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Mini Tortilla Shell Pizzas for Your Next Pizza Night

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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!

Making Mini tortilla shell pizzas is a fun and easy alternative to ordering out or spreading pizza crust for homemade pizza.

 

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.

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Benefits of a Local, Family Zoo Membership

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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.

For the past 3 years, my family had a local, family zoo membership, and it was such a pleasure to have that family experience.

 

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.

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2019 Habit Tracker Calendar to Track Your Daily Goals

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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.

Using this 2019 habit tracker calendar can help you meet your daily goals. Simply print out 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

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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.

This Thanksgiving turkey is 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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What to Know Before Buying a Young Living Starter Kit

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I had so much hesitation about buying a Young Living starter kit. Buying a “starter kit” sounds like big commitment if you are new to essential oils and don’t know what you would use them for. I want to reduce that anxiety for YOU.

I had so much hesitation about buying a Young Living starter kit. That sounds like a big commitment if you are new to essential oils. Let me break it down.

 

As a result of my healthy living journey, I am interested in having good quality essential oils for my family. But I don’t have an unlimited budget to buy all the different oils and products available. [Read more…] about What to Know Before Buying a Young Living Starter Kit