by Martha on January 31, 2009
As I continue exploring ways to simplify life in the kitchen, my relationship with the Crockpot deepens.
Soon my Slow Cooker
may take up permanent residence on the counter!
Crockpot cooking makes getting dinner on the table a breeze. By investing a few minutes in the morning combining ingredients in the slow cooker, I’m able to focus on the day without stressing about “what’s for dinner?”
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by Martha on January 20, 2009
“A diet is a plan, generally hopeless, for reducing your weight, which tests your will power but does little for your waistline.”
~ Herbert B. Prochnow
It’s that time of year again - Diet time, weight loss resolution time, join the gym time.
The sheer volume of diet, exercise, and weight loss information - much of it conflicting - is overwhelming:
- Bookstore shelves are full of the latest crop of diet books.
- Magazine racks display titles with enticing weight loss promises.
- Celebrities endorsing an array of weight loss plans stream across the television.
- Oprah beats herself up for re-gaining weight before millions of viewers and vows to get back on the diet and exercise wagon.
- The Biggest Loser gears up for another successful season.
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by Martha on January 15, 2009
Where can the large woman find plus size yoga clothes that are reasonably priced and stylish?
As a yoga teacher who specializes in teaching yoga to beginners of all ages and sizes, it’s a question I get asked from time to time.
If you are slender and young, you have lots of choices for yoga clothes, especially if you have an unlimited budget. Yoga studio boutiques burgeoning with $80 yoga pants are not uncommon these days!
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by Martha on January 11, 2009
Here is an easy potato soup recipe you can make in your slow cooker.
If you are interested in simplifying your life in the kitchen, a Slow Cooker (Crock-Pot)
is an indispensable piece of equipment.
Every time I dig mine out and use it, I ask myself why I don’t use it more. So, as we begin 2009, I resolve to use my slow cooker at least weekly. It’s a resolution that should be easy to keep as I continue my commitment to simplify my life, both in and out of the kitchen.
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