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Meal Prep Turkey Meatballs with Broccoli

Thank you to our food contributor Kathleen Ashmore from Kat Can Cook for sharing her Meal Prep Turkey Meatballs with Broccoli. Love these for a quick, healthy weeknight dinner. The best part? You probably have everything you need to make them in your pantry and...

Healthy Recipe: General Tso’s Chicken from The Foodie Physician

Want to get dinner on the table in under 30 minutes? That’s exactly what this healthy recipe for General Tso’s Chicken delivers.  “It’s better than take-out and healthier too!” says Dr. Sonali Ruder, aka The Physician Foodie, who is an ER doctor, a classically...

7 Easy Ways to Recycle

  Whatever your inspiration – spring cleaning, Earth Day, an upcoming move, or the inability to look at the mess any longer – getting rid of your stuff is a struggle. Make it easy by organizing things into categories and tackling one at a time. The below...

Wondering About the “Mysterious Illness” Affecting Dogs?

Written by Eric Bleile, Founder of Active Dog There have been several cases of a “mysterious” or “untreatable” respiratory illness recently in our area. I am not a veterinarian, but having built a dog hiking and boarding company that has allowed me to come in contact...

College Rejection? What to Say (And Not Say!) To Your Child

If you have a high school senior in your life, you know that springtime is synonymous with college decisions.  It’s a time of both epic celebration…and also extreme disappointment via a college rejection.  A “no” from a dream school can trigger anger, tears, and a...

Feeling Foggy? 6 Steps to Ease Symptoms of Brain Fog

There isn’t a mom who can’t relate to the idea of her brain as a computer with 50 tabs perpetually open, juggling a personal life, kids, activities, career, errands, housework, spouses…the list is endless. And brain fog is real.  It’s not odd for motherhood and its...

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