I'm sharing a couple of posts that caught my eye this week. Make your favorite grilled foods healthier (almost no carcinogens) and make your own crystallized ginger! Yum! Get healthier with these tasty tips! 1. Make Your Own Crystallized Ginger I love crystallized ginger! It tastes like really good candy. Plus it can soothe your sore … [Read more...]
Mary’s Tuscan Vegetable Soup to Fight Cold and Flu Season
Tuscan Vegetable SoupDo you do Soup Night? Make one night a week Soup Night for a soothing way to warm up and fight off the cold and flu season. A bowl of steaming hot soup on a cold night is just what the doctor ordered. Actually, chicken soup can lessen the symptoms and duration of a cold or flu. It's the chicken broth (and chicken fat) that … [Read more...]
Cheap Liquid Hand Soap for a Foaming Dispenser
It's easy to cut costs on liquid hand soap. You'll need to buy a foaming dispenser and use up the soap inside. Then add 3 or 4 Tablespoon of shampoo and fill the rest of the container with water. Cap and shake--ready to use.People tend to use less soap if it comes from a foaming dispenser. This might be a good idea when you have kids in the house … [Read more...]
15 Super Foods for Under $20 Total and How to Prepare Them
Here are some great ways to ramp up your immune system during cold and flu season. All of these are cheap to buy but pack a real nutritional punch. You could by all 15 of these Super Foods and not spend more than $20 on your bill, but it might be better to buy only what you will use in a week's time. Just keep these foods on your grocery list … [Read more...]
40 Super Foods to Stay Healthy
We hear about Super Foods a lot and for good reason. This time of year with viruses going around, we need all the help we can get to stay healthy. I like this list because it's pretty complete. Not all are inexpensive, but many are. Here are the foods. How many do you eat regularly? 1. Alaskan King Crab 2. Dried Plums (Prunes) 3. Bok … [Read more...]
Roast Chicken and Easy Chicken Broth
Here's another way to make a roast chicken, but you can roast it according to another recipe you like.The main reason I'm posting this is the part about how to make chicken broth from the bones after you take the meat off them. Also save as much of the chicken fat as you can to go into the broth. The fat is the part with the good virus-fighting … [Read more...]
Exercise: Try Tai Chi
I really like Tai Chi (rhymes with My Tea). The moves are so relaxing, yet they give you confidence and increasing control of your muscles in the moves. It's helps you keep good control of your body even if you are momentarily thrown off balance.It's kind of like doing martial arts in slow motion and I enjoy experiencing going through the … [Read more...]