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June 2012

Say goodbye to separation anxiety (how to keep your nut butter from separating)

Do you suffer from separation anxiety?  Do you refuse to buy the natural peanut butter because it’s an oily mess on top and dry as a bone on the bottom?  Well I’m here to teach you how to enjoy the goodness of natural nut butter with absolutely no separation anxiety.  Here’s how you do it. Grab your nut butter.  Ideally, the only ingredients will be the nut itself and maybe…

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Thankful Thursdays: Week 26 – Living with Moxie

Today I want to tell you about a friend I am especially thankful for.  Angel and I met right after Jeff and I moved to Tucson in 2005. She was one of my first Arizona friends and quickly became one of my best friends.  There are so many things I love about her that it’s hard to organize my thoughts for this post. Angel is passionate, fiery, bold and intentional.…

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From the Vault: Pineapple Salsa

Remember when I told you about the fact that I’m a piler, not an organizer?  Well, this holds true to computer files too.  It’s the reason Jeff and I can’t share a computer.  His desktop is perfectly organized with maybe one or two folders on the main screen.  Mine?  You can’t even see the background image half the time because there are so many photo files splashed across the page.…

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10 Healthy Recipes for the 4th of July

I’ve been seeing so many fun 4th of July recipes popping up lately, but many of them use food coloring to achieve their red, white and blue hues.  I thought it would be fun to do a roundup of some patriotic recipes that get their colors from nature.  Enjoy! Honey Yogurt Berry Pops from Joylicious Grilled Chicken & Berry Salad from Our Best Bites Flag Food Centerpieces from Super Healthy…

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Summer Days & Summer Nights

Have I mentioned that it’s hot here?  Blazing hot.  Every day.  All day. Hot. If you aren’t sitting in a pool of water, you shouldn’t go outside.  Someone asked me the other day what the temperature was here.  Honestly, when summer gets here, I stop checking the weather.  It will be anywhere from 110-115 during the day and 90-100 at night.  So our summer days look like this. And this.…

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Thankful Thursdays: Week 25 – Stepping Outside my Comfort Zone and a Recipe for Mini Key Lime Pies

Stepping out of my comfort zone seems to be a common theme lately. Selling our house, moving to Phoenix, starting a new life in baseball?  Not so comfortable. Sharing my faith on my blog?  As comfortable as jumping off a wobbly pole 30 feet in the air. Going to Ethiopia in July?  That’s about 8,942 miles away from my comfort zone. But you know what I’ve learned from all of…

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