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Bran Muffin Recipe
This bran muffin recipe is the BEST on-the-go breakfast option that satisfies your appetite while helping to slim your waistline! How does it do that, you may ask? This easy to follow bran muffin recipe packs a punch of flavor along with a high dose of fiber! Fiber helps to regulate the body’s sugar use. It controls your appetite and keeps you fuller longer while also keeping your blood sugar in check. Fiber can also help to speed up your metabolism. In my article, 10 Best Tips and Tricks to Speed Up Your Metabolism, you will find that fiber speeds up your metabolism due to the Thermal Effect. It takes…
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No Knead Overnight Bread
Only 5 ingredients, no fancy gadgets, and NO elbow grease make this no knead overnight bread the EASIEST, healthy, homemade bread recipe you can find! Customize this recipe by adding your favorite herbs and then TRY to stop eating it! I dare you! I guarantee that it will be hard for you keep paying $7/loaf once you starting making your own, easy no knead artisan bread at home! I am a sucker for a good loaf of bread and around where I live there are so many fabulous bakery/artisan bread shops. Although the taste is worth it, I just find it so difficult to justify paying so much for a…
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Spicy 3 Bean Chili
This spicy 3 bean chili recipe is just what the doctor ordered on a cold winter day! It is guaranteed to warm the soul and satisfy your tummy. Not only comforting and packed with flavor, this chili recipe is also packed with nutrients! This easy vegetable chili is high in fiber, protein and vitamins. I started making this delicious chili when I did the Daniel Fast earlier this year and could only eat fruits and vegetables. Now I am HOOKED! I literally ate this chili for dinner 21 days straight and I STILL crave it! It is THAT good. And as a meat lover, that is saying a LOT! I…
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Hamburger Vegetable Soup
This easy but delicious hamburger vegetable soup is just what the doctor ordered for these cold winter days! Nothing warms the soul as much as a nice, warm bowl of vegetable soup! This vegetable beef soup recipe is my go-to recipe for the winter months because of how easy it is! I love that there is minimal prep work with this recipe! Having two toddlers that love to help cook, they have a blast helping me cut the vegetables for this soup with their kid-safe knives. After that prep is done, all that is really left for this hamburger vegetable soup to be finished, is wait time! Related post: Toddler…
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Sneaking Veggies Into Toddler Food | Mom Hacks
Sneaking veggies into toddler food doesn’t have to be difficult. You don’t need to go out and buy a food processor or spend hours upon hours meal prepping healthy snacks. All you need to do is think a little outside the box! Small swaps and additions to foods that your toddler already loves can completely change the nutritional value! Let me tell you how with these simple hacks to help you start sneaking veggies into your toddlers’ food today! Toddlers, like the rest of us, eat with their eyes first. However, they don’t really care about the visual esthetics, like us as adults do. Toddlers only care that they recognize…
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10 Healthy Cooking Hacks You Need to Know
Cooking healthy does not have to be hard and eating healthy doesn’t have to taste awful! Sometimes eating healthy just requires tiny adjustments to the foods you already know and love! These 10 healthy cooking hacks are guaranteed to change your perception on dieting and eating healthy! I started incorporating all 10 of these health hacks into my meal planning for my family about a year ago. Since then, my husband has lost over 20 pounds and I have lost over 15! We did this by using these hacks and incorporating them into the 5 F’s diet plan from my article, How to Lose 5 Pounds in a Month |…
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Creamy Chicken Lasagna | What time is supper??
This super easy, no ricotta, creamy chicken lasagna will alter your reality of what you think lasagna should be! This lasagna recipe will have your taste buds singing while leaving your body ready to dance! For this cream chicken lasagna is filling but not heavy! As a former athletic trainer and a fitness enthusiast, the two most important things to me for meals are: That I am eating foods that are good for my body, mind, and metabolism. That I am eating sustainable foods. Foods that fill me up without loading me down. As a mom, the two most important things to me when it comes to dinner are: That…
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Classic Sloppy Joes with Tomato Soup Recipe
My mom recently gave me this sloppy joes with tomato soup recipe. Her mother, my grandmother, used to work as a lunch lady in the cafeteria of her school. This is the classic sloppy joe recipe that was used for YEARS and that my mom, a former professional chef, still uses today because it is THAT GOOD! I was telling my mom about how difficult it is for me to get my toddler to eat vegetables when she gave me this easy sloppy joe recipe. She told me that she had yet to meet a child that didn’t LOVE these classic, homemade sloppy joes with hidden vegetables. At first I…
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