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One of my blog goals for 2011 was to get invited on a media trip.  I was fortunate to be invited on not just one, but two of them.

I knew before I left on the first one that I should have some business cards on hand, but quite honestly I didn’t know where to order them from, and had NO idea what I was even looking for graphic wise.

So I have a friend who reads my blog, and she let me know that she was missing my dessert recipes .  I needed to do a ‘clean out’ of my pantry anyway so baked up a cookie recipe that you could alter to do a variety of things with.  I made them “Valentine” like by adding red M&Ms and some food coloring, but the flavors and add ins can be left up to your tastes and imagination.  There are no eggs in this, so if you’re a ‘dough eater’, no worries!

I love carbs. Pasta, pizza, bread, cookies, those are the foods that I would eat, and eat, and eat. I’m sure you know as well as I do, that when you eat carbs you get those ‘crashes’ and you feel hungry long before you know you should, which causes us to eat more. But what’s a girl to do when 90% of what she loves to eat is carb based? www.zonediet.com that’s what!

If you’re like me then January usually means that you resolve to get some new eating habits in your family’s diet. I’m trying to choose products with more whole grains, whether that’s bread, crackers or cereal.

It’s not always easy to find out whether a product you want to purchase has whole grains.

Last year my husband and I made a real conscious effort to take reusable bags with us whenever we went shopping. We figure that over the year we saved about 500+ plastic grocery bags from making their way home with us and ultimately ending up in the land fill.

At the end of last year though I wondered what I could do this year to make a small difference in what I throw out, and although I don’t visit coffee shops terribly frequently, I knew that when I did I could start using a reusable coffee cup. Which happened to be a very timely thing since just last week I was sent a KeepCup to review.

Much like a reusable bag, you can keep a KeepCup in your tote bag, diaper bag or vehicle – and according to the packaging on the large 16 oz. KeepCup:

Back when my daughter was in elementary school, I would go eat lunch with her once a week.  Once per month I would stop at the nearby Little Caesars and pick up a pepperoni pizza for the two of us to share.  Her classmates always told her how lucky she was!

When I was at the Kraft BlogEats conference last October we got to try out a brand new product that was completely under embargo for us to talk about. It was still so “secret” that we couldn’t even mention it was going to be in the stores this year. But now we can and I’m excited to share it with you.

You might have already seen it in your dairy section along with the shredded cheeses and such – it’s called Fresh Take and what it does is make a home cooked meal easier!

Jump-Start Your Diet…
Detox Your System…
Lose a Dress Size…
Shrink Your Love Handles . . .

…with this two-day diet program that helps you get healthy for life.

Start Friday night with a juice or green smoothie dinner. Then have an all-liquid Saturday and Sunday breakfast and lunch, followed by a raw food dinner Sunday night.

Every good story is about a sword…or maybe every sword had a good story? Either way, The Amber Treasure is a story about a sword, well sort of…it’s actually a story about a boy who becomes a man and a sword, well actually a number of them play a large role in it.

The Amber Treasure is the first book in the Northern Crown Series by Richard Denning. This historical fiction novel takes place in England in the beginning of the Middle Ages.

Have you ever heard of The Daniel Fast?  It is traditionally a three week ‘fast’ that is put together from the Biblical knowledge we have of Daniel’s fasting experience.  During the 21 days you eat healthy foods such as vegetables, fruits, beans, legumes, nuts, whole grains, seeds and oils.  The Daniel Fast avoids foods such as meat, sugar, dairy, sweeteners (real and artificial), refined foods, processed foods, yeast, solid fats and deep-fried food.  Although it is not liquid in nature it is still considered a fast, and is easier for people to adhere to since you are eating solid foods.