Category Archives: Nutrition

Caffeine? Check.

I almost feel guilty writing about watching your caffeine intake because it is one of my "habits to work on".  Despite the summer heat, I still enjoy wrapping my hands around a warm cup of coffee in the morning. I may think I'm a little dependent on caffeine, to say the least, but I recognize the good in taking a reality check to see just how much I need it. The good news: if you can get past a few headaches and sleepy
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Eating on Vacation

Vacation-I'm pretty sure the definition reads something like relaxing, enjoyable, maybe even unforgettable.  Have you ever ridden in the car for 12 hours with three kids under the age of nine?  This gives a different definition to vacationing.  When it was just the two of us on vacation, we'd stop at a rest stop and have a nice picnic lunch or dinner that I packed in a cooler.  Fresh fruit, cheese and crackers, something to drink and a blanket under
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Dust Off the Forgotten Kitchen Appliances

When my husband and I got married, we combined all of our kitchen appliances.  Both of us had accumulated a kitchen full of various gadgets in the years since college.  I thought everything I contributed were "must haves" for any cook, and looked quite skeptically at many of the items my husband contributed.  What in the world was I ever going to do with a silly George Foreman type grill that I'd only seen on infomercials?  I thought you only
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