3 Non-Fitness Benefits of Being Active

If your schedule looks anything like mine, most days are packed with deliverables, deadlines and distractions. I love my sweaty workouts as much as the next endorphin-junkie, but I’ll be the first to admit it’s not always easy to motivate to hit the gym after a busy day at the office or pull myself out

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Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese

Just back from a busy, 3-week trip to Europe, I knew the hubs would love to dive head-first into a bowl of comfort food after a hot shower last night. So, this weekend I dug back into the blog archives for one of my all-time favorite cheesy, carb-laden recipes, butternut squash mac and cheese. A fall favorite in our house, this recipe

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5 Delicious Egg Recipes to Make for Dinner

Because it’s Friday, and also World Egg Day today, I pulled five delicious egg recipes that can double as dinner those nights you’re too tired to cook a big meal and have no desire to get dolled up to go out. Because let’s be honest, that happens more often than we like to admit on Fridays.

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5 Tips for Making Fresh Pasta from Scratch

If you have a free Friday evening at home, I highly recommend having a fresh pasta date, either with a significant other or a few of your girlfriends. This past weekend the hubs and I opened a bottle of red, turned on some music and made our first ever pasta from scratch. The whole process is

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Easy Raisin Spice Oatmeal Mix

This delicious post is sponsored by California Raisins through my collaboration with the Healthy Aperture Blogger Network. I was compensated for my time but my love for raisins is real. Enjoy! An all natural, dried-by-the-sun fruit, raisins were a sweet snack my mom and I both could agree on when I was a kid. For that

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