October 8th, 2008
This morning I had a piping hot bowl of butternut squash soup for breakfast and I loved it.
A little atypical perhaps, but delicious all the same, not to mention super healthy (and even better, I used locally grown squash from the farmers’ market).
Why soup for breakfast, you may ask? Well as the weather cools off,
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October 3rd, 2008
What was your favorite breakfast cereal growing up?
When I was little I was wild about Fruit Loops. I loved all the colors and of course, I couldn’t get enough of the sweet, sugary taste. There was nothing better than mom coming home with a big box of them from the grocery store that my brother
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May 21st, 2008
There’s truth to the notion that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But the question is, what are we actually eating and does is support our health? It’s hardly difficult to find less than healthy breakfast choices - bagels and cream cheese, breakfast cereals full of sugar and a plethora of baked
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June 4th, 2007
Recipe of the Month: Fruit Nut Smoothie
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Serves: 2Ingredients:
1 banana
1 cup soy, rice or almond milk
1 cup berries
1 cup diced melon
1/2 cup almonds
2-4 ice cubes
Directions:
1. Mix ingredients In blender for 1-2 minutes and serve.
Optional: You can add other ingredients for added nutrition such as a handful of fresh spinach or kale, ground flax
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