If you’ve already invested in an Instant Pot, chances are you’re cooking some super healthy and delicious meals. The appliance burst onto the scene around 10 years ago and now you can find thousands of recipes online for tasty and wholesome treats made quickly and simply in your Instant Pot. But there’s a lot more...
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Easy Carrot Ginger Soup Recipe
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Mixbook Canvas Review - Hang Your Memories For Everyone To Enjoy
Full disclosure: In exchange for an honest and unbiased review, I received a credit on my Mixbook account. This credit helped pay for the canvases I ordered. Mixbook has not edited this post in any way, and all ideas and opinions written here are my own. I wrote this post (a Mixbook canvas review) after...
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Salt Free Taco Seasoning Recipe (Paleo, Keto, Whole 30)
Make this salt free taco seasoning recipe at home using only three ingredients that you likely already have in your cupboard! You can use this healthy taco seasoning without salt in all your favorite taco dishes instead of getting overloaded with processed salt in the store bought spice packages. Up until recently, every time I...
The Amazing Benefits of Collagen And How To Use It
Today we're talking about collagen. Specifically, what is collagen, what are the benefits of adding collagen to your diet, and how to get sixty days of collagen for only one dollar! This is the good stuff, too. Hydrolyzed collagen peptides made from grass fed, pastured cows. The journey to wellness is full of bumps, twists...
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5-Minute Christmas Cheese Ball Recipe [Goat Cheese, Cranberries, and Pistachios]
Looking for a crowd pleasing Christmas cheese ball for your next holiday gathering? This is it! Filled with chopped cranberries and coated with pistachio crumbles, the striking red and green colors in this cheese ball will look amazing on your Christmas appetizer table. It's shaped into a ball in this picture (above), but you could...
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It’s no surprise that I love to cook. I love creating tasty meals for my family and hearing the “mmmms” coming from their mouths as they clean their plates. How do I do it? With these minimalist kitchen essentials, of course. The thing is...I love cooking (and eating) food. And I love sharing recipes with others....
Chai Spice Hot Chocolate With A Healthy Protein Boost
Make this spicy hot chocolate to keep you warm as the weather gets colder. The spicy kick from the chai spice blend is perfectly balanced by the sweetness in the hot chocolate. Curl up with a blanket, grab a mug, and treat yourself! I'm not exactly sure how I stumbled on the genius of this...