I made these amazing smothered pork chops for dinner on Sunday – they turned out great. The recipe comes from the final issue of Gourmet Magazine (rest in peace). The sad thing about this magazine’s departure is that it always delivered such great recipes and beautiful food photography right to my mailbox. And even though [...]

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I see this day as a new beginning. (It’s never too late to have a new beginning.) Today and tomorrow can be very different from yesterday if you can let yesterday go and focus on today. Today and tomorrow are about your NOW vibration, and you have complete control over that. Look for things to [...]

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I made this dish a couple of nights ago, and it turned out deliciously good. For pumpkin, I recommend using a Kabocha pumpkin – you should be able to find one in the farmer’s market pretty easily since this is definitely the season for them. If you have fresh rosemary growing in your window box, [...]

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This year’s Blog Action Day topic is Climate Change. Here are some of my thoughts on how you can live a more sustainable life and help protect the environment. I made this speech a couple of years ago at my Toastmasters club: I’ve been trying to get more green lately. I have been good about [...]

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Miso soup is a simple, warming dish, perfect for fall. Adding sea vegetables (kelp) gives you extra minerals and can support healthy thyroid functioning. I found this recipe on the Girly Girl Army site. Warning: Never boil miso soup – it ruins some of its healthy properties and changes the flavor of the soup! Ingredients: [...]

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One of the best things I learned about going through the P90x program was that if I kept track of my progress, I could see how well I was doing physically. At the beginning of the program, you take a fitness test to see how strong and fit you are, and then you retest yourself [...]

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The USDA recommends 5-9 servings of fruits and vegetables in your diet every day. Seems impossible? Here’s some ideas of getting more vegetables on your plate and into your belly: Veggies for breakfast – sound gross? A vegetable omelet is an easy way to add more veggies to your diet. Or how about dinner leftovers? [...]

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Cabbage is a wonderful cold-weather vegetable. High in antioxidants and fiber, it is know to be cleansing and great for the digestive system. Cabbage is great for the digestive system; raw cabbage juice is known to help heal ulcers. This simple dish is nice during the cooler days in fall and spring. The heat and [...]

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