Easy Chicken Tenders Food & Recipes
Food & Recipes

Easy Chicken Tenders

Food & Recipes

Say goodbye to those fatty, fried chicken tenders forever, and replace them with our healthier baked version. The kids will…

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7 Ways to Be More Confident in the Bedroom Love & Sex
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7 Ways to Be More Confident in the Bedroom

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10 Ways to Prevent Obesity Moms
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10 Ways to Prevent Obesity

Moms

It's National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, and if it's time for a reality check about the kids, read on.

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Emergency! Does Your Child Know What to Do?

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Relaxation: As Simple as Breathing

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Inhale, exhale. The ancient practice of reiki can do wonders for stress levels. Breathing is a big part of it…

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Can You Break His Bad Habits? Love & Relationships
Love & Relationships

Can You Break His Bad Habits?

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From being a slob to eating junk food, everyone has bad habits. But can you break your partner of his?

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Hot Summer Workouts Diet & Fitness
Diet & Fitness

Hot Summer Workouts

Diet & Fitness

Keep your cool when it's sweltering outside. Here are some great summer workouts to keep your body moving.

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It's in the Cards!

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Past, present and future – they're all in the cards. Tarot cards, that is. Here are some tips on what…

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Slow-Cooked Stuffed Peppers Food & Recipes
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Slow-Cooked Stuffed Peppers

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This dynamic dinner is sure to ring your bell. Your hungry loved ones will hardly have a beef with a…

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Love & Relationships

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Love & Relationships

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Pantry Raid: Clean Out The Crap

It's time for a little spring cleaning, and by cleaning we mean unloading all of the unhealthy foods taking up space in your pantry and cabinets. Upon first glance, there are probably plenty of foods that have no place in your pantry. Maybe they've expired. Maybe they never had a place in there to begin with. Here are some simple guidelines to getting a fresh start. First off, get rid of those tempting treats that will only lead to diet destruction. We're talking cookies, cakes, crackers and other high-calorie, high-sugar and high-fat snacks. Keeping Twinkies, Ho Hos and Oreos in your house is a recipe for disaster. Even the best intentions can go astray in an instant. When you get stressed or start having cravings, you're more likely to feed into these urges during a weak moment if you have those unhealthy foods at hand. Not having those sinister snacks around gives you more time to stave off cravings. And don't keep unhealthy treats around for the kids' sake.
If you shouldn't be feasting on these sugary and salty snacks, neither should your children. And once they're gone from your pantry, don't even think of replacing them. Next purge your pantry of other processed packages - prepared meals, high-sodium soups and anything loaded with high-fructose corn syrup would all make great donations for your local food drive. And while popular spices don't spoil, they do lose their flavor. Spices are a great way to add flavor to foods without adding fat. You may want to take a close look at their shelf life. Many chefs say to give spices the ole' heave ho after six months, but other experts are a little more liberal. Some use the following rule of thumb - up to four years for whole spices like cloves, cumin, peppercorns, nutmegs, 2 to 3 years for ground spices and 1 to 3 years for leafy herbs like oregano. The bottom line is that if these products aren't part of your weight loss solution, they may be part of your problem. So get cleaning.