One of my favorite appliances, not just during the winter, but during all times of the year is my slow cooker. During the winter, being welcomed home with the smell of taco soup (*see recipe below). In the summer, avoiding introducing heat into the house. And during anytime of the year it takes less electricity than [...]
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Whole wheat pasta, wild rice and legumes. These are all very healthy additions to our everyday meals. Many people stay away from these items, not because they do not like them, but because they do not know how to prepare them correctly. Others do not know how to figure cooked amounts. For example-what is [...]
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It is official, well it has been official just not to everyone out there in the blogosphere that I’m pregnant with baby number two. This time around I am determined to be calmer, a more Zen-like pregnant woman. Needless to say my first pregnancy and the “changes” that come along with it were not very [...]
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