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Since your elementary-school days, you learned how important it was to eat your fruits and vegetables . . . but do you know how much is really enough? According to the US Department of Agriculture, the average 19- to 30-year-old woman should be eating two cups of fruit per day. If that sounds like a lot of produce to pack in, hopefully the following photos will help you realize that it's absolutely possible — and you might be doing it already! No need to take out the measuring cup; here's how to eyeball the fruit you need every day to support your healthy life.
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Today we continue our series– “After Baby Comes: Postpartum Recovery Tips & Blessings for New Moms.” I’m blessed to have a full line-up of very talented guest posters, so I can recovery and enjoy my new sweet baby! Today, Jasmine is giving us a great tutorial on herbs that all moms should know about! Please pay her site a visit!
Every mom wants the best, most effective remedy to treat what ails their little ones. So, what about using herbs, God’s amazing creations with incredible healing abilities? Herbs are a fantastic, natural alternative for moms looking to soothe their children… Why? Let me tell you!
Herbs are just that… herbs. No additives, no chemicals with long names most of us can’t pronounce…they are truly 100% “all natural.” Herbs, when used appropriately, generally have little to no side-effects; unlike prescription or over-the-counter medications that usually have a side-effects list a mile long.
Herbs are also a frugal and sustainable option as you can grow most child-friendly herbs in your backyard or purchase bulk dried herbs at a reasonable price. Herbs can be prepared in multiple ways for a variety of symptoms allowing most of them to be versatile in their healing abilities.
Herbs Safe for Children
Calendula
Calendula is a new momma’s best friend… this powerful, yet gentle herb is packed with properties that heal a variety of skin conditions including rashes, burns, fungal irritations, and scrapes. It encourages connective tissue to regenerate, creating soft and smooth skin.Calendula oil and salve can easily be made at home and used as a simple diaper rash cream or to heal sore, cracked nipples. {see full calendula profile here}
Plantain
If you have ever heard a child scream and cry over a bee or wasp sting, you know the urgency to help heal the pain. My absolute favorite herb to relieve the stinging pain is plantain. It works fast! You can find this astringent herb almost anywhere… it grows like a weed, literally!
Plantain has unique properties that pull out poisons and toxins quickly and effectively. The easiest way to use this herb is to chew up a fresh leaf, apply the goopy mess on the affected area and leave on for 3-10 minutes; in other words, make a poultice. Try this on your little one’s stings, bugs bites and other irritations. {see full Plantain profile here}
Chamomile
Chamomile is consumed everywhere as a delightful, sweet-smelling tea. This dainty herb is one of the most versatile and yummy of children’s herbs. Chamomile covers everything from irritated skin to upset tummies. Safe for even young children, it’s often used for ailments such as restlessness, teething, whining, weeping eyes and fevers.
Add dried chamomile to your child’s bath to sooth irritated skin and calm nerves. Serve chamomile tea to a child who has an upset tummy or fever. Freeze the tea in popsicle trays to help little ones teething. {see full Chamomile profile here}
Catnip
This may seem to be a strange herb to have on a list for children… but trust me, this isn’t just for feline friends. Catnip has the properties to help with several children’s gastrointestinal concerns including: colic, diarrhea, indigestion and flatulence.
Breastfeeding moms can even drink a tea made with catnip to help their nursing babies sleep more soundly. The best way to consume catnip is by making an herbal tea… I generally use 1 teaspoon of dry herbs or 2 teaspoons fresh herbs to a cup of water. {see full Catnip profile here}
Lavender
I am sure most of you are familiar with lavender. It is well-known for its soothing effects. But, let me say, the lavender-scented sprays you get from the store are not even close to the real deal! Real lavender contains properties that can heal a headache, soothe restlessness, relieve burns and much more.
Lavender is a must for moms to have on hand… Add lavender essential oil to a humidifier to help children sleep. Add dried lavender buds to a bath to both cleanse and soothe skin with mild irritations. You can also make a delicious herbal honey to give children with stomach upset or put it on a burn. {see full Lavender profile here}
Lemon Balm
Lemon Balm is great herb for both children and adults. While this herb can help with many conditions… I will focus on one that many moms will love! Are there any moms with hyper kiddos or children diagnosed with ADD? Lemon Balm will be your best friend. Studies have shown this herb to be very effective in calming these behaviors.
Just add lemon balm tea to their favorite juice or lemonade or make frozen popsicle treats! Other options include: tincture (glycerin), syrup, or herbal honey (see basic instructions here). You can easily grow your own lemon balm which makes the most potent remedy.Dried lemon balm should be kept in the freezer to preserve healing properties.
