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Tag Archives: food
Southwestern Veggie Wrap
This is one of my favorite summertime recipes. I made it up myself trying to get more greens into my diet and picnic cooler. It’s got it all–your veggies, your protein, your whole grains, though most of the ingredients can … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Health & Weight, Recipes, Summer Fun, Sunny
Tagged avocado, beans, cooler, corn, cucumber, food, lettuce, pepper, plastic wrap, recipe, salad, summer, tortilla
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Bread Heels and Bread Crumbs
Do you sometimes find nothing but the two heels when you go to get a piece of bread? No one in my family likes the heels of store bought bread, and though I’ll eat them and try to hide them … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking Tips and Tricks, Food, Sunny
Tagged bread crumbs, bread heel, dinner, easy, eating, food, freezer, healthy, homemade, kids, leftovers, loaf
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Oven Pancakes using Coconut Oil
As promised in my previous post on coconut oil, here is my recipe for oven pancakes (a.k.a. puffed oven pancakes, baked pancakes, Dutch babies, german pancakes, etc.). This is the recipe for one batch, but with my teenage boys, and … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking Tips and Tricks, Food, Health & Weight, Recipes, Sunny
Tagged breakfast, coconut oil, dutch, food, German, healthy, leftovers, oven pancakes, pancakes, peaches, recipe
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Using Coconut Oil–Why and How
I heard about using coconut oil at a dinner with my healthy eating dinner group. My hostess had mixed it with garlic and herbs and served it instead of butter to put on bread. It doesn’t have that buttery flavor, … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking Tips and Tricks, Food, For You, Goals, Health & Weight, Recipes, Sunny
Tagged butter, coconut oil, cooking, cosmetics, fat, food, goals, hair care, healthy, homemade, lotion, moisturizer, navajo fry bread, non hydrogenated, pie crust, skin care, sopapillas, tortas fritas
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Green Smoothies for Teens
and Other Green-o-phobes
You may have read my post on green smoothies in which I promised a follow up on trying to get my teenagers to drink them. I have been working on the challenge, and this is what I’ve come up with … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Cooking Tips and Tricks, Food, Recipes, Sunny
Tagged banana, beets, berries, blender, cabbage, children, cups, eating, food, fruit smoothies, green smoothie, healthy, hidden vegetables, kids, kids and vegetables, recipe, smoothie, spinach, teenagers, vegetables
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Easter Egg Hunt Lunch
Our girls don’t think just a day or two of Easter Egg hunts is really sufficient. But for me, the candy they get already is too much. It’s not the plastic eggs or the hunt that’s the problem, though, so … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Easter, Food, Fun, Sunny
Tagged children, creative lunch ideas, Easter, Easter egg, Easter egg hunt, eating, food, fun, healthy, plastic eggs
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Healthy Eating Dinner Group
I love going out to eat with my husband. I love leaving the kids behind for a couple of hours and not planning anything for dinner and having a peaceful meal and no dishes to do afterwards (at least not … Continue reading
Posted in Dates, Food, For You, Fun, Health & Weight, Learning, Life is Better With..., Marriage & Spouse, Money Saving Tips, Sunny
Tagged dinner, eating, food, group, healthy, homemade, learning, recipe, restaurant
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Green Smoothies
I know Janae already touched on this in another post, but I want to blog about it anyway. A friend of mine has been battling cancer on a grand scale, and one of her approaches has been to learn voraciously … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Health & Weight, Life is Better With..., Recipes, Sunny
Tagged blender, Blendtec, eating, food, goals, green smoothie, greensmoothiegirl, healthy, lettuce, nutrition, recipe, vegetables
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Stud-Muffins
protein muffin recipe for athletes or anyone wanting a healthy, protein packed snack Continue reading
Valentine Party Family Style
Certainly I enjoy going out with my husband to celebrate Valentine’s Day, but there are other people in my home that I want to know I love them, too. And remind them that they love each other. But I frankly … Continue reading