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Injury Prevention – Guide for Exercise

Injury Prevention – Guide for Exercise

If you’ve started up a new exercise routine, it’s imporant to take steps to prevent injury. Check our this helpful infographic on what you can do to avoid injuries that can short-circuit your fitness goals.

How To Prevent Hearing Loss in Your Children

How To Prevent Hearing Loss in Your Children

Parents – listen up! (See what I did there?) Hearing loss is NOT reversible, so it’s important to protect your child’s heaing now – otherwise they will suffer hearing loss for the rest of their lives.  Check our this helpful infographic as to what you…

GenoPalate: Customized Gene Report Tells Us What we SHOULD Eat!

GenoPalate: Customized Gene Report Tells Us What we SHOULD Eat!

As a super nerd, I’m into genetics testing and all of the secrets that my own DNA have to unlock. From geneology, to cancer risk, I’ve been doing about every test possible. So I was VERY EXCITED to learn that there was a Nutritional DNA test through Genopalate using my DNA to get a comprehensive list of the exact foods that match best with my genetics! (more…)

Teach your kids to be good drivers with these top tips

Teach your kids to be good drivers with these top tips

We all want to raise kids who understand the importance of good driving. Good drivers are safe and cautious on the road. They know that their actions have consequences and want to ensure that they don’t get into accidents (if an accident does occur, click…

Vegetarian Roasted Peppers with Soyrizo

Vegetarian Roasted Peppers with Soyrizo

It’s bell pepper season! These stuffed bell peppers are easy to prep in advance and then roast right before dinner time, or even pop them on the grill for some yummy outdoor vegetarian eats!

Hemp Oil For Cats: What Can It Help With?

Hemp Oil For Cats: What Can It Help With?

The benefits of hemp and the marvelous compounds like CBD from it are no longer a secret. Not only are Moms talking about how CBD is helping them with everything from sleep to inflammation, but hemp oil is also proving to be beneficial to our pets and animals.  Today, we will focus specifically on cats and the effects of hemp oil on these glorious and wonderful creatures. (more…)

No Brainer Pasta Salad

No Brainer Pasta Salad

Dinner plans fall through? Need something tasty to bring to a socially-distanced picnic? This is a fail-proof pasta salad that everyone loves (except for Gluten-free folks – sorry!) and can be put together in less than an hour with mostly pantry basics and a little…

Activities for Children with Autism

Activities for Children with Autism

It’s important for kids on the autism spectrum to stay busy as it allows them to develop their personal strengths. Here is a helpful infographic with autism-friendly activities for children.

Growing my Blog with Russell Brunson’s Traffic Secrets

Growing my Blog with Russell Brunson’s Traffic Secrets

 This blogpost is sponsored by Russell Brunson’s Traffic Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Filling Your Websites and Funnels with Your Dream Customers.

I’ve been blogging for over seven years now – wow! Although my growth has been consistent and my SEO is fairly solid, I sometimes wonder if I’m getting the RIGHT type of traffic. It’s not uncommon for a blogger to try to ‘do it all’, so I’m really trying to learn how to best optimize my site for visitors and to figure out WHO my visitor actually is!  I’m two weeks into the 30 day challenge as I read the book: Traffic Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Filling Your Websites and Funnels with Your Dream Customers. (more…)

Bring the Tropics to your Yard DIY

Bring the Tropics to your Yard DIY

As I’m really starting to miss travel, I find myself thinking back to a recent tropical vacation.  If you’re also drawn to the magic and the beauty of places like the Caribbean and Central America then you could always bring the magic to your own…

Parsley Onion Potato Zucchini Bake

Parsley Onion Potato Zucchini Bake

We get a weekly vegetable box, and it always seems like the ‘hearty’ vegetables are what’s left at the end of the week. If you find yourself with extra zucchini and russet potatoes, this is a delicious way to use them up! I used a…

Sunflower Seed Bread – Bread Machine Recipe

Sunflower Seed Bread – Bread Machine Recipe

I’ve been doing a LOT of baking during the pandemic, and after hand tossing pizza dough and kneading dough for olive loaves, I have come full circle to appreaciate my good ol’ bread maker!

This recipe is fairly goof-proof and is a nice weight for sandwich bread. Not to heavy, not too light. I have a Cuisinart Bread Maker, and here’s what I do for the perfect loaf with a little sunflower crunch and herb flavor. (more…)