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• Catch a Healthy Attitude
  on Feb 12, 2013 in Inspirations Carry a Healthy Attitude Charles Duhigg Habits Healthy Attitude Healthy Outlook Monday Inspirations Negative Storytelling Pity Party Positive Feelings Power of Habit Tom Stoppard Quote
  Whenever my husband and I have to drive somewhere that is more than an hour, we listen to an audio book.  One recent book we have been listening to is The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg. The book explains why habits exist and how they can be chang...
• Winter Squash Health Benefits
  on Feb 1, 2013 in Health & Nutrition Acorn Squash B Vitamins Beta-Carotene Buttternut Squash Cooking Squash Cucurbitae Delicata Fiber Folate Harmonized Cookery Hubbard Kabocha Lisa Mase Nutrient Dense Nutrient Dense Foods Precursor compounds Pumpkin Squash Seeds Snack Turban Vitamin A Vitamin C Winter Squash Winter Squash Health Benefits
  Guest Post by Lisa Masé, of Harmonized Cookery Winter is here! Now is the time to savor sweet, earthy foods like winter squash, a versatile vegetable that warms our whole being and helps our bodies rejuvenate.  Squash is available in a variety of c...
• Monday Inspiration – Choice and Consequence
  on Jan 28, 2013 in Inspirations Choices Consequences Food Choices Health Inspirations Life as a Sequence Monday Inspirations Snow Rising by Matt Baldwin Wellness Inspirations Winter Pregnancy Winter Weight Gain
  My book club is currently reading Snow Rising by Matt Baldwin. The book is thought provoking and compelling, as the philosophy offered challenges your own personal beliefs. For example, consider today’s inspirational quote.  What feelings does the...
• Have excess fruit or vegetables? Donate them to charity.
  on Jan 9, 2013 in Health & Nutrition Inspirations Access to Fresh Fruit Access to Fresh Vegetables Apples Donate Excess Fruit Excess Fruit Donations Feeding America Figs Food Banks Food Forward Food Insecurity Fruit For All Fruit Tree Donations Gardening Grapefruit Harvesting Fruit Harvesting Vegetables Harvesting Your Backyard Individual Food Donations Lemons Mandarins Merced County Food Bank Plums Pole Beans Second Harvest Food Bank SoCal Harvest Soil Born Farms The Urban Farmers Village Harvest
  When my husband and I were looking at houses, we knew we wanted a place with a backyard.  A place where I could plant a garden — in the ground.  Imagine our excitement when we found our current home that came with two lemons trees, two apple...
• Three Tips for New Year’s Resolution Success!
  on Dec 31, 2012 in Fitness & Exercise Health & Nutrition Wellness Challenge Achieving Goals Achieving Resolutions Failed Resolutions New Year 2013 New Year Goals New Year's Eve New Year's Resolution Success New Year's Resolutions New Year's Vows One Resolution Resolution Tips Tips for Successful Goals
  Cheers to you! Cheers to me! Cheers to everyone! Tonight will be the night you toast the end of 2012 and vow “to do this” or vow to “not do that”. Perhaps you will vow that in 2013 your resolutions will finally be successful. Perhaps you will...
• Three Tips For Avoiding The Holiday Weight Gain.
  on Dec 19, 2012 in Health & Nutrition Avoiding Holiday Weight Gain Buffet Strategy Calories Holiday Eating Tips Hydration Networking Nutrition Salad Water
  What do you do when face to face with the holiday buffet? Do you circle the selection carefully deciding where to start? Does your plate look like you are eating for two? Whether your next function is a holiday work party, ugly sweater party, or holi...
• Monday Inspiration – What Does Your Book of Health Look Like?
  on Dec 17, 2012 in Inspirations Author of Disease Author of Health Buddha Quotes Master Your Health Monday Inspirations Personal Book of Health
  If your health were a picture book what would it look like?  Be honest, would it be full of photos of everything sweet or would it be balanced with vegetables and exercise? I think mine would start with a picture of a gallon of water, and then proce...
• Monday Inspiration – Lead Your Health
  on Oct 2, 2012 in Inspirations Bo Bennett Quotes Fitness Inspirations Health Inspirations Initiate Health Initiative Leaders vs Workers Monday Inspirations
  When it comes to your health – are you a leader or a worker?
• Living a Longer Life
  on Sep 28, 2012 in Balanced Diet Health Centenarians Dan Buettner Diets for Living Longer Health and Old Age Live to 100 Living a Longer Life The Blue Zones
    My paternal grandfather and grandmother lived for 99 years and 94 years, respectively.  When people find out my true age, they usually follow it up with the comment “You must have good genes.”  To which, my reply is “fish and rice seem...
• Monday Inspiration – Hanging On
  on Sep 17, 2012 in Inspirations Fitness Inspirations Fitness Motivation Hanging on to Fitness Hanging on to Health Health Motivation Monday Inspirations Motivational Quotes Quotes by William Feather Success in Fitness Success in Health Success in Wellness Wellness Inspirations
  What are you still hanging on to?  ...
