Your bariatric best friend!
After having lost my wedding ring a few months back, I knew I had to find a quick and effective way to fix my rings so they would not slip until I can get the rings resized to a smaller size. I needed a life hack to get me by until I was ready to have the rings resized!
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On days like today, I needed to be able to quickly toss something into the CrockPot, and let it simmer all day. Walking into the house hours later, we were rewarded with the most heavenly smell, of which my husband remarked, “Mmm… smells like my grandmother’s home.”
Hearty and delicious slow cooker beef stew is an easy one-pot meal, perfect for the busiest of days!
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I had planned on posting this on Saturday, but my server was down all weekend! Ack! But I wanted to show some of the things that are growing in the garden we started six weeks ago. In case you missed it, I posted a step-by-step tutorial on how to make a raised garden bed.
Though it was easy to build the garden boxes, it took some work planning out exactly what we would plant in our garden. It was worth the effort and research, though, because we have been enjoying fresh vegetables at lunch and dinner, and I have made many, MANY loaves of delicious zucchini bread thus far! All this just mere weeks after initially planting our tiny little starters!
Tonight, it couldn’t feel more like summer having enjoyed the just barely-picked yellow squash along with our corn and steak. It was amazing. Best of all, the kids get very excited to eat the veggies from the garden, whereas they would have either hesitated or refused in the past.
Cucumbers — I enjoyed spa water every day, along with plenty of salads, and cucumber chips dipped in hummus!
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Our family wanted to build a new garden with raised beds this year. We had a lot of people who were willing to help us do it, but I wanted to prove it was a super EASY and QUICK weekend project that required no more than two people to accomplish. Here is our step by step raised garden beds DIY!
We planted our family garden in April, and I wanted to give it a little time, so I can quickly post an update, which will be posted tomorrow.
We built these beds in one weekend, and each box took on average an hour each, maybe a little more for the first one as this was our first time. It was really nice time spent with my husband, while the kids played in the yard behind us. The kids were incredibly involved in helping plant the vegetables, and we have all had so much fun harvesting fruits and veggies from the garden for dinner. It’s been fun going out almost every afternoon to check the garden and play together. However, I didn’t know how much it meant to my older son until about a week ago when his speech therapist asked us, “Does your family have this huge, incredible garden in your backyard? Your son always just wants to talk about all of the many things you’ve planted!” It was a wonderful surprise to hear that he is excited about the garden!
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Teriyaki Salmon is one of my favorite things to eat, but because I prefer to cut out brown sugar, I LOVE using pure maple syrup (not to be mistaken for the fake, sugary stuff!) as a much healthier substitute. This maple salmon recipe is so delicious; the salmon will just melt in your mouth!
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