The Active Family

Ooooh You guys are gonna love this one. If you are staying up late finishing your wrapping, baking, and general Pre-Holiday mania, stay in the spirit with this bad larry.
Using my personal blender (The Rocket by Bella Kitchen) I’ve whipped up my own serving of Eggnog!!! This is also a great idea if you have [...]

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I am in the process of planning our next Disney vacation! I have a few tips to save money, and have a wonderful time. We haven’t been since 2007, so we are really looking forward to this vacation!
We are planning on going for 10 days in August 2010. People look at me like I’m crazy [...]

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Sing with me now… I have found something that ACTUALLY works. Since I started taking Alli a few weeks ago, I have lost 6 pounds!
FOR REAL!
I haven’t changed a whole lot about how I eat, since I’ve always strived to eat in a healthy way. I have increased my activity level, barely. I am loving [...]

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Tonight on the menu was baked potato soup. My baked potato soup has all the elements of mom’s but less fat and fewer calories. It certainly packs a punch in the taste department!
This potato soup isn’t exactly a quick recipe, it takes a little care to get right, but it is worth every minute. Making [...]

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Don’t groan. This is not a list of different flavored rice cakes and diet foods. I merely want to compile a short list of the foods I buy for those crucial snack times.
There is no way I could go a full day without snacking. I’d certainly go insane and head straight to McDonalds! I try [...]

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I received an email from one of my subscriptions today that was too great to keep to myself. It detailed a bunch of truly great lunch ideas for elementary school age kids.
The lunches made great use of the “laptop lunchbox“, which I happen to already have. While pricey, it gives you the ability to portion [...]

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This weekend my husband and I took the kids to my parents’ house to help my mom with her annual canning. Not many people I know still do their own canning!
My mom really wanted to show me how to make my grandparent’s recipe for bread and butter pickles. I’ve helped before, so I knew the [...]

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Oh man…I have bananas coming out of my ears.
Well, not really, that would be gross. But I DO have a ton of bananas that are rapidly ripening and need to be made into something delicious very soon. Since Starbucks has introduced the new Vivanno smoothies, we have been recieving ridiculous amounts of bananas in the [...]

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Today I am sending along a recipe I used in Maine. We had a big lobstah dinnah of course!
In my humble opinion, the best way to eat lobster is boiled. I’m soooo not into the fancy dinner presentation, with the lobster neatly halved and served on a bed of lettuce. No sir, we Yanks love [...]

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This is one of my favorite dishes to make in the summer. I use fresh tomatoes, basil from my garden, and the best olive oil I can get.
This recipe takes a few minutes to prep, but it all falls in line easily, and it is a good item if you have to transport it.
Ingredients:
1 lb [...]

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