While this list is certainly not exhaustive, it does give you a glimpse of some simple, effective and natural remedies to use when you child is in need of some TLC. I always encourage my readers to do their own research to decide what herbal remedies would be best for their families.
Here are some great book recommendations for children’s herbal remedies:
I hope this has encouraged you to try a few herbal remedies for your little one(s)!
What natural remedies have you heard about or tried? I’d love to hear about them!
Jasmine (aka Happy Mrs Bass) is a God-fearing, always-learning, stay-at-home-wife to the best husband in the world! She is continually learning to slow down, enjoying the important, simple things in life… She really enjoys creating things “home-made” and showing others how to do the same! Which is why she started Thyme and Timber blog! In the past couple of years, her new found loves have become herbal fix ’ems and things “all natural”!
*I am not a professional…just a wife who is crazy about herbs and healthy living. This post is only for informational and educational purposes. The content has not been evaluated by the FDA and is not intended for you to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. I encourage others to do their own research as I have done and discuss your findings with a qualified medical professional before adding any supplements or making any changes in your diet.
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If you have a picky or fussy eater, it can make life miserable. You stop enjoying eating together and mealtimes become a battle. Often people stop offering foods that they know their children won’t like. Their diet becomes narrower and narrower.
To get out of this loop, you need to offer heaps of variety and stop worrying about whether or not they’ll eat the new food.
Patience and persistence are the key.
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I am excited to introduce you to Devan Kline, founder and co-owner (along with his wife!) of Burn Bootcamp and MamaBurst. I started attending my local Burn Bootcamp this summer, and I love it! Devan will be joining us once a month to give us some great fitness tips!
Fitness and fat loss have always been a passion of mine. While playing in college and onto the professional ranks I would travel across the country by bus playing ball in different cities. Traveling that much is grueling and really makes a guy miss having a home! The closest thing I found to a home was year two in the Minor Leagues.
Instead of a shifty apartment building or a hotel room I opted to stay with a host family; this decision would change my life forever. Even though I have been all over the world playing baseball I will never forget my second year with the Giants. I got the opportunity to stay with the most amazing host family. I grew close with the family and they took great care of me and the three other guys living in their basement. It was nice to get a home cooked meal. Let’s face it…it was mostly my host mom Vanessa doing all the cooking!
Through our growing relationship I noticed she was extremely deconditioned and she had always mentioned her aspirations to lose weight. Given my training background and her making me three meals per day I had a perfect way to thank her for taking care of me. So every morning I took her to the Minor League weight room with me and we trained. She began to lose weight and gain energy, before we knew it she was down 45 lbs!
I have helped people lose weight prior to Vanessa, but this time was much different. Since I was living in their basement I got to see first hand how her lifestyle change effected her relationship with her family.
She was able to keep up with her children and do things with them she formerly did not have the capacity to do.
Her relationship with her husband yielded the most obvious changes. From hardly talking and fighting constantly to holding hands walking into the baseball stadium!
It was the most satisfying feeling in the world for me to see that firsthand! Thus, my passion for training mothers was born! Knowing I could have such a positive impact on every aspect of someone’s life through the gateway of fitness made me a very happy person.
My host family had told me that my staying with them and training Vanessa had completely changed their lives forever! I knew that it was my calling in life to help mothers put themselves first and refocus what is truly important in life.
I am committed to providing mothers everywhere with the same feeling of encouragement, accomplishment, motivation and success. I have helped thousands of moms change their lives through my rapidly growing Burn Bootcamps and thousands more through my Online Training for Busy Moms – BurnBootcamp.com
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Devan Kline is a personal trainer and fitness coach committed to helping you reach your fitness goals and embrace a healthy lifestyle one day at a time! Burn Bootcamp is an online program for those who are very serious about increasing their overall health but can’t seem to find the time or the money to make it happen! Learn about his unique programs at Burn Bootcamp, and try a workout for free!
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Help! My Relatives are Filling My Children with Junk Food!
Every year, it’s the same routine. After a year of healthy eating attempts, the holidays hit. For six weeks I’m tempted by rich goodies at Thanksgiving dinner, holiday gatherings, Christmas parties, New Year’s extravaganzas – and in my family’s case, two birthdays and an anniversary. All of those celebrations end up being filled with culinary splurges I’d never typically eat.
