I have some sort of edible garden every year and it is always on a budget. Vegetables that you have grown yourself taste delicious, are healthy and can help you save on your grocery bills. In our house, it is a tradition to have a BLT, with the first tomato of each season. However, growing an edible garden can be an expensive business. Here is some helpful advice if you want an edible garden on a budget. What to grow in your edible garden Before you can pick which edible delights to grow, you need to carefully consider the resources you have available. In fact, there are two particularly important…
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Keeping Yourself Healthy By Building Delicious Meal Plans
What you eat is a large part of keeping yourself healthy, which is why building delicious meal plans, that are full of goodness is the best thing that you can do. However, it might not feel as though this is easy, but trust me, it is probably a lot more simple than you think. You see it all the time, people are overcomplicating how to make a healthy meal, and it puts others off doing it for themselves. So, in this article, we’re going to be looking at how you can create some delicious meals with the goal of keeping yourself healthy. This post may contain affiliate links. FRUIT First,…
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Tips to Avoid Stress Eating
During times like these, stress eating is not only unhealthy but can aggravate mental anguish. It is important to know how to avoid stress eating. Sometimes the stress accumulates. For example, you are running late for work and the car breaks down. You wait for over an hour for a tow truck. When you finally arrive at work, your daughter calls from school to say she is sick and needs to go home, but you have no car. You try calling your mother to help out but cannot reach her…NOW, YOU ARE STRESSED. What about being in “self-quarantine” for two months because of a fatal virus infiltrating the population. Then,…
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20 Ways to Control Your Willpower Against Bad Food Habits
Are you able to control your willpower when it comes to food, during this crazy pandemic? When it comes to our eating habits and striving for better health; being confined and “self-quarantined,” can trigger a lack of “food self-control.” Eating out of boredom, compulsive eating, or stress is extremely detrimental for all the hard work you have accomplished towards healthy living. In general, humans tend to worry about the short-term, rather than the long-term. Since the dawn of civilization, humans instinctively lived a life of short-term focus. You better eat now, because, who knows when you will eat again. However, in our modern world, this kind of thinking can cause…
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Romaine Lettuce Safety Solutions
Another romaine lettuce issue, this time from Salinas, California...seems like there is one every week? Unfortunately, regarding the most recent E-coli outbreak, the CDC says washing the lettuce will NOT prevent you from getting sick??? I have a solution…GROW YOUR OWN. Lettuce can be grown in containers, shallow beds, or a traditional, in the ground garden. I have been growing mine with seeds I obtained from my local libraries’ seed exchange. Some have grown beautifully…some have not. If you want to grow your own or continue to purchase from your local supermarket, here are a few things you should know. What is Romaine Lettuce? Because it is said to have…
