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Whole30 Macrobiotic Bowl with Ginger Turmeric Dressing

  This Macrobiotic bowl is a perfect lunch to meal prep for the week, or serve for a Meatless Monday dinner. Featured on the cover of The New Whole30, cofounder of Whole30 Melissa Urban says “it’s as stunning as it easy to prepare.” She suggests doubling the...

Easy Peanut Butter Football Dip

This easy, no-bake dessert dip from Lynn Lilly, the talented mama behind the Craft Box Girls blog uses basic pantry ingredients like peanut butter, chocolate chips and pretzels. We’ll be making it for the Super Bowl and then again for Valentine’s Day—simply swapping...

Cozy Comfort Food: Dutch Oven Pot Roast

This Dutch Oven Pot Roast is the definition of comfort food. Your family will love the flavor, and you’ll love the extra veggies thrown in for nutrition and fiber. Recipe creator and best-selling cookbook author Kathleen “Kat” Ashmore says this one...

9 Ways to Feel Instantly Happier

  January isn’t the easiest month under normal circumstances. In most parts of the country, it’s cold, the days are shorter, and by mid-January the luster of New Year’s resolutions has worn off. Of course, these aren’t normal circumstances at all. We’ve emerged...

12 Calming Exercises to Teach your Child

Just like adults, it’s easy for kids to get lost in troubling thoughts, and overwhelmed by the physical sensations that accompany stress. But kids can learn to calm themselves by focusing on what’s happening right now in their body, breath and surroundings – aka,...

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