Forget about any balance of naughty and nice – it’s too easy to be swayed to make naughty food choices at every single gathering. (Honestly … who wants to nibble at the fresh but limp vegetable tray when there are delectable Christmas cookies and candies?)
It seemed bad enough when my husband and I were the only ones dealing with the consequences of the celebrations. And then we had children. Sure, lack of sleep – and exhaustion – became major issues. But once our kiddos were old enough to eat solid food, they were also old enough to nibble on “goodies” that really were “baddies.” Get me started on the topic of sugar and I could end up sounding a lot like the Grinch – “Oh the sugar! Oh the sugar! Oh the sugar, sugar, sugar!”
The thing is this: My son FREAKS OUT when he eats sugar. It doesn’t have to be a lot. Because we try to eat fairly healthy most days, any amount of sugar turns him into a spaz, including the natural sugar found in grapes. It’s not his fault – his body is simply reacting. The reactions just happen to be very visible. The same thing happens with food coloring – both artificial and natural: spaz, spaz, spaz.
As his mom, I hate to watch his supercharged sugar transformation. Yet I know it’s coming at the holidays – and, truthfully, at any family gathering.
What parents are dealing with
I KNOW I’m not the only mom dealing with this issue, because it’s the second most popular question asked through Accidentally Green. And I’ve watched the same conversation play out dozens of times on Facebook. Here are actual situations from actual moms (other than myself):
“Not only does Grandma probably think I’m overreacting, she probably thinks I’m just a cruel mom who deprives her kids of treats. ‘It’s a holiday! What’s the problem with another piece of pie?!’ was the line I heard last year. We normally don’t have a problem with strained relationships over food, but something about holidays makes it more stressful than usual.”
“I need to have the healthy food talk before we see family today. I don’t think my MIL gets it. At least I can fight with my mom.”
“My in-laws and I do have a great relationship, but they just don’t quite get the food thing. I usually let the kids have stuff at Grandma’s house, but there’s just 10 times more of it when it’s a holiday, so I get to be the weirdo.”
“I’m not sure why people feel the need to guilt, embarrass or manipulate parents into allowing their kiddos junk. I just don’t get it when healthy food can be 1,000 times yummier! Why can’t they just be happy that the children are nourished and stay out of it? We are blessed with very supportive family, but some other people can be really difficult. It’s got to be a whole lot harder when it’s people you have to try to keep a good relationship with.”
“I had a terrible situation come up with my sister and some very hurtful things were said. She and my mom were pushing to have my kids eat candy, and after a whole day of letting them eat things I don’t normally allow, I said no, and they kept pushing and saying they should. I was accused of putting food before relationships, and I finally had to explain that the same thing was being done to us when we say no to something and it’s pushed and pushed against. It becomes not an issue with food anymore, but of just respecting an individual family’s preferences and encouraging the children to honor their parents. That’s what gets me! I hate the sneaky, it’s-fun-to-disobey teaching that it reinforces.”
Just a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T
My husband and I try very hard to put family before food and overlook what’s offered to our family – and especially our children. But regular splurges don’t make us happy. (No, our school age children do not need a jelly bean reward every time they use the bathroom. They’ve been potty-trained for years.) And the unhealthy “treats” don’t respect our family’s healthy attempts.
I don’t want to be hypocritical, though. When offered soda pop at a get-together, we usually drink it — because we so rarely get it and it truly is a splurge. And we do eat desserts at parties — but it would be nice to have healthy options at meals away instead of only processed foods and junk.
My dentist was venting his frustration about a similar situation in his family. He pointed out that it angers him how family members (and society, in general) try to undermine parents’ decisions by pitting children against their parents. “Would you like some ice cream?” “You can watch this television show … it’s OK with me.” “I know it’s bedtime, but you can stay up later and have an extra piece of cake.” “It’s OK … what happens at Grandma’s stays at Grandma’s.” “We have different rules at Grandpa’s house.”
I honestly never thought about how those comments and situations do completely undermine a parent’s authority. Yet I’ve heard the comments before from friends, family and neighbors. And they do disrespect a parent’s authority.
Every parent I know would love to be a fun parent – but fun doesn’t always equal what’s most beneficial. That’s part of parenting. So when responsible parents choose to skip processed food or sweets or excessive toys and other family members and friends cater to those pleasures, parents are automatically made out to be the bad guys. All the while, parents are just doing what parents ideally should do – enforce healthy boundaries that benefit their children.
