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A Dozen of My FAVE healthy(ish) foods!
Sliced hard boiled eggs with Cholula hot sauce drizzled on the slices. English muffins with creamy peanut butter. Avocados. Coffee with light cream. Iced coffee with light cream. Curried veggies...
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Pumpkin Spice Smoothie
Good morning! I got to bed late last night (10:45) and woke up early (5:26). I've managed to pick up the house, drink some coffee, chat with the husband, squeeze in an hour-long workout (after four...
View ArticleSo Thank You.
Things have been rough lately. My husband and I got into a pretty serious car accident a few days ago. We swerved to avoid another car (which we did) and hit the ditch pretty hard. I have a seatbelt...
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New SPICY Salsa Recipe (For Canning)
Hello! Last year I published a blog about our first salsa canning experience. If you want to check it out, here it is. This year, we have been inundated with tomatoes. We've pretty much spent five...
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Banana Watermelon Smoothie
We've been eating a lot of smoothies lately. Simply put, they are easy, healthy, and filling. To me, that adds up to a perfect lunch option. Today, I made myself a pumpkin spice smoothie (I'm...
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Pause and Unpause.
Nearly two years ago, I started my health and fitness journey. I've told many of you all about in in previous posts, and many of you about it in real life. I've had these stages that I've gone through....
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Tomato Soup Recipe (Canning!)
Yes. All I write about right now is canning. But it's canning season and I've definitely become obsessive about it this year. I think it's because we planted too many tomatoes, maybe? We have GOBS of...
View ArticleNo Apologies
I've had a number of friends who work out regularly apologize recently for posting about working out. You will not ever get an apology from me. Never. I am not trying to make anyone feel like they're...
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Sore Muscle Mender Smoothie Recipe!
My husband and I have been a smoothie kick lately. Usually, once a day (most often for breakfast or lunch), we make ourselves a smoothie as a meal. We fill it with fruits, veggies, proteins (found in...
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TIRED.
I didn't sleep well last night. I woke up at 1:30am to the sound of our dog, Annabel, in the living room puking, then licking it up. So I went out there to check on her. And she got all weird and...
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Facebook Purging
Earlier this year, I decided to go through my friends list on my Facebook and delete a lot of people. It wasn't because I disagree with their beliefs or because they were mean or because I get sick of...
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Chickens Have My Heart
I have a chicken story to tell about today, but first, I have to share some history. When I was a little kid, from about age 3 until I was about 11 or 12, my parents raised chickens. Yes. For meat....
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Stats!
Happy Sunday morning, my friends! If you read my blog with any regularity, you won't be surprised to hear that I'm procrastinating again... I could have been done with my workout, showered, will my...
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Rosemary Citrus Stove Top Potpourri
Happy New Year! It's been a really long time since I've posted anything. Life's been busy! One of my unspoken resolutions this year is to get back into blogging. So here I am! Today, I decided to use...
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Chicken Care: Sub-Zero Edition
Here's what I've done for my chickens this winter so far:regular food + black oil sunflower seeds as needed. kitchen scraps at almost every meal. THREE different varieties of bulbs for a heat lamp. The...
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Yoga Just Keeps Making Things Better...
Good morning! After days of sub-zero temperatures, we woke up today to a sweltering 7º! It's gonna be a great day. I just wanted to share something extraordinary that has happened to me recently. It...
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Stuffed Butternut Squash Recipe (vegan!)
We planted a garden last summer. It yielded more than we would have imagined. Especially the squash, which is good, because I live in a family that is addicted to squash. We still have oodles of squash...
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Decadent 200 Calorie Snack
Let's eat a snack that has it all today. Let's eat something that is decadent, filling, gives you energy, doesn't take forever to put together, and is low in calories! Here's what you do. Get some...
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Vegan Tofu Pad Thai
Ingredients3-4 C cooked spaghetti squash (or 1 large squash, 2 small squash)1 container extra firm tofu, cut into 1/2" cubes2 T low sodium soy sauce1 T teriyaki sauce2 T rice vinegar1/4 C vegetable...
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Chocolate Chia Seed Pudding
I wrote a post a little over a year ago about the health benefits of chia seeds. In short, the have tons of fiber, calcium, and protein and they give you energy. I try to incorporate them into my lunch...
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Quinoa Stuffed Acorn Squash
As you might have noticed, I have been obsessed with squash this season. To be honest, I've been obsessed with squash for...? Since I can remember. I'm a big fan of just cooking them with butter and...
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Chocolate Mousse Smoothie
A few weeks ago, we had some friends over for dinner and so our two-year old kids could run around and wear each other down. I made my new favorite, spaghetti squash pad Thai and our friends brought...
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Three DIY Ways to Perfect Your Skin
When I was a teenager, I had perfect skin. Perfect. During the time when most of my peers were dealing with blemishes and acne, I didn't have to worry about it. (Sidebar: I had plenty of other awkward...
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Protein Packed Breakfast Bowl
Mmmm. Breakfast. My favorite meal. Breakfast for breakfast is amazing enough, but breakfast for lunch or dinner... Unbeatable. While I really enjoy a good waffle or fat-laden omelet from time to time,...
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20 Ways To Eat Chia Seeds Without Even Noticing
For some odd reason, chia seeds elicit a negative response in people who have never tried them. It's somewhere on a scale of, "You mean 'ch-ch-ch-Chia?!" and a mashed up face of disgust. Don't ask me...
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