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5 Simple Tips to Lose Weight the Healthy Way

5 Simple Tips to Lose Weight the Healthy Way

Let’s be honest here. There are a lot of unhealthy ways to lose weight. Sadly, I tried several of them. Happily, I never took a weight loss supplement, had surgery, or tried a diet that harmed my health. However, I did try a few crazy diets that promised to help me shed weight fast. None [...]

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Corn Flake Crusted Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

Corn Flake Crusted Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

Can you believe the kids are back in school?! By now we are a few weeks into the routine and hopefully back to being lunch box pros! With the comfort foods of fall & winter around the corner I bring you Corn Flakes Crusted Grilled Cheese. My take on comfort food always includes real whole [...]

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Operation Back to Basics

Operation Back to Basics

September didn’t used to mean all that much to me. When I lived on the East Coast, it meant colder days ahead and a shift from summer’s simple foods to healthy food of a heartier sort. When I relocated toTexas, pretty much nothing in my life shifted come September. Light, healthy eating remained since it’s [...]

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Reacquainting Ourselves to Healthy, Simple Foods

Reacquainting Ourselves to Healthy, Simple Foods

I read Barbara Kingsolver’s book “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle” a few years ago and one of the passages I recall most vividly is when a young man accustomed to city life saw her pull a carrot out of the family garden. He was shocked that carrots grew in the ground. This disconnect between real, simple food [...]

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Crispy Cereal Mango Parfaits

Crispy Cereal Mango Parfaits

With the warmer weather finally here we crave lighter foods and bright flavors. We love mango and find any way we can to enjoy this sweet fruit! Mango is fabulous sliced and eaten by the bowlful. It is also a wonderful addition to shakes and smoothies. Mango gets even fun in these sweet little parfaits… [...]

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