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The Perfect Edible Valentine Gift - Dark Chocolate Dipped Strawberries
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The Perfect Edible Valentine Gift - Dark Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

The celebration of Valentine’s Day brings along with it many sugary temptations including; Mazes of chocolates nestled in beautiful red boxes Tiny candy hearts covered in love notes Heart sh...

Category_RecipesKabocha Squash Soup

Kabocha Squash Soup

A deliciously creamy and spiced kabocha squash soup with a hint of sweetness from the cinnamon sugar sour cream. Yield: 40 oz Serving Size: 8 oz Number of Servings: 5 Soup Ingredients / U.S...

ApplesCelery, Cucumber and Lime Juice

Celery, Cucumber and Lime Juice

Just lately I have made the leap from the safe and reliable Carrot, Apple & Ginger, to trying more green contents in my morning juice fest. One of my yoga pals had been urging me to do it for a...

Category_RecipesGarlic-Roasted Vegetable Sub

Garlic-Roasted Vegetable Sub

Oven-roasting is an easy way to prepare vegetables and bring out the best of their natural flavor. Served on soft sub rolls, these sandwiches are filled with a medley of garlic-roasted eggplant, be...

Category_RecipesSimple Soup with Turkey Meatballs and Quinoa

Simple Soup with Turkey Meatballs and Quinoa

Making this soup is simplicity itself, yet the flavor suggests it is the product of painstaking preparation and complicated cooking. Ingredients: For the meatballs: 1 lb. ground turkey 1 larg...

Category_RecipesRoasted Tomato Soup

Roasted Tomato Soup

San marzano canned tomatoes are the best according to my taste buds and a few Italian cooks will back me up on this. Flavorless tomatoes makes for a flavorless soup. Serve with the cheesiest of gr...

Category_Fitness and WellnessGluten Free - What's the Hype?

Gluten Free - What's the Hype?

According to WebMd, approximately 1% of the world's population has celiac disease and approximately 10% of people are gluten-sensitive. People with celiac disease and people who are sensitive to gl...

Category_RecipesPumpkin Soup

Pumpkin Soup

What do you do when you have left over pumpkin puree? You make lemonade. Just kidding. Actually, you can make this incredibly healthy soup. I have been in the kitchen all day baking. I will be sha...

BreakfastEasy Homemade Granola

Easy Homemade Granola

Recently, I received a new product to try, Bee Free Honee, made from apples. I decided that I must find something to make with this tasty alternative to Honey. Granola, so versatile and easy to mak...

Category_Fitness and WellnessTop Reasons to Make Your Own Orange Juice

Top Reasons to Make Your Own Orange Juice

If you've ever had a glass of fresh-squeezed orange or grapefruit juice, then you know that the stuff you buy in a carton, a bottle, or (shudder) a can tastes almost nothing like it. There is simpl...

Category_RecipesHealthy Pumpkin Pie

Healthy Pumpkin Pie

Guest post by Trish, owner of the blog, I am Succeeding. Ingredients 12-16 oz silken tofu, drained 1 c Pumpkin 1/2 c Brown Sugar 1/2 c Stevia in raw (measures same as sugar) Dash of Sea Salt 2T. Pu...

Avoid snacksEatSmart Fans Weigh in With TOP TIPS to Avoid Weight Gain During the Holidays

EatSmart Fans Weigh in With TOP TIPS to Avoid Weight Gain During the Holidays

Everyone loves a giveaway and EatSmart fans are no exception. For this month’s giveaway, we asked the many participants interested in winning an EatSmart Precision Tracker Bathroom Scale to share w...

Category_Fitness and WellnessCoco-Crazy: The Dish on Coconut Oil, Milk, and Water

Coco-Crazy: The Dish on Coconut Oil, Milk, and Water

For the past 60 years, the all-knowing doctors of Western medicine have shunned the humble coconut as a source of bad, saturated fat and a straight ticket to high cholesterol, obesity, and heart di...

AppetizersEasy Brussels Sprouts For Thanksgiving

Easy Brussels Sprouts For Thanksgiving

Guest post by Barbara, owner of the blog, The Bold Blend. A couple of months ago, I wouldn’t touch Brussels sprouts with a ten foot pole. I remember them from childhood as overcooked and stinky! ...

Category_Fitness and WellnessTop Tips from Successful Losers

Top Tips from Successful Losers

We all know that one of the major challenges in combating obesity is not losing the weight but keeping it off. The lack of success at long-term weight maintenance is probably a combination of both...

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Charity of the Month for November 2012 - Lower East Side Recovers

EatSmart fans will select each Charity of the Month in 2012. Fans will submit short stories about the charity’s mission and why it’s meaningful to them. We began our Charity of the Month donations ...