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Thanks a million!

Humbled, excited, thrilled, scared, motivated, driven are all but a few adjectives that can be used to express how we feel as we delve into our 17th year in business!   None of this was possible without the support of our caring and trusting clients and members.   None of this would be at all…

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Chop – N – Dump Ratatouille

Here is a simple recipe that can be used a side dish but also as a main dish.  All you need is a knife, the requisite vegetables and your oven!   RECIPE (for about 4 side dishes):   2 small eggplants (chopped and diced) 2 zucchinis (chopped and diced but not skinned) ½ cup of…

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“Falling” into fitness now that the kids are back in school!

Kids are back in school! YAY! As much as summertime is a time where families relax and get together for BBQs and vacations, the activity schedule can be quite hectic for kids and parents alike. With school starting, our schedules will be slightly more regimented and organized and this is the PERFECT time to include…

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What are you really drinking?

A nice cold milkshake!    Now take a look at the ingredients you might find in a fast-food strawberry milkshake: milkfat and nonfat milk, sugar, sweet whey, high-fructose corn syrup, guar gum, monoglycerides and diglycerides, cellulose gum, sodium phosphate, carrageenan, citric acid, E129 and artificial strawberry flavour. And what does that “artificial strawberry flavour” contain?…

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15 minutes to a great salmon supper!

Supper should never be boring!!! 15 minutes for: Tortilla-crusted salmon baked at 400F for up to 12 minutes on a spinach/citrus salad and cucumber cups of hummus to boot!!! Just simply place some tortillas in a mini blender, place on top of lightly oiled salmon, pinch of tabasco sauce and done! For the cucumber cups,…

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Eating carbs without the “carbs”?

SPAGHETTI & meatballs? SURE!! …get rid of the starch and make it with spaghetti squash!!! Our girls devoured it!! A bit o' lemon juice/olive oil/oregano emulsion on top to make it a wee bit more like my Greek ancestors! Easy to do: cut a spaghetti squash in ½ and core out the middle sprinkle each…

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NO more teachers, NO more books…!

Remember how happy you felt when you heard the last school bell of the year to let you know that school was done? Let the summer begin! Kids naturally have a curiosity that allows them to play and play hard! They will create games with the zaniest ideas. Give a child some Tupperware, a ball,…

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