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Simplify Your Kitchen with Just 3 Healthy Fats

December 12, 2018 By Dawn Leave a Comment

Let’s talk about replacing highly processed fats with healthy fats in your home.

My goal for my family is to reduce processed foods and replace those with real foods with natural ingredients. If I can easily substitute a product that does not include processed ingredients without spending a lot of extra money, I will do it.

Before I started my healthy living journey, my grocery shopping included vegetable oil and margarine. As I learned more about processed foods, I started making healthier substitutions. [Read more…] about Simplify Your Kitchen with Just 3 Healthy Fats

How to Shred Your Own Cheese for Healthier Meals

December 5, 2018 By Dawn Leave a Comment

Could you shred your own cheese and quit buying bags of pre-shredded cheese?

Shredding your own cheese takes a little extra time, but it makes your meals healthier. I haven’t bought pre-shredded cheese in years. When you shred your own cheese, you can avoid the fillers and preservatives that are added to store-bought, pre-shredded cheese to keep the pieces separated.

So how do you shred your own cheese and avoid those fillers and preservatives? Here are my tips.

Mini Tortilla Shell Pizzas for Your Next Pizza Night

November 21, 2018 By Dawn Leave a Comment

Making Mini tortilla shell pizzas is a fun and easy alternative to ordering out or spreading pizza crust for homemade pizza. Try these for your next pizza night!

My family eats some type of pizza most Friday nights while watching a family movie. Sometimes I make homemade pizza using a whole wheat, greek yogurt pizza crust. Sometimes it is simply a frozen pizza delivered by Schwan’s. This time it was a variety of mini tortilla shell pizzas.

Here’s how I made the tortilla shell pizzas fun for me to prepare and also fun for the whole family to eat.

Benefits of a Local, Family Zoo Membership

November 14, 2018 By Dawn Leave a Comment

For the past 3 years, my family had a local, family zoo membership, and it was such a pleasure to have that family experience. The benefits are so much more than simply being able to visit the zoo anytime you want.

Keep in mind, these examples apply specifically to my local zoo. I can’t promise these same events will be offered in future years. What I can say is it has been enjoyable to have this family zoo membership.

2019 Habit Tracker Calendar to Track Your Daily Goals

November 7, 2018 By Dawn Leave a Comment

Using this 2019 habit tracker calendar can help you meet your daily goals this year. Simply print out your 1-page calendar and mark off each day you meet your daily goal.

A lot of my goals involve things I want to do daily, like starting my day with water or exercising. That gave me the idea to create a habit tracker calendar for the whole year where I can mark off each day that I meet my daily goal. [Read more…] about 2019 Habit Tracker Calendar to Track Your Daily Goals

My Tips for Cooking a Delicious Thanksgiving Turkey

October 31, 2018 By Dawn Leave a Comment

Over the past 4 years, I have cooked our family’s Thanksgiving turkey with great success! It’s moist and flavorful and gets lots of complements. It truly is a delicious Thanksgiving turkey that I am proud to cook each year.

One of my favorite things about hosting Thanksgiving is planning and preparing made-from-scratch recipes.

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