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Meal Prep Made Easy- Save Time, Energy & Money

What if you could up your game and get 1 more healthy dinner on the table each week?  Well, research shows that 3 family dinners each week increases fruit and vegetable consumption by 24%, reduces risky behaviors in kids (like drugs, early smoking) and helps kids improve grades and academic performance.  Just 3 meals?! What if you aimed for 4 or even 5?! September is National Family Meals month, an opportunity to get focussed on feeding and loving our families well while we sit around the dinner table.

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7 Staple Groceries I ALWAYS Keep in Stock & How To Use Them

A couple of years ago I led a monthly grocery store tour for patients.  We would spend almost 2 hours walking through the grocery store talking about food, nutrition labels, how to use ingredients, better options and every other question you can imagine!  One of the most common questions I received was “What do you buy?”  Patient’s wanted to know what I placed in my cart and how I filled my pantry and fridge. Today, I wanted to share 7 items I always purchase and have stocked in our kitchen.

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Sun Basket Meal Delivery Review- Did It Deliver?

With an abundance of options for meal kit delivery services right now, the question is what makes any one stand out? How are these services different and unique? Which one should my family try? Does it deliver quality consistently? Does it accommodate for the nutritional needs and preferences of your family? And of course, everyone wants to know… is it worth the cost? Recently we tried out Sun Basket to see just exactly what makes this one unique and if it lived up to it’s promise…

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PlateJoy, A Tool That Makes Meal Planning a Cinch?

Only 24% of dinners are made from scratch, although cooking shows are more popular than ever (!!!), according to the Hartman Group, a market research firm that focuses on the food and beverage industry.
The steady decline of family meals is not revelatory, but it is alarming. With over 50% of meals planned within an hour of eating, I would guess that a lot of those meals are comprised of frozen and convenience foods. There is no shame in reaching into the freezer for a quick option when the masses are starving, but the problem is when this turns into a usual routine. We know that…

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One Powerful Key that will Simplify the Way You Meal Plan

Meal planning is one of the most unsexy and unexciting terms in the food and nutrition world but it is also one of the most monumental practices that have the power to transform the way you nourish your body.  If someone wants to lose weight- meal plan.  If someone wants to lower blood sugar- meal plan.  If someone wants to reduce their need for blood pressure medications- meal plan.  It is rudimentary and foundational if we want to see any consistent and long term change in our health.

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