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Mom-Friendly, Fast & Easy Turkey Recipe

A fast & easy turkey recipe? You bet! We love turkey, so much so that when there’s a special during the year, and it’s not Thanksgiving or Christmas… we have turkey. But the drawback has always been the cooking – it takes forever! My husband recently discovered my uncle’s 4-hour turkey (for a 20-pounder), and found […]

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Curry Your Kids Will Crave!

We love food from many different cultures. But nothing quite beats the sweet-savory of a yellow curry. I’ve refined this one, with the help of my husband and kids over the last couple of years and I really like what it’s become. It’s probably not all that traditional, but it’s very kid-friendly, flavorful and healthy! You can […]

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Health and Nutrition: 7 Ways to Harness the Benefits of Fermented Foods

In my last post I shared my favorite ways to use apple cider vinegar (and there are many!). Well I would like to share a bit about the benefits of consuming cultured and fermented foods. Most people are familiar with yogurt or kefir and even with sauerkraut and pickles. But what you find in the […]

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Healthy Living: 15 Ways Apple Cider Vinegar Can Improve Health

I always try to use natural substances – foods, herbs, spices – rather than drugs, so when I find a food like raw, organic apple cider vinegar, that can be used in so many ways, I make it a daily staple for myself and my family. You must be sure to buy raw, organic apple […]

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Healthy Moms and Children: Does Milk Really Do a Body Good?

We’ve pretty much all grown up being told to drink milk for beautiful teeth and strong bones and then there are the commercials and advertisements using celebrities with milk mustaches telling us “it does a body good.” But does it really? “The dairy industry has been hard at work the last 50 years convincing people […]