Easy Healthy Recipes: Apple and Cheddar Salad

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Pin it This recipe is inspired by the “Apple & Cheddar Salad” recipe from the Nutrilite Weight Management plan.  It is pretty simple, but very yummy and easy to make.

Cool Finds: Start Your Day Off Smooth!

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Pin itWe are smoothie addicts in this house. I can put all sorts of healthy things into the blender (hello spinach!) and my three-year-old chugs it down, no hesitation. It’s a great way to get a healthy start to the day — no fuss, no muss, very little mess! And on those busy rush-out-the-door mornings? Very little excuse not to pop your concoction into a travel mug and ZOOM you’re done! Here are a few yummy recipes that I’ll be adding to my recipe box

Easy Healthy Recipes: Strawberry Shake

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Pin itThis week, I started on a new road to getting healthy again.  With this new lifestyle comes new recipes, so I will be sharing all of the delicious ones I come across along this journey. Today, I am sharing the “Better Balancer Shake” recipe from the Nutrilite weight management plan.  I was afraid that this shake would not be sweet enough for me, but I found myself liking it just as much as a regular one. Better Balancer Shake

No-Brainer Recipe: Homemade Mac & Cheese

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Pin it Guest post by: from Making Food Eating Food, *photos ©chanelle richardson* So, that box of bright orange powdered-cheese-type-pasta-stuff works in a pinch…but it kinda freaks me out. I mean, is anything found in nature that is actually that colour? Anyway, I came up with a recipe for macaroni and cheese that is just as fast, even more delicious, and (to me) more gratifying. Quick Homemade Mac & Cheese makes enough to feed mom and two hungry smallish kiddos. adjust accordingly.

No-brainer Recipe: Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

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Pin it Chocolate chip cookie bars are one of my favorite desserts to make on a lazy weekend or rainy day.  Now with the help of my KitchenAid Stand Mixer, I will probably be making these a lot more often. This recipe is basically the traditional Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe, but tweaked a bit and placed into a pan.  I have found that the bars take less time, are less messy and taste just as yummy!

The KitchenAid Stand Mixer Changed My Life.

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Pin itLet me preface by saying that this post is in no way sponsored by KitchenAid or a PR firm. In fact, for years I longed for the chance to review a KitchenAid stand mixer, but the chance never came my way.  A few of my blogging colleagues did get the chance, which deepened my longing, especially when I witnessed the time the mixer saved with cooking and baking, as well as the rave reviews I kept reading. And then something wonderful happened. My mother-in-law

No-brainer Recipe: Easy Taco Soup

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Pin it During the winter months, I crave soups, chilis and stews.  This past Christmas, my in-laws made taco soup for dinner instead of the traditional holiday menu and I have been craving it again this week.  I finally made a pot on the stovetop last night and it was SO yummy and, of course, easy. (I only do easy, people)