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The First Primal Kitchen Restaurant Opens Next Friday!

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Well, I have to say it’s a great birthday gift (yup, today’s that day for me), and I couldn’t be more excited about the news. The Primal Kitchen Restaurants concept was born a few years ago, but today I’m proud to announce that the very first location in Southbend, IN, will open in one week—next Friday, July 21, 2017.  I’ve got another great success story coming up in just a few, but I couldn’t let the morning pass without making the big announcement. Congratulations and thank you to our Southbend, IN, franchise owners, Tara and Tom Olson and to all the Primal Kitchen Restaurant staff. Check back next week for their own success story, and get to know Tara and Tom’s own Primal journey. Thanks, everybody, and enjoy your day. I know I will! Want to make fat loss easier? Try the Definitive Guide for Troubleshooting Weight Loss for free here . The post The First Primal Kitchen Restaurant Opens Next Friday! appeared first on Mark's Daily Apple . from Mark's Daily Ap

9 Year Anniversary Recap

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Celebrating 9 years of marriage with Mal was a lot of fun! I was up and at ’em taking the 5:15 AM class at CrossFit, so I swung by Coffee Shack on the way home to get Mal and me a couple of iced coffees to kick off our special day! I went with French toast iced coffee and got Mal a “plain” (not “regular”) iced coffee with a shot of espresso. Fun side note: Around here, if you ask for a “regular iced coffee” you get it made with cream and sugar. Mal and I must have ordered a half dozen coffees like this before we realized “regular” is not just plain iced coffee. Ha! After that, I drove home and arrived to a quiet house. I put Mal’s iced coffee in the fridge and did a little work before he and Qman woke up. Once they were up, we all got ready for the day. Mal and I dropped Quinn off at daycare and then headed to a meeting with our financial adviser and accountant – fun times and, oooh, so romantic! After our meetings, we headed to lunch at Scarlet Oak Tavern – one of our favori

5 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do with Watermelon

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It’s no surprise that watermelon is a healthy, hydrating and gorgeous looking summer fruit, but there are more uses for this melon than you might realize.   Tap It With the help of a few power tools, turn a watermelon into a tasty adult beverage and a serving vessel. It’s one-stop shopping with a batch of this punch for 275 calories per serving. Recipe: Watermelon Punch Keg  (pictured above) Grill It A quick sizzle on the grill and cool watermelon makes a hot salad! Cooking also enhances the cell-protecting powder of the antioxidant lycopene. Recipe: Grilled Watermelon Salad Scoop It Grab a bag of tortilla chips and call over the neighbors. If you thought tomato salsa was refreshing try this recipe on for size; your guests with beg for the recipe. Recipe: Watermelon, Mint and Jalapeno Salsa Pickle It Dunk the flesh and the rind into a sweet and salty brine, you’ll cut down in waste and have a fabulous snack to show for it. Recipe: Pickled Watermelon Rinds   Juice It Go

Supper Camp

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We have been eating like kings + queens around here!! Well, actually, Mazen is the king, so maybe we are princes and princesses?! Haha. He has been in charge of dinners this week because he’s been at Supper Camp ! Remember when  he attended a single enrichment day over Christmas break ? (OMG go and watch that video interview of him again! So cute! He has grown up so much!) The camp went from 9-3 each day, and the kids prepared a meal for their families. Matt and I have been trading off, so I haven’t gotten to try them all, but I took the time to photograph one meal from the week. Mazen LOVES to be in charge, and I got the linens out so he could set the table and make his dinner extra special. I thought about turning this into a “fork goes on the left” table setting lesson, but I decided it was best just to let him do what he wanted to do. He would have turned on the stove to heat up our meal himself if I had let him! Instead, I did the heating and plating and then he carried ev