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Pasta with Pesto

This is such an easy meatless main dish and one of our favorites.  The pesto is made using walnuts instead of pine nuts.  It's also dairy free and you won't even miss the cheese.  This meal is so easy and goes well with a side salad or just some fresh sliced...

10 Apps To Keep You Healthy

It's really easy to feel all alone in your health endeavors, so having an arsenal of wellness at your fingertips is a GOOD thing!  These are my top 10 pics to keep you on the path of wellness in mind, body, and spirit. The Dirty Dozen - If you are wanting to save...

Gluten Free? Where to Start

What is Gluten? Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye, and barley. It gives strength and elasticity to bread and baked goods.  That means gluten is found in most breads, buns, rolls, pizza, cookies, crackers, cereal, cakes, bars, pies, pastas. . .you get the idea....

How to Have a Healthy Halloween

Healthy Halloween??  Is that even possible?  The amount of sugary candy that kids are given nowadays....at school, church, birthday parties, holidays, etc....is simply staggering.  Halloween is just around the corner....and as a health-minded parent, you may actually...

Vegetarian Fajitas

Fajitas are a great meal to make if you are trying to find something that will please both your health-minded friends as well as your unhealthy minded friends!  They can be made with or without meat, and you can add whatever toppings you like.  When our family gets...

Detox Your Life: I am…Part 2

Think about all the times you use those words..."I am".   I am tired, I am hungry, I am sick, I am frustrated, I am angry.  We claim those feelings like we claim an identity.  Your thoughts and words have power!  I have started a habit of using those particular words...

Detox Your Life: Trapped- Part 1

Are you stuck in a body you hate?  Are you having a hard time sticking with a healthy diet?  Maybe the problem doesn't have to do with willpower after all... We are constantly bombarded by advertisements, images, and propaganda in our culture that tells us what we...

Pumpkin Soup Recipe

One of my favorite things about fall is pumpkins.  Pumpkin pie, roasted pumpkin seeds, decorating with pumpkins.....anything pumpkin, in fact!  Today, I went to Dekalb Farmers Market in Decatur Georgia to stock up on food for the next week or two.  Sunday afternoons...

Vitamix vs. Nutri Bullet

I have always loved my Vitamix.  It is more than just a blender....I use it to grind up flax seeds, herbs, grains....pretty much anything.  So, when I heard about the Nutri-Bullet being similar to a Vitamix, it peaked my curiosity because I am always on the lookout...