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DIY Healthy Halloween Treats

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If you’re spooked by the overwhelming amount of highly processed junk coming into your house this time of year, try making some of your own treats. While these are certainly sugary confections, you control the quality of the ingredients and the amount of sugar, which helps make things a little less scary. Here are two no-fail recipes that the kids can help create. Festive Dark Chocolate Lollipops Makes 12 lollipops You can use premade lollipop molds, but it’s even more fun to pour chocolate pops freeform. These impressive treats literally take only minutes to make! Get the kids in the kitchen to help decorate. 5 ounces dark chocolate Halloween sprinkles and other edible decor Line a sheet pan with a nonstick baking mat and arrange lollipop sticks in a row about 6 inches apart. Melt chocolate in the microwave or over a double boiler. Pour a heaping tablespoon of melted chocolate over the top quarter portion of each lollipop stick. Decorate as desired and allow to set for at lea

16 Ways to Increase Neuroplasticity (and Why That’s Important)

Exploring The MIND Diet

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Diets come and go, but the MIND Diet has the potential to cut the risk of Alzheimer’s disease in half and keep the brain more than seven years younger. The author of The MIND Diet, nutrition expert Maggie Moon, M.S., RDN, claims this approach to nutrition “is heart-healthy and a solid foundation for healthy eating for just about anyone.” So what exactly does the MIND Diet entail? The Origin of MIND The MIND Diet is a cross between the Mediterranean Diet and the DASH Diet. “MIND” stands for Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay. The diet was developed by researchers at Rush University who created a nutrition plan shown to help lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by more than one-third. In this prospective study, 923 people between the ages of 58 and 98 were followed for four-and-a-half years while following the Mediterranean Diet, the DASH Diet and the MIND Diet. Those who adhered to the MIND Diet the most reduced their risk for Alzheimer’s by 53 percent com

Clean Eating Thursday Recipe Linkup – Autumn Super Foods

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This time of year,there is a definite shift from summer to fall foods, and the vast majority of them are all so crazy good for you! I love autumn foods and everything they represent. Comfort, warmth… Read more → from The Gracious Pantry http://ift.tt/2dHSg5z

10 Charts to Show You Why You Actually Do Have the Time and Money to Eat Real Food

Happy 10.26 To You

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This post is partially sponsored by Peanut Butter and Co. And the number 26. I  think that’s my 9th grade birthday? I’m pretty sure I ordered that shirt from  dELiA *s, and the scrunchie suggests that it is still the mid-90s. Do I wish I were 15 again? Nope!! Currently feeling pretty happy with 34. And I’m glad to be an even number age again! I don’t really have any profound thoughts this morning. I have shared quite a few of those lately. But I do have some birthday oatmeal to share! I think my 24 year old self blogging back in 2007 would have approved ; ) Peanut Butter & Co sent me a gift box full of some of their newer products to highlight in a post, including these Chocmeister spreads that come in both dark and milk chocolate flavors. They’re similar to that other chocolatey hazelnut spread that everyone loves but they are made with 25% less sugar and double the protein. Read all about ’em here ! I made a pot of whipped banana cheesecake oats (which just means