Use Positive Talk with your Kids

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Wes and I have been taking a parenting class from Growing Families International and it’s been the best thing we’ve done for our family. One of the encouraging things I learned was to focus on the positive words instead of the negative and it’s really been helping. Here’s what I mean. Instead of saying:                                      Try: “Don’t spill your cereal.”                                                    “See how careful you can be with your cereal.” “Don’t get out of bed.”                                                       “Obey mommy and stay in bed.” “Don’t {Read More}

Sweet Potato & Roasted Red Pepper Bisque

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Sweet Potato & Roasted Red Pepper Bisque This recipe came from the Beachbody Ultimate Reset Ingredients: 1 sweet potato 1/4 red pepper 1 cup vegetable broth (I ended up using more to make it more “soupy”) 1 tsp finely grated peeled ginger root (this had a stronger taste than I expected, so next time I’m using less or none at all!) 1 1/2 tsp olive oil 2 tsp miso paste, diluted in 1 tsp hot water (miso paste is hard {Read More}

A cookbook you’ll ACTUALLY use!

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Ever have a hard time coming up with a dinner idea? Or have you wanted to start eating healthier dinners but collecting new recipes seems overwhelming? Here’s my tip of the day: 1. Get an empty binder and sleeve protector sheets. Then you can use pieces of paper, sometimes I use notecards, or print recipes right from the computer. 2. Start doing ONE new, healthy recipe a week and ONLY if you like it, add it to your new cookbook! {Read More}

Grilled Chicken and Avocado Topping

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Grilled Chicken and Avocado Topping This is one of my FAVORITE meals and it’s so easy!!! I do have to give credit to one of my husband’s co-workers for sharing this avocado topping with us! Grill Chicken on the grill! Avocado Topping: 1 Avocado 1 Tomato 1/2 Red Onion Garlic Expressions to taste **If you’ve never heard of Garlic Expressions you have to try it!! I love it and use it on everything Enjoy!!

Chicken Tacos

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Chicken Taco Recipe! 1lb boneless skinless chicken breasts (I put mine in frozen!) Juice from 2 limes 1 packet of taco seasoning 1/2 cup water Directions: Add these ingredients into a crockpot.  Stir and cook on low 8-10 hours.  Even though the chicken will look done in 3 hours, let it go until 6 hours to make sure it’s fall apart tender! Spoon chicken onto a whole wheat tortilla, top with lite sour cream, salsa, tomatoes and avocados! You could {Read More}