection to the health part. The way I got started down the path to real remission from my chronic depression and the way I lost twenty pounds without dieting was by reading a book. Really…it was! This book gave…
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Becoming a Better Listener
Negative-Thinking and Becoming a Better Listener Negative thoughts bombard your life. They are all over the television. The news or your favorite television shows expose you constantly to negativity. You face it at work and even at home. You see enough of it online as well. They invade your life! You can find ways to combat negative thoughts, and along the way, you can practice becoming a better listener. What if you could picture your brain as a factory that takes negative thinking as input and processes it to churn out positive thoughts? This might seem a bit abstract as you are certainly not a factory. If you can learn…
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Words to Eat by…Enjoy Every Bite
Words to Eat by…Enjoy Every Bite! Every Tuesday I email the people on my list who want to learn from me, and I send them “Two Tip Tuesday”! This is a short email with two important tips for them to add to their healthy eating/healthy living arsenal. This week, I sent them this advice…Words to Eat by…Enjoy Every Bite! Your first tip today is to eat healthfully most of the time. Avoid sugary processed food and go for healthy salads and small amounts of lean protein and fresh vegetables. That may sound like a no-brainer, but it sets you up for your second tip. Tip two is, when you go…