Everything in moderation
I end up dreading the holiday party circuit each year, because I know most neighbors and friends will load our children down with candy as gifts. Tasty fruit punches will trump our typical plain old water at dinner parties. We’ll give in to just a little treat at every party over a jam-packed 10 days, and everyone will end up sick the first week of January. And once we start feeling better and detox from the junk food barrage, I’ll breathe a huge sigh of relief when it’s over.
Unfortunately, there’s no simple solution – because every family dynamic is different. Splurging just a little is OK – it is part of the season. But it can go overboard. And excess can become a huge issue for some families.
Approaches that work for one family may completely backfire for another family. But some families have found solutions.
First, keep a reasonable approach. Don’t expect to be able to stick to a strict healthy meal plan without a struggle. On Accidentally Green’s Facebook page, some readers pointed out that they let their children splurge – because their children know what “sometimes food” means. “It’s part of what makes the holidays special – special food and treats that they only have a few times a year.” Remember to use a lot of moderation in your food choices.
For parents with older children, it’s good to have the conversations about “sometimes food” – and to also talk about the realities of junk food and healthy food. Kids know when unhealthy food makes them feel crummy.
To cut back on the barrage of unhealthy eating, somefamilies bring healthy snacks so their children can have an alternative and not binge on junk all throughout the party. If you’re bringing a side dish to the party, bring something healthy (and ultra-appealing!) that your children love.
If you’re only going to a party (and not spending the night at someone else’s home), try to load up on healthy foods ahead of time so you’re not hungry when you get to the party.
Some parents with older children train their children to ask parents first before giving into treats. Through many conversations with extended family members, some parents have established a policy that adults offering the treats should ask the child’s parents first.
And when it gets very bad, some parents get blunt. After many attempts, one mother told her family that they don’t have to understand or agree – her decision is final because she’s the mother. And as the mother, it’s her duty to protect her family’s health.
The bottom line
Holidays can be a jumble of love, joy, and stress. Try to keep everything in perspective – including food choices – and lavish some grace on your loved ones. Don’t give up your healthy eating options, but also try to go with the flow and choose relationships with family and friends over beliefs about food.
And if you know family members are trying to make healthy eating choices, make things easy for them — try to cooperate and be helpful. That could end up as one of the best gifts of the holiday season.
Many grandparents were upset that parents disagree with the food they choose to offer grandchildren. Many believe that – unless there are life and death allergies involved – grandparents should be exempt from a family’s healthy food rules.
Many parents whose children have grown – but they aren’t quite to the grandparenting stage yet – suggest that parents just need to relax. Junk food doesn’t really matter in the big scheme of things.
Parents who are in the trenches right now – trying to establish healthy patterns for their children yet are bombarded with junk food all the time – are frustrated by the lack of respect shown to them by many in society. (Including family members.) They’re also exasperated by the amount of junk offered to their children.
As soon as I hit “publish” on my blog post, I began to notice all kinds of details to reassure me that the junk food battle is not one that I’m fighting alone. And it’s not one that will disappear when the holidays are over.
A greater problem
For whatever reason, candy and processed food “treats” have become the go-to reward in today’s American society.
A family makes a trip to the bank, and well-behaved children get lollipops.
Children go to church and get cookies or crackers for snacks and candy for treats.
Schools give out candy or slushes for rewards.
Cafeteria meals are filled with processed foods and high fructose corn syrup.
Parades shower children with candy.
Most popular holidays – Christmas, Easter, Valentine’s Day and Halloween – promote sugar-filled treats.
Everywhere you turn, kids are given rewards. The vast majority are food-based. And the vast majority are unhealthy. (At least I’ve yet to see a child get an apple or banana for an incentive.)
My family’s candy stash
My husband and I don’t buy candy for our family. Yet we all get about a piece of candy a day for our dinnertime dessert. Want to know how it happens?
Each February, we receive Valentine’s Day candy as gifts. The candy tides us over to April.
In April, we receive Easter candy – usually big baskets of Easter candy that are all given to us. (None that we’ve asked for.) The candy stretches until May.
In May, we go to our first parade of the year, just to see the sights. We easily get one to two pounds of candy at this parade. This candy lasts through the summer, until August.
In August, we go to our second parade of the year. We get more candy – and this time it lasts until October.
In October, we go trick or treating for the fun of dressing up. We get some candy and are given much more candy as gifts. This load lasts until December.
In December, Christmas hits and we’re given more candy – for gifts. This candy stash lasts until February, when our year-long sweet cycle starts again.
