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Smart Food: Cherry Butter and No-Cook Oats

Smart Fitness: Iron Girl giveaway

Smart Life: Off to the DMV!

Smart Food Last week, I had the opportunity to speak again with Maleah of Cha Cha Tea, who recently competed in the Tea Infusion Challenge at the World Tea Expo. As usual, I learned a lot from Maleah during our chat! Can you explain the competition? The Expo President and Vice President created this competition [...]

Smart Food Last week, I received a coupon from the Foodbuzz Tastemaker Program for a free Bertolli Frozen Meal for Two. We chose the Shrimp and Lobster Ravioli, and broke it out after our long bike ride yesterday. The dish was easy to make, but had a somewhat bland flavor. I added some basil, which [...]

Smart Food Tonight, we had our first salad straight out of the garden! We only had a little lettuce, but I supplemented it with some kale and spinach shoots and LOTS of pea sprouts. Okay, technically the peas were given to us by our neighbor, but they were grown in the same yard as our [...]

Smart Food One of the biggest things that gardening has been teaching me is PATIENCE. You have no choice but to be patient when you are growing your own vegetables and herbs! But look, we’re starting to see some growth in the garden! Pea shoots and carrot tops (when they get a little bigger, I [...]

Smart Food To celebrate our successful hill-taming ride yesterday (more details in a bit!), I made us a fantastic summer dinner. We picked up bison burgers from the Farmer’s Market this weekend, which I grilled with some Garlic Gold Nuggets and served with some Jalapeno Raw Milk Cheddar, lettuce and ketchup on Nature’s Pride Whole [...]

Smart Fitness & Life Thank you to everyone who joined us for the #fitblog chat last night! We had a great turnout, and a fantastic discussion. For those who couldn’t make it, you can find the full transcript here or read my recap below. Q1: What kind of health/fitness goals do you set for yourself [...]

Smart Food To wrap up Tea Week, pour yourself a cup and enjoy this hilarious tea music video sent to me by Dan! Smart Fitness After a few hectic weeks, I’m finally starting to get my workout mojo back! Today, I Weeded our garden and dug up sod for 1 1/2 hours (trust me, this [...]