Tips
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Flexible Vegetarian
The keynote speaker at the Healthy Living Summit this past weekend was Dawn Jackson Blatner, the author of “The Flexitarian Diet“. Her presentation was very good, and even though the information wasn’t necessarily new to me, I really believe in the idea of being a “flexitarian” and how beneficial to your health eating a plant-based diet is. Dawn Jackson Blatner summarized the Flexible Vegetarian as someone who… Minimizes meat but doesn’t exclude it Wakes up with the intention to be more vegetarian Eats a diet that is pro-plans but not anti-meat Essentially, I am a flexitarian because I eliminate almost all meat from my diet. The only meat I eat…
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Season for Salads
Spring is here, and you know what that means! Its salad season! In the winter I hate eating salads for some reason. They just never appeal to me! But once warmer weather hits I’m craving them, especially lately. I enjoy eating salads much more when I top them with things I really love eating. Of course, veggies like carrots, broccoli and spinach are must-adds. But here are the things to throw into a salad to spruce it up: Strawberries Pecans or walnuts Craisins Grilled tofu Chickpeas Raspberry balsamic dressing Goat or Feta cheese I love adding strawberries to my salad. It definitely gives them more flavor and I look forward to eating…
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Earth Day – Ways to Help our Environment
Happy Earth Day everyone! Chris and I are going away for the weekend to a bed and breakfast in the Catskills so we can unwind (and celebrate my birthday a week early!), so I asked Heather, another environmentally conscious blogger, to write a guest post for Earth Day. Thank you so much, Heather! Enjoy! Hi Everyone – I’m Heather and I blog over at Running Leaner and Greener. I’m honored that Jen asked me to write a guest post for Earth Day. Here are some simple things you can do on Earth Day – and everyday – to make your life more environmentally friendly. Save Energy: Save all your errands…
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My Favorite Green Beauty Products Part II
Wow, Earth Day is tomorrow (every day is really Earth Day)! And in honor of this awesome day, here are some of my more of my favorite green products. Even though you may not think so, the chemicals inside our beauty products make their way into our skin and bodies and also down our drain and into our Earth. I feel so good knowing that using these products helps the Earth in a small way. (Check out Part I here). Kiss My Face Shampoo & Conditioner (source ) Kiss My Face so far has been my favorite natural shampoo. It leaves my hair feeling clean and smells great. I also leaves my…
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Cheap Wine Tasting
This morning I opened my email to find an awesome Groupon. (Groupon is a website you can sign up to recieve daily emails about discounts on going on in your area, I purchased a Yoga groupon for 50% off classes in January and I’m still taking classes there through my Groupon.) $5 for a wine tasting for two? How AWESOME is that? I bought one! Since I’m into local wines because of my green challenge, I thought it would be the perfect thing to do on a spring day! I’ve heard about this Altamont Winery and I’ve been wanting to check it out. All the more reason to go! Click here if you…
