Diane Carbonell shares weight loss and weight maintenance strategies
Do you know what my favorite food group was when I was obese? Chocolate. Seriously. I do not think there were more than a handful of days when I was fighting with my weight where I did not have a good amount of chocolate. Brownies, chocolate candy, cookies with chocolate, chocolate milk shakes, chocolate chips… Continue Reading…
I do a lot of cooking between trying to make my family’s diet healthy and the small fact that we have nine people in our family. Here we are at the kitchen table. We usually add a chair at the end next to John for our oldest daughter, but we wanted the table to look Continue Reading…
Thanks for all your great comments! This giveaway is closed. The winner is Sarah Kewer! Congratulations and happy juicing everyone. Looks tasty doesn’t it? Today I’ve got a review of the really amazing Bella NutriPro Cold Press Juicer. Although we couldn’t offer a juicer as a giveaway, I decided to offer one reader a $25 Continue Reading…
Image courtesy of: FreeDigitalPhotos.net Do you have a favorite food or a food that you would award a blue ribbon to? Is there a food that you look forward to eating no matter the time of year or time of day? This question was harder to answer for myself then I had initially thought. When Continue Reading…
I have used a menu board on and off for a long time. I’ve used chalk boards, which get messed up by kids drawing on them all the time, I’ve tried white boards which worked well for awhile but erased super easy, and now I’m into using a wet erase board which seems to Continue Reading…
I’ll be the first one to admit it. I cannot stand those trifle desserts. You know, the ones that look like this: Sure, they are pretty to look at, but have you ever thought about what goes into those things? Here’s a standard ingredient list: 1 package brownie mix 1 package instant chocolate pudding mix Continue Reading…
Well, it’s here! Thanksgiving week has arrived and believe me I know it. I made the mistake of going to Sam’s Club on Saturday afternoon with my five boys. I knew it would be busy but I had severely underestimated the sheer numbers of people who would be shopping for Thanksgiving stuff and already piling Continue Reading…
The other day I wrote about the possibility of eating healthy on a budget. There were lots of great responses to that blog post and I hope that you will read it if you missed it. Also, don’t forget to enter the giveaway for a $25 gift card from Subway! If you search the web Continue Reading…
I first “met” Andrew Wilder, owner of the blog, Eating Rules, when we were both new brand ambassadors for Attune Foods. He’s a great guy whose blog has lots of information on natural foods and nutrition. He’s been running an interesting challenge every October for the past several years, and this year it is bigger Continue Reading…
Who doesn’t love a great, filling muffin? Sadly, some muffins are so full of fattening, unhealthy ingredients that some muffins you buy in coffee shops or even make yourself might as well be cookies rather than something you can feel good about eating or serving to your family. I’m sharing my family approved Graham Continue Reading…
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