Using your Slow Cooker

No Peeking!  Lifting the lid can add up to additional cooking time.  It is sometime hard to resist the urge to take off the lid, give it a stir, and take in the wonderful smells of your dinner but each time you do it releases the steam that is cooking the food. To save yourself…

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Eating Healthy Is Buying Organic Foods Worth it

Is Buying Organic Foods Worth It?

How to Determine if Buying Organic Foods is Worth It There is a great little guide that you can use to help you make that spending decision more wisely.  It’s produced each year by the Environmental Working Group, a non-profit group that does annual testing on conventionally (non organic) grown fruits and veggies to determine the…

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A Healthy Substitute for Chicken Nuggets that Kids LOVE!

“What NOT to Feed your Children” with the shocking photo of what constitutes “chicken” in certain processed chicken products (ie packaged chicken nuggets)  we would share with you a great healthy substitute for chicken nuggets – Dinner Daily Chicken Schnitzel.  This is a favorite weeknight recipe that gets a healthy dinner on the table fast.…

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I Feel Like I Won the Dinner Trophy

A Guest Post By Laurie Moore It’s not the Lombardi trophy or the Stanley Cup, or even the medal my daughter received at a recent soccer tournament, but it’s a victory for me. What I like to call a “Mom Victory.” It’s my own little proverbial Dinner Trophy. I have four kids. The oldest is…

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Eating Healthy

Spring Into Veggies!

We all know veggies are loaded with vitamins, minerals, and fiber. We also know that vegetables are extremely healthy for us and the foundation of every healthy diet and weight-loss plan. The American Guidelines for Americans recommend making ½ your plate non-starchy vegetables. However, the last thing a busy person wants to do after working…

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