Eat Fresh, Eat Local

The warmer weather is on it's way and with it, the fresh produce.  Local fresh produce in particular has the optimal amount of nutrients - vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients since they are picked at its peak and available to you typically the same day or the next day.  There is limited time that the vegetable or fruit spends in a storage facility ripenining and being transported for weeks to get to the supermarket shelves.

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0 comments - Posted by Esther at 1:39 PM - Categories: Health and Wellness | Healthy Snacks | Nutritional/Dietary Supplements | Recipes | Summer Fun

What to do??

looking for things to do with your family??? Hit the web you can find all sorts of things to do that are family friendly and get you all moving! 

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0 comments - Posted by Molly at 2:28 PM - Categories: Summer Fun

Last Week of Summer Triva!

And the answers to week 2's trivia questions are......

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0 comments - Posted by Emily at 8:32 AM - Categories: Exercise and Activity | General Medical | Health and Wellness | Summer Fun | trivia

Farm Fresh - CSA

This is our first year getting local organic produce from a CSA (Community Supported Agrigculture) group. It has been fun to be surprised each week with a different selection of delicious produce. We have been eating more veggies as a family and testing out new recipes.

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0 comments - Posted by Sarah at 12:49 PM - Categories: Health and Wellness | Healthy Snacks | Recipes | Summer Fun

A Summer Favorite...Watermelon!

The first watermelon harvest was nearly 5,000 years ago in Egypt, depicted in the hieroglyphics on the walls of their ancient buildings. The Guinness Book of Records states that the largest watermelon recorded was grown in 1990 in Tennessee. It weighed 262lbs!!

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0 comments - Posted by Yvonne at 6:19 PM - Categories: Healthy Snacks | Recipes | Summer Fun

Strawberry Cucumber Salad with Almonds & Mint

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0 comments - Posted by Emily at 12:02 PM - Categories: General Medical | Health and Wellness | Recipes | Summer Fun | Weight Loss & Maintenance

Life is a Beach !

A good friend always tells me to celebrate the Simple Joys in life.  Well, my simple joy of the summer is Life is a Beach ! 

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0 comments - Posted by Satoko at 9:25 PM - Categories: Health and Wellness | Summer Fun