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Sunday Snow Day + Monday In Meals

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Heyyyyyyy! How’s it going? How’s week #2 of the new year going for you? Here’s another double edition of Monday In Meals ! I ended up snapping photos of my meals on Sunday, so I figured I would include them in my weekly Monday In Meals post, so now you can see what I ate on both days with, of course, a few fun family adventures thrown into the mix. Ok, here we go! SUNDAY We got a pretty big snow storm on Saturday night, so we headed out after breakfast to play in the snow on Sunday morning. I’m usually not a cold weather person (even as a kid I didn’t love playing in the snow), but we all had such a fun time! These two… <3 Just wanted to give a quick shout out to Qman’s Cubbies shirt , which is the greatest invention ever. It’s a long-sleeve fleece shirt with mittens attached by zippers . It’s seriously the THE BEST, especially because Quinn likes to take off his mittens and then his hands get cold and he gets upset… yada yada. #toddlerlife You can easily zip the mittens on

Alternative Goal Setting: How Free Spirits and Slow-Burners Can Achieve Their Health Visions

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I’m a type A personality, so setting and attaining goals comes naturally to me. I desire a thing, determine the steps necessary to attain it, and follow through. It’s how I work best. Thanks to some timely comments from my decidedly un-type-A wife, Carrie, I’ve realized something: much of my advice is unwittingly geared toward people with similar inclinations. But that doesn’t describe everyone. What about the rest of you? What about the slow burners and dreamers? The free spirits? When it comes to achieving a vision, what characterizes and organizes your process from desire to attainment? Conventional wisdom tells us significant changes require that we establish and adhere to a list of preset action items—all in a concrete trajectory toward success. The problem is, this falls flat with some people. They might adhere for a while but lose interest because being hemmed in doesn’t fit their lifestyle or their personality. They don’t lack motivation. Some of us are simply more explorato

Sweater Weather

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Grab a sweater, a fleece, a throw, some long johns. Baby, it’s gotten cold out there! Those of you who live in really cold climates, what are your best winter layering tips? I spent the past week chilled to the bone in my house (which I keep between 66-70 degrees, depending on the time of day). I have a space heater at my desk and put on a fleece but I am still cold sometimes! What thermal items do I need to buy? Should I have my feet in fleece socks? Long johns? I don’t know how you guys up north stay warm! This is the space heater that I have, and it’s about five years old. I have found if I close the office door I can get the room pretty warm without heating my whole house. Is anyone a space heater expert? I’ve heard good things about these big Dyson ones . I like that they do heat + cool, but they are really expensive. Does anyone have one? One good thing about cozy winter nights is that it gets me in the mood to cook. I did a Blue Apron box for fun, and here were two of the

The Chefs’ Take: Parsnips

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A thick, taupe-hued version of the ubiquitous, snack-friendly carrot, the parsnip is an unsung root vegetable seldom eaten raw. Then winter arrives, and its nutty profile deservedly gets the spotlight in a barrage of hearty soups and braises. But, there are other clever ways to celebrate the parsnip’s complexity this season. Five nights a week, chef/owner Nicolas Delaroque of Nico in San Francisco serves a five-course tasting menu. Inevitably, parsnips make a cameo this time of the year. “I enjoy their versatility. We can use them in so many types of cooking,” he explains. That’s why he embraces the vegetable’s floral notes and incorporates them into a dessert. One splurge-worthy scoop of brown butter ice cream is dressed with fried parsnip chips and wood sorrel. “Parsnips have a sweet disposition, and with the cozy, warm feel of maple and bourbon, it just makes sense on a cold day.” Before mopping up a fragrant seafood curry at La Thai Uptown, in New Orleans, patrons might want to

Contest: Ask Me a Question. Win Books and a Primal Essentials Kit.

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The Prizes : What are three of your favorite Primal Blueprint Publishing titles? Want a copy of The New Primal Blueprint — the brand new, updated version of the book that started it all? Or would you like to try out one of our other new releases, like The Paleo Thyroid Solution , Good Fat, Bad Fat , or Primal Endurance ? Perhaps you’re looking to expand your cookbook library…. The choice is yours! Today’s winner picks any three books from PrimalBlueprint.com ! Primal Essentials Kit – Sun. Soil. Oil. Get all your bases covered with this elegant solution to the daily challenges we face living with our hunter-gatherer genes in a completely modernized world. Today’s winner will receive a bottle of Primal Sun (vitamin D), Primal Probiotics and Primal Omegas . The Contest : Today’s contest is a piece of cake. Simply leave a comment below asking me your 21-Day Challenge questions. Need some advice? Struggling with something? Anything? Let me know in the comment board. Just make su

Clean Eating Roasted Red Pepper Bisque Recipe

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I’m always looking for new soups to try. Something to make me warm and comfy on a cold, rainy night. I had heard of this type of soup before but never gave it a try. Silly me. It’s creamy, savory… Read more → from The Gracious Pantry http://ift.tt/2jpkoZA