Choosing organic meat and dairy for your kids is the best way to ensure that they’re not exposed to endocrine-disrupting chemicals like the synthetic hormones given to nonorganic livestock to speed growth and alter reproductive cycles. And choosing organic meat and dairy means your children are not fed meat that was raised on daily doses of antibiotics to speed growth, leading to dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Choosing organic meat and dairy for your kids is the best way to ensure that they’re not exposed to endocrine-disrupting chemicals like the synthetic hormones given to nonorganic livestock to speed growth and alter reproductive cycles. And choosing organic meat and dairy means your children are not fed meat that was raised on daily doses of antibiotics to speed growth, leading to dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Choosing organic meat and dairy for your kids is the best way to ensure that they’re not exposed to endocrine-disrupting chemicals like the synthetic hormones given to nonorganic livestock to speed growth and alter reproductive cycles. And choosing organic meat and dairy means your children are not fed meat that was raised on daily doses of antibiotics to speed growth, leading to dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Improving your diet lowers your risk for heart disease in many ways, including helping to lower high cholesterol, blood pressure, and blood sugar and insulin levels, as well as preventing obesity and improving the function of your heart and blood vessels. If you are watching your heart health, the following foods should not make it onto your meal plan very often. In fact, if you can cut them out of your diet, your heart will be healthier for it.
Improving your diet lowers your risk for heart disease in many ways, including helping to lower high cholesterol, blood pressure, and blood sugar and insulin levels, as well as preventing obesity and improving the function of your heart and blood vessels. If you are watching your heart health, the following foods should not make it onto your meal plan very often. In fact, if you can cut them out of your diet, your heart will be healthier for it.
Improving your diet lowers your risk for heart disease in many ways, including helping to lower high cholesterol, blood pressure, and blood sugar and insulin levels, as well as preventing obesity and improving the function of your heart and blood vessels. If you are watching your heart health, the following foods should not make it onto your meal plan very often. In fact, if you can cut them out of your diet, your heart will be healthier for it.
It’s no secret that I love to eat. My favorite food of all? Avocados. I’m bananas for them! Avocados are truly one of nature’s little miracle foods and I encourage you to enjoy them several times a week. These little green gems can do so much to help keep you well from head to toe, they’re simply too good to pass up.
The heyday of food-fat-phobia is over. If you’re still avoiding avocados because of some misguided, left-over-from-the-80’s belief that avocados will make you fat, you’re barking up the wrong tree. You’re also missing out on an excellent source of monounsaturated fat – the good fat also found in olive oil – that helps boost heart health.
What’s more, those good fat and fiber-rich avocados can also help curb hunger. Studies indicate that meals which include avocado tend to increase feelings of satiety for longer than those without, so consider adding a few avocado slices to your daily diet to help tame between-meal munchies.
It’s no secret that I love to eat. My favorite food of all? Avocados. I’m bananas for them! Avocados are truly one of nature’s little miracle foods and I encourage you to enjoy them several times a week. These little green gems can do so much to help keep you well from head to toe, they’re simply too good to pass up.
The heyday of food-fat-phobia is over. If you’re still avoiding avocados because of some misguided, left-over-from-the-80’s belief that avocados will make you fat, you’re barking up the wrong tree. You’re also missing out on an excellent source of monounsaturated fat – the good fat also found in olive oil – that helps boost heart health.
What’s more, those good fat and fiber-rich avocados can also help curb hunger. Studies indicate that meals which include avocado tend to increase feelings of satiety for longer than those without, so consider adding a few avocado slices to your daily diet to help tame between-meal munchies.
It’s no secret that I love to eat. My favorite food of all? Avocados. I’m bananas for them! Avocados are truly one of nature’s little miracle foods and I encourage you to enjoy them several times a week. These little green gems can do so much to help keep you well from head to toe, they’re simply too good to pass up.
The heyday of food-fat-phobia is over. If you’re still avoiding avocados because of some misguided, left-over-from-the-80’s belief that avocados will make you fat, you’re barking up the wrong tree. You’re also missing out on an excellent source of monounsaturated fat – the good fat also found in olive oil – that helps boost heart health.
What’s more, those good fat and fiber-rich avocados can also help curb hunger. Studies indicate that meals which include avocado tend to increase feelings of satiety for longer than those without, so consider adding a few avocado slices to your daily diet to help tame between-meal munchies.
While you can make your own pumpkin purée, most of us turn to the canned variety at least a few times during this season. And inevitably, it always seems like no matter what you make, there’s always going to be leftovers. Here are some ideas for using up that last half cup (or less!) of pumpkin purée.
1. Slow Cooker Pumpkin Spice Lattes
That leftover half-cup of pumpkin purée can be used to whip up a batch of pumpkin spice lattes that rival your local coffee shop’s version. Bonus: The slow cooker does all the work for you.
2. Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Pumpkin purée adds an autumnal twist to these classic oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.
3. Wholesome Halloween Granola
This maple-sweetened granola tied to Halloween — but delicious enough to be eaten year-round. Pumpkin purée helps the oats clump while they bake to achieve plenty of crunchy clusters.
4. Pumpkin Pie Smoothie
If you have just a half-cup of pumpkin purée left, you can make yourself a glass of this sweet smoothie that tastes like dessert but is totally acceptable for breakfast.
5. Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispies Treats
This seasonal take on the favorite no-cook treats has just a touch of an orange hue, thanks to the pumpkin purée, and is full of warm spices like cinnamon and nutmeg.
6. How To Make Tender Baked Oatmeal Cups
What makes these baked oatmeal cups so awesome is that they are infinitely adaptable. Use the leftover pumpkin purée to make a batch now and then the next time you make them, try using applesauce or a mashed banana instead.
7. Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Cookies
Snickerdoodles are definitely underdogs by cookie standards, which is exactly why they are so wonderful. Their cinnamon-y goodness is understated yet always so comforting — this pumpkin version is no different.
8. Pumpkin Pie in a Mug
A bit of leftover pumpkin purée is the perfect excuse to make this dessert for one. It’s got all the goodness traditional pumpkin pie has, but it’s sized down and made in the microwave.
9. How To Make Pumpkin Cookies
Another recipe that’s too good (and too cute) to only save for Halloween, these soft cookies are filled with sweet chocolate frosting. Feel free to skip the jack-o’-lantern faces to make them appropriate beyond the holiday.
10. Pumpkin Spice Cookies
What makes these walnut-studded, pumpkin sour cream cookies extra special is the brown butter frosting that’s slathered over each one.
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