• Healthy Recipe – Banana Ice Cream
  on Sep 14, 2012 in Healthy Recipe 5 Ingredients or Less 60% Cacao Banana Banana Ice Cream Bittersweet Cacao Dairy Free Ice Cream Fig Guava High Vitamin C Low Sodium Desserts Quick & Easy Recipes Vegan Ice Cream
    Prep time: 5 minutes Freeze time: 1 to 2 hours Processor time: less than 5 minutes It really does work!  YOU CAN make ice cream from frozen bananas!  Plus your add-ins are only limited by your taste buds and imagination. Processing frozen ba...
• The Immunization Game: Level One – Children
  on Sep 13, 2012 in Health Chicken Pox Child Vaccination Schedule Child Vaccines Children Immunizations Diptheria Dtap German Measles Hepatitis B Hepatits A HiB Immunizations Influenza Type B Measles MMR MMRV Mumps PCV Pertussis Pneumoccocal conjugate Polio Rotavirus Rubella Shingles Shots Tdap Tetanus Vaccines Varicella Whopping Cough
  The school season has started and along with the pencils, backpacks, and clothes a few pokes are added…for safety’s sake. The immunization game is a long one. Similar to monopoly you need to buy property (or first round of shots) before you b...
• Recipe – Baked Chicken with Basil Orange Espresso Glaze
  on Aug 24, 2012 in Healthy Recipe Baked Chicken Balsamic Vinegar Basil Chicken Breast Dijon Mustard Espresso Balsamic Vinegar Olive Oil Orange Juice Quick and Easy Dinner Red Onion Sauce Reduction
  Prep Time: 15 to 20 minutes Cook Time: 30 to 40 minutes Now that school has started, I want to spend as little time as possible preparing dinner.  This dish adapted from The Joy of Cooking is easy to prepare and quick! Any reserved sauce can be save...
• Monday Inspiration – Albert Einstein
  on Aug 20, 2012 in Inspirations Albert Stein Curiosity Inspiration Monday Inspirations
    I’m curious about a lot of things. I’m the person who likes to ask “why”, which sometimes irritates my loved ones because I am always probing.  However, once my curiosity is satiated, I move on to the next questioning bubble in my tho...
• Monday Inspiration – Change How You Are
  on Aug 13, 2012 in Inspirations Changing Actions Changing Perceptions Changing Thoughts Fitness Inspirations Fitness Motivations Jim Rohn Quotes Monday Inspirations Personal Inspirations
  Changing how we are sounds simple enough and yet many of us fall back into old routines, habits, and comforts.  I know it happens to me, too.  Changing how we are is changing how we think, perceive and act — from our personal health goals...
• Helping Kids Eat More “Green Stuff”
  on Aug 11, 2012 in Balanced Diet Gluten Free Pizza Crust Homemade Pasta Sauce Kid Friendly Meals
  This week my nieces visited for a few days.  I always try to give my sister a break plus I love being able to spend quality time with them.  They are growing up so fast and I still want to get those 5 and 8 year old hugs before they disappear into...
• Recipe – Carrot Squash Tomato Sauce
  on Aug 11, 2012 in Healthy Recipe 30 Minute Sauces Basil Carrots Garlic Kid Friendly Pasta Sauce Kid Friendly Pizza Sauce Olive Oil Oregano Shallots Squash Tomatoes
  Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes Yields approximately 3 1/2 cups Serving Size: 1/2 cup 2 tbsp olive oil 1 shallot, chopped 1 cup of baby-cut carrots, finely chopped 1 cup of squash, sliced 3 garlic cloves 1 14-oz. can stewed tomatoes 14 oz...
• Recipe – Basil and Rosemary Gluten Free Pizza Crust
  on Aug 11, 2012 in Healthy Recipe Basil Chia Seeds Gluten Free Pizza Crust Gluten Free Recipe Lemon Zest Olive Oil Omega-3 fatty acid Pamela's Bread and Flour Mix rosemary
  Adapted from Pamela’s Chewy Pizza Crust Pizza Crust Yield: varies Prep Time: 10 minutes Rest Time: 1 hour Cook Time: 40 minutes Dry Ingredients 1 active dry yeast packet 3 1/2 c. Pamela’s Bread/Flour Mix 1/2 c. chia seeds (adds healthy Omega-3 fa...
• Tales From The Hive – Honey a New Old Sugar Pill?
  on Aug 3, 2012 in Health Allergies Bee Healthy Honey Honey Adulteration Honey and Allergies Honey and Health Honey Benefits Honey Myths Local Honey Natural Remedies Organic Honey Raw Honey
  It was a sweltering 99 degrees when we pulled into the dirt parking lot.  As much as I wanted to let the dust settle before getting out, I had no choice as sweat began dripping down my right temple. Momentarily blinded by the glaring sun, we quickly...
• Monday Inspiration – Imagination
  on Jul 24, 2012 in Inspirations Ali Quotes Fun Monday Inspirations Physically Evolve Repetition Wellness Challenge Wings