August 19th, 2008
Remember when you were little and having a summer meal with family and friends that was so fun and delicious that it still evokes memories? I still think about summer evenings growing up in New Jersey when we’d have a cookout with my very best friend Alyson (still my best friend to this day, since we
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August 15th, 2008
I’m mad about blueberries. Yep, I could eat them by the handful, sometimes even by the bucket. One of my favorite summertime pleasures is going berry picking at Bishop’s Orchards, a local farm about 20 minutes from me.
I love the fun of picking my own fruit, eating some along the way (after all , isn’t
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August 5th, 2008
You might think of me as crazy for thinking something as mundane as meal planning can be fun. Yes, I said FUN.
I mean really, is it fun to have to schlep to the store, sometimes with cranky children, navigate busy aisles with your cart and then aimlessly roam around because you’re not sure what to buy?
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August 1st, 2008
I love the simple pleasures of life, and one of my favorites is the taste of a juicy, perfectly ripe tomato that I’ve bought from the farmers’ market. And each week I go, I see more and more varieties of tomatoes as they’re being harvested. I know you can imagine why I’m so excited, because
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July 25th, 2008
Americans don’t eat enough vegetables and it’s killing us.
Yep, that’s right. Many of us have a horrible diet full of sugar, caffeine, fat and processed foods. We’re literally killing ourselves as we get heart disease, cancer and diabetes at alarming rates.
But getting healthy is really simple. More fruits and vegetables. More water. More exercise. Less
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