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Clean Eating Thursday Recipe Linkup – Peanut Butter Recipes

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I know. Peanut butter recipes! Couldn’t you just squeak? I love peanut butter, especially in my clean eating recipes. That peanut flavor can add so much to so many different types of dishes! I also… Read more → from The Gracious Pantry http://ift.tt/2gLPy0t

Holiday Gift Guide: 2016!!

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Hey folks! The Holiday Season is here and I wanted to share a few things that you might consider adding to your shopping list. Grub Caveman Coffee – Founded by Tait Fletcher and Keith Jardine, CMC has grown from just a few offerings to a wide variety of awesome coffees, nitropack teas and even MCT oil. I love just about everything from these guys although I must admit a predilection for darker roasts like the Sabertooth blend. They are already sold out of the gift tins, but check out this spread!  Paleo Power Balls – Developed by The Paleo Angel, PPB’s are a fantastic, low-glycemic load treat that ticks the boxes of “delicious” and “autoimmune paleo friendly” at the same time. Butcher Box – Nothing says “Happy Holidays” like meat! The folks at Butchers Box have cracked the code of sourcing grassfed and pastured (sustainable) meat options while making this delicious and nutritious goodness available via online order. Gear Lucki Gi- If you are not into Brazilian Jiu-jitsu we ca

The Importance of Balance—and 15 Ways to Enhance and Preserve It

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Everything in the world is conspiring to make you fall over. The ground can be slippery, slick, and studded with protrusions. The earth can move under your feet. The discarded banana peel is an ever present threat.  Gravity itself exerts a constant downward pull, and any tissue straying from perpendicularity with the ground feels the pull that much more. That we manage to stay upright at all is impressive. Not all of us do. For youngsters, balance is something you actively practice in certain situations: it’s what you do when walking along the top of the monkey bars or ride a surfboard/skateboard/snowboard. You only think about balance when you decide to test it. Good balance enhances your ability to move through and interact with the world. It’s essential for all of us—and especially for athletes whose feats put them at regular odds with the forces that threaten to throw us off balance. The older you get, the more the world challenges your balance. And when you’re pushing 80+ and

Healthy Hanukkah Appetizers and Desserts

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The Jewish festival of lights is filled with potato pancakes, jelly doughnuts and chocolate. Instead of making it a holiday celebration of calories, offer a variety of eye-appealing, delicious foods that friends and family will enjoy —including a lighter take on the traditional doughnut. Appetizers Offer finger foods to friends and family when having them over to light the menorah and sing holiday songs. Include healthier spins on holiday favorites and lighter bites. Complement them with low- or no-calorie beverages like water, seltzer, virgin spritzers, tea and coffee. Kale and Artichoke Dip  (pictured above) Crispy Zucchini and Potato Pancakes Applesauce Stuffed Mushrooms Mini Spinach and Mushroom Quiche   Desserts Doughnuts (aka sufganiyot) are an important part of the holiday tradition. Serve them with fruit- and nut-based desserts to up the nutritional ante. Cinnamon Baked Doughnuts  (pictured above) Winter Fruit Salad   (pictured above) Healthy Blueberry Ricotta Tar

The Gift Of Serenity // Neroli Spa

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A few weeks ago I received a text from my friend Alyssa to say that she was working at a new spa, Neroli Spa & Beauty Lounge . I have treated myself to several of Alyssa’s facials in the past, and she is the best in town! She invited me to see the new space, and had me act as her face model while she learned a new product. A few weeks later, Alyssa and Suzanne, the owner, invited me in for a morning of pampering to share the experience with you guys. That’s it guys, I am giving up all other jobs and am starting a new career as a face model and professional spa reviewer! Inquiries can be sent to me at katheats at gmail.com : ) : ) I can also review massages, hot tubs, nap pods, infinity pools, hotel penthouses, floating salt pools, and clouds. I am a woman of many talents, cloud reviews being one of my best. Just ring me up!! Haha. I do have a special deal to share with any of you in Cville, so check the end of this post for the details!  Neroli Spa moved from its previous lo