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How Growing What I Eat is Getting Me the Body I Wa...

I’ve noticed that as my garden grows and changes, my body shrinks. I’m spending a lot of time taking care of what I’m growing and ea...
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Pre-Workout ‘Beauty’ Smoothie Also Hel...

I’ve had a love/hate relationship with carbohydrates for the last couple of years, trying to figure out the “magic combination” that...
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Baked Chicken with Rosemary, Fig and Mushroom Sauc...

I’ve always liked figs. It’s like the perfect combo of sweet, squishy and crunchy. One day I was eating my once-daily ration and thought, ...
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How to Grow Bigger, Better Tasting Plants with Hig...

When you’re an urban gardener like me, you might be trying to figure out how how to maximize the limited space while producing high yields. Whil...
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Sweet and Paleo-Friendly Honey Roasted Carrots

  Yesterday on my way to visit my Mother for Mom’s Day, I noticed something strange about my feet when I reached down to slather lotion on ...
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Paleo-riffic Sweet Potato Noodles with Crispy Sage

  I’m growing two types of organic sage leaves in my garden along my fence in order to save room for bigger plants. I’ve been using i...
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One of the Easiest (and Healthiest) Vegetables to ...

I realize that not everyone is like me when it comes to gardening. While I’m out in the patio with my coffee first thing in the morning to polli...
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Cramped for Space, But Got a Fence? Consider ̵...

Urban gardening is coming into it’s own, and more and more innovative concepts are being developed so that more people can grow their own food n...
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I’m Loving Swiss Chard for Organic Gardening...

  Almost mid April and there’s little chance of frost anywhere, so there’s no excuse for not getting outside and starting your spring...
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No Excuses! Six Good-For-You Plants You Can Grow W...

At some point, it will cease to be winter in the Midwest and East Coast and continue to be the never-ending summer it has been in California. Usually ...
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It May Be the Middle of Winter, but You Can STILL ...

Nobody can tell me that my frequent consumption of fresh organic produce from my kitchen garden hasn’t resulted in glowing skin. And that’...
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Yum-Delish!! Monkey Bread (Made from scratch)

Monkey Bread (Made from scratch) Whereas traditional Monkey Bread is made from canned biscuits, this healthier version builds a base from scratch usin...
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Crazy Diets: Two Hot Twin Doctors Put the “L...

Chris and Alexander “Xand” van Tulleken, twins who also happen to be doctors, recently embarked on an experiment to see which diets were w...
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Kumquats! I Can’t Believe I Was Sleeping On ...

Do you know what a kumquat is? It’s the color of an orange, and it sort of taste like an orange peel. Not the most appetizing by itself, but mix...
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