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If you are like me, most nights, you are looking for an easy, quick dinner to make for your family, like this Gemelli with Vodka sauce....

Hi, my name is Tara Ramos. Barbara, aka The Sophisticated Dieter, and I became friends a few years ago through network marketing. I love...

Do you know about the Clean Fifteen and the Dirty Dozen? It sounds like a western, but it’s two excellent resource guides for purchasing...

Summer is almost here, and with it, tropical flavors! This oatmeal will conjure up thoughts of a warm breeze, vacation time, and ocean...

You may have noticed the purple in my hair. I do it every spring for Lupus Awareness. Many people see me at conferences, conventions, in...

Since becoming certified as a Juice Guru, our family has been juicing at home consistently. Both John and I have issues with...

This year for Easter, I wanted to make a sweet treat I could feel good about eating and still feel as if I was participating in the food...

Spring is here, which means cobblers, pies, and fruit-filled cakes in the world of desserts. With today's technology, berries are readily...

Last year several of my clients were experiencing fatigue, brain fog, weight gain, and mood swings after being home for months. Diet...

When you're overweight, people let you know it. "You're obese; you look unhealthy; you need to lose weight." When you lose weight, people...

When my first book was released and I was traveling around the country, I kept imagining myself hosting a small wellness gathering. In my...

The title of these bars says it all. I created them in my kitchen with ingredients I was craving at the moment. You can eat these bars as...

Happy New Year! Each year I follow the practice of choosing a positive theme to start the new year. I found this is better than...

At the end of August, my two youngest children and I came down with Covid. It was not unexpected, especially since school had begun ten...