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Picnics are a super fun way to spend the afternoon. Here are a few healthified and fuss-free picnic ideas for your next outdoor feast! 

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Picnics are a super fun way to spend the afternoon — just pick a beautiful location, throw down a blanket, and munch away with family or friends. Here are a few healthified and fuss-free picnic ideas for your next outdoor feast! Watermelon Salad With Feta and Basil Is there anything better than biting into a […]

Out-Of-The-Box Picnic Ideas

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Picnics are a super fun way to spend the afternoon. Here are a few healthified and fuss-free picnic ideas for your next outdoor feast! 

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Picnics are a super fun way to spend the afternoon — just pick a beautiful location, throw down a blanket, and munch away with family or friends. Here are a few healthified and fuss-free picnic ideas for your next outdoor feast! Watermelon Salad With Feta and Basil Is there anything better than biting into a […]

Out-Of-The-Box Picnic Ideas

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These Preserved Lemons are hands-down one of my kitchen staples. They add a burst of salty, citrusy brightness to just about everything – think dips, dressings, sauces, grilled veggies, fish, chicken… the list goes on. Once you start using them, you’ll always want a jar in your fridge. And good news? They’re super easy to […]

Preserved Lemons

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chocolate-covered toffee matzo

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Hello Passover! And just like that, it’s the holiday where we abstain from bread and grains and eat protein, veggies, and matzo instead! Matzo recipes abound, and they are usually the kind of recipe that you follow once a year and basically never again, but what I’m about to share will change that. This is […]

Chocolate-Covered Toffee Matzo

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Everyone I talk to says they love Passover. Well, except for one annoying side effect: weight gain. Get my tips to survive without packing on pounds.

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The eight days of Passover are a special time for most of us. Think: family bonding time, school vacation, and often a getaway of some sort. If you’re spending the holiday at home, there’s cleaning, prepping, cooking, cooking, and more cooking. And, like all good Jewish things, the holiday is centered around one thing: food.  […]

How To Survive Passover Without Gaining Weight

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With Passover right around the corner, I'm gathering some of my favorite, go-to Passover recipes! They're loaded with flavor and won't take you a long time make. I hope your family enjoys them just as much as mine!

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With Passover right around the corner, my family and I are gearing up to fill our plates with an abundance of fresh vegetables, lean proteins, nuts, and other grain-free goodies. Just in case you’re not familiar, Passover is one of the biggest festivals in the Jewish calendar. It lasts eight days and, during that time, […]

8 Passover Recipes You’ll Want To Add To Your Holiday Menu

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Time is precious! To help you gain a few hours each week, I've compiled a list of helpful time-saving hacks for home and the workplace.

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Time is precious. We can’t get it back and we can’t magically create more of it. So, as we all juggle work deadlines, appointments, family activities, and household demands, we’ve gotta figure out how to be as efficient as possible. That way, when the day is over, we can feel accomplished. And, more importantly, we […]

12 Time-Saving Hacks To Gain Hours Each Week

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Green Blender Muffins, Green Muffins, muffins, st. patrick's snacks

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Go green and eat clean this St. Patrick’s Day with my gluten-free blender muffins! Now, I know the sound of spinach or kale in bread may sound odd, but I’m sneaky and get all excited when my kids eat greens and don’t even know it. The kale and spinach go completely undetected and these yummies […]

Green Blender Muffins: A St. Patty’s Special

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Have you ever thought about taking a workout class or doing something big, but a little voice in your head stopped you because you weren't "ready"?

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Have you ever thought about going to a workout class, but a little voice in your head stopped you? Maybe you thought: “I’m not in good enough shape for the gym.” “I’m not limber enough to take that yoga class.” “My legs aren’t strong enough for a spin class.” “I’ll go after I lose a few […]

Why You Should Never Wait Until You Feel “Ready”

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How do you push through when life pulls you in a million different directions? Check out these six tips for staying motivated and achieving life success.

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Let’s get real—there are times when even the most motivated person struggles to stay motivated. Because constant motivation requires hard work! Some days you just want to kick back and relax. So how do you push through when life pulls you in a million different directions? Here are some tips! 1. Whenever You Feel Like […]

6 Tips For Staying Motivated & Achieving Success

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What’s your favorite kitchen tool? I'm personally obsessed with my dehydrator! In this post, I'm sharing why I love it so much and 9 things I make in it!

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What’s your favorite kitchen tool? I’m personally obsessed with my dehydrator! Sure, dehydrating food takes a long time. But here’s the good news: While your dehydrator may need a few hours—or in some cases, a few days—to deliver the decadent dish you’ve been craving, once you prep your ingredients, you can leave them and forget […]

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Love sipping on a flavorful beverage, but hate all those extra calories and chemicals? In this article, my friend and health blogger Melissa Gundersen shows us 11 delicious infused water recipes and steps us through how to make them! Every morning I wake up, stumble to the kitchen, and make myself a pitcher of infused water. […]

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Many of you read with fascination about xenoestrogens and the affect on our health and waistlines last week. We’ve followed up this week with a Part 2 to Dave Catudal’s popular post: a handy lists of foods to eat and avoid to help balance your hormones to achieve optimal health. What is the one thing you do everyday? You […]

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