This particular cycle is so predictable – because it’s happened for the past four years in a row. It’s ridiculous.
We could give it all away. We could – and probably should – just dump it all. Yet once I sort it and throw away much of it, the rest is stored in different candy jars for our after-dinner treats. We could avoid some of it by skipping parades and trick-or-treat. But my husband and I want our children to enjoy some of the simple pleasures of being a kid. It just so happens that candy is involved.
I understand times have changed since I was a child. (For one thing, food wasn’t filled with GMOs back then!) But my husband and I truly can’t remember having much candy when we grew up. When we did get it, it was a treat. My Halloween candy filled a little plastic pumpkin. Parade candy might have been a few chunks of the rock solid bright pink bubble gum – not a pound of sweets.
Sweets aside
If we take candy out of the equation, processed foods still are pushed and pushed to children today. Where are the healthy, fresh snack options?
How can schools feed their students a steady diet of cafeteria food laden with preservatives, artificial colors and flavors – all of which have side effects that can drastically affect a child’s behavior and mood – and expect children to behave and learn?
The harmful processed food may not even seem to be harmful – it may masquerade as healthy food.
“I had no soft drink, chocolate, ice cream or confectionery,” Gameau said. “All the sugars that I was eating were found in perceived healthy foods, so low-fat yoghurts and muesli bars and cereals and fruit juices, sports drinks … these kind of things that often parents would give their kids thinking they’re doing the right thing.”
The results were shocking. Gameau quickly discovered how the sugars affected his physical and mental health. By the end of his 60-day experiment, he was diagnosed with the beginnings of fatty liver disease.
It’s important to remember that all food affects the human body in some way.
Real food will nourish your body. You’ll feel better.
Processed food isn’t real. It won’t nourish you. It will make you feel worse.
I wish I had an easy solution for the junk food problem that plagues parents today. But it’s everywhere. And it’s beyond a parent’s control to fix it all.
My personal solution is to fill my children with as much healthy, real food as I can. I know they’ll be exposed to junk. Someday, when they’re grown and gone, they may even choose to eat an awful lot of junk. But for now, while they’re entrusted to my care, I’ll help nourish them as much as I can.
How do YOU fight the perpetual junk food battle? What do YOU do to limit your child’s exposure to junk food?
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Unsure if you want to vaccinate your newborn or infant? I’ve been there. Here’s my advice:
Maybe you’re pregnant and have read that your newborn will be getting a Hepatitis B vaccine before he or she comes home. Or maybe you’re newborn is growing quickly and you’ve scheduled his or her 2-month well-check.
There’s a lot of talk about vaccines – but you’re not sure who to believe. Do you trust your pediatrician who insists on a strict vaccine schedule? Or do you trust a friend whose child had less than an ideal experience with vaccines?
I’ve been there. And I know it’s hard … sometimes to the point of bawling your eyes out hard.
The important – and completely frightening – truth to realize is that the decision is yours to make.
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You can choose to fully vaccinate your child. You can choose to skip all vaccines. Or you can choose to space vaccines out with an alternative schedule. But as a parent, it’s your choice. Not your doctor’s. Not your parents’. Not your neighbors’ or friends’.
The good news is there are resources available. The bad news is that there hasn’t been an overwhelming amount of research to prove the safety or danger of vaccines.
After researching hours upon hours and talking with half a dozen pediatricians, I’m content with my family’s vaccine decisions. This process took several years, though, and was riddled with regrets.
To speed the process up for you, I highly recommend looking into the National Vaccine Information Center, a non-profit educational organization that “is dedicated to the prevention of vaccine injuries and deaths through public education and to defending the informed consent ethic in medicine. As an independent clearinghouse for information on diseases and vaccines, NVIC does not advocate for or against the use of vaccines.”
For information about what is included in each vaccine, check out The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Vaccine Education Center.
If I can encourage you in any way, please remember that this is your choice. Research so that you can make an educated decision. Do not let another person – whether it’s the government or a doctor – make the choice for you.
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Heavenly Homemaker’s Savings Club – Free Memberships for All!
Frugal Homemakers Unite! (That sounded less cheesy in my head.)
I’ve been a (work outside the home, stay at home mom, or work from home) homemaker for over 21 years. While I recognize the value of investing in quality food and quality products, I also appreciate saving money in any area I can. How else could I afford to buy pants long enough for my ever-growing teenage sons?
The good news:
It is absolutely possible to feed a family well and manage a home well without over-spending. It is also possible to do this without spending hours in the kitchen, hours at the store, and hours online.
