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Cleanse Day # 8 – Dining Out and Not Starving
I’m often asked how I can survive this 3 week cleanse (and how I can be a vegan for that matter) and not starve. Trust me, it’s can be done and it’s not even all that hard. It can however get a bit...
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Kids Cook Night #1
Sometimes I get a tad resentful of all of the things I do for my family that they seemingly take completely for granted. Do you ever feel that way? Grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning, laundry,...
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Staring Down the Sugar Monster and Almond Milk Shakes
I am heading in to day 12 of my 21 day cleanse and I thought it was a good time to address a sweet little food that quite often has a firm grasp on both me and my family members: Sugar. Ah yes, we all...
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The Vital Importance of Water
I first met Mario Di Franco a few years ago. Because my husband is in the non-toxic disinfectant/cleaner industry, they have done some work together and when I became curious about municipal water and...
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Lessons From My 3-Week Cleanse
Yahoo I did it! 21 days with no animal products, gluten, alcohol, caffeine or sugar. It was a roller coaster 3 weeks but I made it through and I’m feeling great. Here are a few insights from my 3-week...
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My Biggest Lesson from the 21-Day Cleanse
I am a worrier. As far back as I can remember I have fretted over things, often to the point of developing a physical side effect like a nagging tummy ache. In fact, as a child people often compared me...
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A Happiness Challenge
Thank you so much to fellow blogger Cathy Laws who wrote to let me know she had also just completed a 21-day challenge and she is feeling amazing. Not a food cleanse however – but a Happiness...
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How My Veggie Burgers Became Black Bean Burritos
So I was attempting to create yet another veggie burger recipe using black beans. After sautéing some veggies, draining and rinsing my beans and tossing it all together with spices, bread crumbs and...
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Another Manly Vegan Meal
Of all of the articles I’ve posted so far, the one at has been viewed, liked and commented on the most (by far) is A Manly Vegan Meal. And here’s the upshot- women think veggie-loving men are sexy and...
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Simply Delicious Grilled Veggies
Sometimes its the simplest things that taste the best. Like a crispy salad with oil and lemon, freshly squeezed juice or a sweet fruit salad. This also holds true for these super easy and delicious...
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Talkin’ About A Revolution
“Cooking skills used to be passed down from generation to generation, but now millions of people lack even the most basic cooking skills. We need to get back to basics: to cook and eat fresh local...
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3 Powerful Life Lessons from Yoga Class
I am over halfway through my 30-day yoga challenge and I have thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Oh sure, some days I am so sore that I feel like I need a hoist to haul my butt out of bed and I’ve had...
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Love and Fear….and a Baby Ben Update!
My good friend Leslie is a life coach and I have had the pleasure of doing some work with her. One of the most profound lessons I have learned from her was that at the most fundamental level in any...
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Green Smoothie 2.0
Thank you so much to my friend Alison who loaned me her copy of Kimberly Snyder’s book “The Beauty Detox Foods“. I read it cover to cover in one day and I learned so much wonderful new information from...
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Dear Mum
Every week I learn something new and interesting from doctor and writer Yoni Freedhoff. His blog “Weighty Matters” always make me think, challenges my beliefs and forces me to question conventional...
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Overcoming My Fear of Bootcamp
The term “bootcamp” never fails to strike fear into my heart. It seems to be such a buzz word lately – fitness bootcamps, parenting bootcamps, diet bootcamps, business bootcamps…..it all sounds so...
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My Summer of Indulgence
You might say that I have had a rather decadent summer. Occasional morning runs to Starbucks somehow turned into an everyday occurrence, I spent a fair amount of time just lounging by the pool with the...
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The Benefect Story
I truly LOVE Benefect Disinfectant. Let me count the ways: - I love it because it’s 100% natural, it’s made from essential oils and it works as effectively (if not better) than commercial chemical...
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Spaghetti Squash Noodles and Why I Keep Trying
I follow a number of awesome food bloggers and they constantly inspire me to try out new foods and dishes. Recently, I noticed that spaghetti squash was popping up a lot on different sites as a...
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The Amazing Healing Properties of Turmeric
I had no idea until about a year ago that a spice that often sat unused in my cupboard could be so incredibly powerful. I happened to be attending a health seminar in the spring- ironically the day...
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