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Peanut Butter Lovers Unite

February 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Peanut butter recipes for National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day!

For peanut butter lovers around the nation tomorrow marks the biggest holiday of the year - National Peanut Butter Lover's Day. Yes, there is a whole day dedicated to peanut butter and the lovers of this treat. I will admit I am a peanut butter lover. At any given moment you will find 4-5 jars of peanut butter in our cupboard. If you want to join in the National Peanut Butter Lover's Day celebrations, you will need some peanut butter recipes. Fear not, I am here to help. Here are my top ... Continue Reading

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Make Ahead – How Batch Cooking Saves You Time

February 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
peanut butter granola

Use batch cooking to save time and money in preparing recipes for your family.

Batch cooking is a great way to spend a little extra time to save a lot of time and money later. Once the food is prepared, all you need to do is prepare and serve later. And even better, there's less clean up. Here are a few batch cooking recipes I love to whip up: Pancakes I have never been that great at making pancakes. For some reason they never cooked inside but they were always brown on the outside - until I found this recipe. This recipes makes a ton of pancakes. Once they are cooled, I ... Continue Reading

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Making Small Changes Add Up to a Big Difference

January 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Small changes can lead to a big difference in your health and fitness goals this year.

When I was a mother of a newborn, I remember thinking I could eat anything I want. That included iced mochas, pumpkin pie, cookies, whatever.  I was always athletic, but had a healthy appetite for food.  I thought working out gave me the okay to eat whatever I chose. Wrong. My daily iced mocha added up to 350 EMPTY high sugar calories a day. That was an extra pound every week and a half. My children are now 8 and 5, so I’ve had plenty of time to make every mistake in the book as far as ... Continue Reading

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Car Trip Tips for Families

November 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Tips and tricks for car trip travel this holiday season.

Being a military family means that we don't live close to our families. At all. We travel at least every other month. Traveling can be stressful enough, but when you add three children? You have yourself one fun filled day of driving, crying children, bathroom stops and stress out the roof for the last hour or two of your trip. Within the past few years I have learned what works for my family--and what doesn't. Here are five tips you can hopefully use as you travel for the Thanksgiving or ... Continue Reading

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5 Tips for Saving Money at the Grocery Store

November 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Looking to save money each month? Start with the grocery store aisles.

If you are looking for ways to save money each month, the grocery store is a great place to start.  Unlike car or mortgage payments which tend to be fixed amounts, the amount of money you spend at the grocery store is something you can control.  It is important we find ways to save money at the grocery store because the price of food continues to rise.  Just this month, the Wall Street Journal reported that peanut butter is going up 24 – 30%.  We need to do all we can to save money at the ... Continue Reading

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