I come across many good deals because of the connections I have made with a wonderful online community throughout the past eight years. I pick and choose carefully the deals I choose to share here on my blog because there’s only so much time and space and I prefer to focus more on recipes and encouragement here (not that a good deal on coconut oil isn’t pretty encouraging!).
I’ll continue to share great deals here on my blog as I feel they will be a blessing to you. But now we’ve got something bigger and better to offer: the Heavenly Homemaker’s Savings Club.
What is it?
When you join Heavenly Homemaker’s Savings Club, you’ll be privileged to hear about all the great deals I come across but don’t have space to share here on my blog. I’ll compile the best of the best of money saving tips, ideas, and resources – and I’ll send them to you so that you can take advantage of and enjoy them as needed.
Savings Club members will enjoy these perks:
Infrequent emails that pack a punch. I’m not going to load down your inbox. Neither you nor I have time for that! You can expect to see an email from the Savings Club a couple times each week – sometimes less, sometimes more. It’ll all depend on what great savings tips I come across and how many family activities I’m running off to during the week.
Information about great offers on nourishing groceries, non-toxic household and self-care products, and other resources. If I love it and use it and it saves us all money, I’ll let you know about it!
Money saving tips. Do you know how many ways I’ve learned to cut costs and save money during the past two decades? (I mean, I don’t have an exact number of ways. That was sort of rhetorical. It’s a lot though.) I don’t plan to stop learning more ways to save, so I’ll share what I know and share what I continue to learn. (Just last year I learned to make Gatorade!)
Freebies. You’d be surprised at the amount of free stuff I hear about but have to ignore because I just don’t have space in my blog schedule to share. I want to be able to tell you about these opportunities!
Speaking of Freebies and Deals
Let’s get your membership rolling with some freebies right from the start.
First of all, your membership for the Savings Club is now and forever will be free. Second, I created a free eBooklet for all members, which includes my Top 10 Money Saving Recipes. Plus, within that book, you’ll find a fun surprise coupon (or not so surprise, since I told you about it just now) so you can get another eBook from my shop for just a buck!
I’ve got some great deals and goodies to share with you during the next couple of weeks, so join the club and be in the know!
I’m super excited to share that signing up for this freebie will connect you to our new Heavenly Homemaker’s Savings Club. It’s free, of course. You can unsubscribe at any time, your info will never be shared or sold, and being on this list means that you’ll be the first to know any great deals or freebies that will bless your homemaking efforts!
UPDATE: A brand new freebie!
We just added a new free resource for our Savings Club Members to enjoy! Subscribe to become a member and receive this great eBooklet filled with 30 ways Heavenly Homemakers readers have learned to save money on real food.
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ALLISON IS A BORN FIGHTER. In college, she chose to study Engineering, because many of the boys chose it. She was not boy crazy but simply wanted to challenge herself to beat a status quo. After all, the college Freshman excelled at defeating adversities. DEFEAT IT SHE DID. Even with a full social calendar that included participating in service organizations and intercollegiate sports, Allison graduated summa cum laude, and was hired by a prestigious organization. For many years, Allison thrived at work. THEN, A MORE DIFFICULT CHALLENGE SURFACED. One that robbed Allison’s confidence:
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MEET DEBBIE. Debbie, a mom of three, lost 45 pounds of baby weight, thanks to the clean eating diet, which she found during the third postpartum experience. After three pregnancies, Debbie was unable to lose extra weight due to a lack of time and money. Soon, she lost motivation and confidence to take care of herself; and felt depressed, under-appreciated and unattractive. INITIALLY, THE CLEAN EATING DIET SOUNDED LIKE ANOTHER FAD. After attempting weight loss methods that resulted in disappointments, Debbie vowed to never follow fads again.
Print Yum HEALTHY SUMMER FRUIT SALAD Prep Time: 5 minutesTotal Time: 5 minutes Serving Size: 1Calories per serving: < 100Fat per serving: < 10g Ingredients1 cup chopped kale 5 sliced figs 1/2 cups of raspberries 1/2 cups of grape tomatoes 1 table spoon of shredded parmesan cheese 2 table spoons of organic caesar dressingInstructionsIn a salad bowl, add kale, tomatoes, caesar dressing and Parmesan. Toss salad mix until dressing is evenly distributed. Add raspberries and fig slices on top. Enjoy!0.1http://www.bestcleaneatingrecipes.com/healthy-summer-fruit-salad/
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