food, supplements, kind-fitness food … Protein - How Much and How Often All the muscle-builders are jacking up on protein these days. I will walk you through many of the tidbits I have learned, and come to accept, after a ton of my own research. What is Protein? Proteins make up every cell in our bodies.…
food, recipes, kind-environment food … Scalloped Potatoes I had never made scalloped potatoes before today. I looked at over 5 recipes and wasn’t happy with any of them. So, I took bits and pieces of different recipes and added an idea of my own. Below is the result of the…
food, recipes, kind-environment food … Trail Mix Recipe Mod Recently, we have been making our original Trail Mix recipe on the lighter granola side (maybe a winter thing) and since I make our granola from this blog every time, I thought I would update the recipe. There are only 2 modifications: double all…
exercise, food, kind-fitness exercise … Recovery Drink: Which Should I Use? I actually get the question about which muscle recovery drink to use a lot. I am no expert! However, I have done quite a bit of research because I am extremely conscious of what goes into my body; knowingly and unknowingly. Recovery Drink Ratio…
food, kind-environment food … More Peanut Butter Product Recalls I received an email from Drugstore.com today notifying me that there was an update to the “Peanut Butter and other Peanut Containing Products Recall” that has been in the news for a little while now. The FDA has a new list of the…
BoSoChallenge, food, health, kind-environment BoSoChallenge … Body + Soul Challenge Day 4 The Challenge Day 4… Stay on Track Healthy food for all week. Check. I made a crock pot full of rice, quinoa, lentils, split peas, veggies, and spices. I can only wonder if something in this concoction is breaking my face out. I am…
food, stores, kind-environment food … Going Out of Business Sale: The Dinner Company As you may have learned from my previous article, The Dinner Company in Salisbury, MD is closing its doors. They are having a raffle and a Going Out of Business Sale. Below is an excerpt from an email I received from them regarding the…
food, recipes, kind-environment food … Chicken with Peppers & Zucchini Ingredients * Red Bell Peppers, organic (2 large) * Zucchini, organic (2 medium) * Chicken tenders, natural (1lb) * Canned Tomatoes, organic (28oz) (type depends on preferred liking) * Water (optional) (1/2 cup) Directions 1. Place chicken separated in bottom of baking dish. 2. Cut up veggies and…
food, recipes, kind-environment food … Egg Salad Ingredients * Eggs, large brown natural cage-free (12) * Mayonnaise, light canola (1/4 cup) * Mustard, yellow organic (1 tsp) Directions 1. Hard Boil eggs using desired method (See Egg Boiling Steps). 2. Cut up hard boiled eggs into a large bowl. 3. Add mayonnaise and…
food, kind-environment food … Dinner Company Closes Its Doors After a long summer struggling to keep their facility open, The Dinner Company in Salisbury, MD is closing its doors. I received an email earlier this week letting me know and I was saddened to hear but understood – people are cutting back everywhere they…
food, life, kind-environment food … Third and final cake for class Our last class – Sept 30th. I am so happy with my final cake for the completion of Course 1 of The Wilton Method of Cake Decorating. I challenged myself to new levels for this one. I didn’t use the Crisco icing for any…
food, kind-environment food … The Dinner Company The Dinner Company pictured below is where we prepare our dinner meals each month. I was supposed to join my friend in a scrapbooking challenge where we had to chose something we do routinely or do often and then do a scrapbook page about…
food, recipes, kind-environment food … Trail Mix Recipe We love to be able to take food on our travels and recently, we wanted to add a trail mix but not just out of a box, so I did some research. I found out what goes into a good trail mix, I modified…
food, life, kind-environment food … Clown Cake I tried something new this week – Sept 23rd – for the cake class. The cake consists of the same type of cake as last week, however, I made a chocolate icing rather than the white icing like last week. I wanted to decorate it more,…
food, life, kind-environment food … My 1st Decorated Cake Our 2nd cake class day was September 16th. So, here it is… the cake that I thought was going to be a disaster that actually worked out quite well… Our objectives were: (1) to make any type of cake we wanted, then (2) make…
food, friends, life, stores, kind-environment food … Cake Decorating Class Last week Carla, Meghan, and I went to our first class of The Wilton Method of Cake Decorating: Course 1 at Michael’s Craft Store. I was hesitant at first, not knowing how much I would have to spend and how much I would…