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Ten Minute Healthy Crockpot Recipes

September 26, 2015 No Comments

This post was originally published on FitAfterFifty.com There’s a reason why the term “comfort food” was invented – sometimes we need it! For me, that desire starts happening in the fall, when the weather gets colder, the days shorter, and I come home from work in the dark. So I decided to give myself the ultimate comfort food experience – I hauled out my old, trusty crockpot. You remember those things from 50s nostalgia? My crockpot is still one of my all-time favorite kitchen appliances. Think about it – I work all day, and my husband works all day. Lots of times, the last thing we want to do when we get home is cook. And on those dark, fall days? We love nothing more than the idea of walking into the house being greeted by the smell of a hot dinner bubbling on the stove. Enter our crockpot. When […]

Health, Recipes

7 Tips for Freezing Meat for Quick and Easy Meals

September 1, 2015 2 Comments

Cut back on waste, save on costs, and keep your sanity by freezing meat before it goes bad. And here’s another great benefit: freezing your meat can simplify your life for quick and easy meals later on. Here’s how it works for me. One of my favorite ways to simplify cooking weeknight dinners is to plan and shop ahead. On Sundays I spend a little time browsing recipes and choosing the dishes I plan to make. Then I put together a shopping list that includes all of the ingredients I’ll need, and off I go to the grocery store. As a result, I don’t need to make multiple trips to the store, and I don’t need to spend any more time during the week planning what to make. But all of this planning creates a little hole of opportunity for waste. If we decide to eat out one night, or […]

Health, Mindfulness

Imperfection is the new good life

July 24, 2015 5 Comments

Are you as exhausted as I am about trying to be perfect in every way? Enough! Let me start with foodie perfection. I read a New York Times article that really sang to me. It’s titled, “A Question of Taste.” The sub-head is this: “Perhaps lazy summer days simply conjure understatement, but suddenly, fancy kitchens and the hyper-styled meals they produce feel overcooked.” Above the headline are photos of very un-updated kitchens. I let out a huge exhale reading this and looking at the pictures. Exhaling at the idea that I can be happy with an OK kitchen, I can be happy with my not perfect body, not perfect hair, not perfect thoughts, not perfect home, life, relationships…..everything. Do you realize how much subtle (and not so subtle) pressure we’re under to be perfect in so many ways? Let’s go back to foodie perfection. I love a good meal, […]

Health, Mindfulness

The Simple-Life Perks of Getting Out and Into Nature

July 15, 2015 No Comments

As a Millennial who was basically raised on technological devices, I’m hooked in and connected basically all of the time. But checking email constantly, scrolling through Facebook, going crazy on Pinterest, and texting friends incessantly is not the way for a simpler life. I learned several months ago that putting my phone away, shutting my laptop, and getting outside into nature does some pretty great things for relieving stress. I call these ‘bubble moments’. It’s been important for me not just to get away from my desk for 10 minutes, but to get outside, move, and soak up some nature – even when it’s gross and raining. From these bubble moments, I have found that there are some real simple-life perks of getting out and into nature: The weather helps reset my mood. For me at least, I feel like any type of weather can have a positive effect on […]