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I was never a Kale eater myself! Until a dear friend and fellow CSA (Community Sustained Agriculture) volunteer told me a simple and delicious way to prepare. Even kids love it!

KALE CHIPS

• Simply tear kale apart into bite size pieces

• Drizzle olive oil and salt over and bake at 350 until crisp.

Another tasty way I discovered is to spray with Bragg’s Liquid Aminos in place of the olive oil and salt.

Need more reasons to eat Kale? It is an antioxidant, helps prevent cancer, loaded with vitamins A, C and K. Great for the eyes and a good source of protein and fiber ♥♥♥

Vitamin D continues to be in the limelight for various reasons and for good reason! With sunlight being less this time of year (at least in my neck of the woods), now is a great time to begin taking some to prevent the flu, heart disease, depression and more!

Great place to get brand name products at the fraction of the cost is www.vitacost.com

Children are not the picky eaters parents make them out to be. Last year I had the wonderful opportunity of caring for 4 grand nieces and nephews. I found after weaning them off the junk food, which only took a couple of days, they came to love REAL food – they also craved structure.

We crave what is in our blood, and it starts while children are in the womb. Many pregnant women eat everything BUT wholesome foods. Instead of using pregnancy as a green light to get fat, let it be the beginning of a wonderful, healthy life for you and your child.

Think long term on the health of you and your child. A healthy radiant child can’t possibly be created out of boxed, fast, canned, bagged, or processed food? There’s a reason women miscarry and children have behavior problems. Begin feeding your children wholesome foods to give life to the brain and body the way nature intended. Schools are chock-full of hyperactive medicated children. This doesn’t have to be! This is common sense stuff, but I am surprised by how many parents feed their kids everything BUT wholesome foods! This sets them up for craving unhealthy foods as an adult. Your food can be your pharmacy!

You wouldn’t build your dream home out of scraps would you? Then why build a junk food junkie!?

“Everyone should be held responsible for what they eat, just as they are for what they drink when driving.” Jane Goodall

It’s been said, we are what we eat. However, it is more than that… we are what we eat, drink, absorb, think, and believe. So why wouldn’t we want to make it positive, great and healthy?

Think about what you eat before you eat it. If you think you will have “eaters remorse” you probably will. Before allowing your taste buds or emotions to eat you into oblivion or eaters remorse, ask yourself if it will bring you closer to health and your naturally good looks or farther away faster. This simple question has helped me and many others avoid certain foods or drinks, which in turn makes looking in the mirror the next day easier.

Eating healthy most days of the week and hours of the day and can do wonders at helping a person look and feel their absolute best without ever having to “diet” again. As we age, the months and years seem to fly by faster – before we know it, a decade has passed, wrinkles have appeared and clothes have gotten larger.

Think long term…