Archive for May, 2009
Curried Tofu and Onions
Guest post by Marie Kraft, owner/ writer of http://TofuXpress.com. Hi! I’m the developer of the TofuXpress and this delicious recipe. The TofuXpress makes preparation of tofu easier and safer for cooking. It also offers a way to enhance the taste of an increasingly popular food among the health conscious population. I first began to include [...]
Top 10 Fittest Cities in America
Washington, D.C., tops the American College of Sports Medicine’s new list of America’s fittest cities. The list is based on personal factors — including the percentage of residents who smoke, are obese, get regular physical activity, eat at least five servings of fruit and vegetables per day, and have conditions such as diabetes and heart disease — [...]
A potato is to eat, not for the couch!
“Don’t be lazy – let’s be health crazy”, is what my daughter just said! It is so easy to sit on the couch and watch TV or work on the computer all day after we come home from work. It is so easy to make up excuses;why we can’t go to the gym or go for [...]
Tomato Mini Pizzas
I came across this recipe and thought I would like to share it with you lovely ladies. Especially the ladies that have joined our GGS Fitness Challenge. This recipe is from my Weight Watchers cook book. I personally haven’t tried this yet; but I will. This would be fun to make with the kids, they [...]
GGS: Hump Day Hula Hoop Craze – series post #4
Welcome to week 4 in our series on Hula Hooping for fun and humiliation health! How’s it going for you so far? Are you caught up? Did you learn to hoop in the “hard” direction? I think I finally have it under control. Somewhat. This week we’re learning how to spice it up with some [...]
Perfect poached egg… top secret video
This is a ancient secret way of cooking eggs, straight from Australia. Luckily, we can share this with you now with no fear of reprisal. REMEMBER: clockwise or counterclockwise, depending where in the world you live! Now, obviously this man does NOT have kids. Because there is no way I can cook my eggs like [...]
Friday fun: A little bit of “pea-ness” please
Ever laughed so hard you thought you might pee? (If you’ve had kids, it might not even take that much, no?) You might not want to watch this, then. It’s the ultimate pea - in a slightly, um, different sense of the word. Enjoy!
Lost your mojo, girls? The secret may be to “get juiced”!
~ guest post by Lissa Rankin of owningpink.com Have you lost your mojo, girlfriends? Three months ago, I embarked on a green juice cleanse with Tricia Barrett, the Living Foods Expert at Clear Center of Health. Tricia held my hand, nurtured me through it, and watched me as I evolved. Let me share a few [...]
GGS: Hump Day Hula Hoop Craze – series post #3
This is post #3 in our series of adventures learning to Hula Hoop for a fun workout. Last week we learned the basic move of how to keep your hoop up on your hips. …well some of us learned – and some of us didn’t quite get the hang of it and had to practice [...]
Ginger Soy Grilled Steaks
Bon Appétit by Jamie Elizabeth Flick, Staten Island, NY What cut of meat do steak tips come from? We have a BBQ as often as possible, even though it rains 10 months out of the year in Vancouver BC. The meat just tastes way better on the BBQ and best of all no dishes. Most of [...]
Carrie Ann Inaba – Dancing With the Stars’ but still looking “fly”!
PRNewswire — Choreographing several television series and films–including American Idol, In Living Color, Hannah Montana, Austin Powers and The Miss America Pageant–Carrie Ann Inaba has established herself as an icon in the world of entertainment. Not only is this former “Fly Girl” famed for her choreography, she is also making headlines for her style. Stunning [...]
Recipe: Spinach and Strawberry Salad
I made this salad for our Mother’s day gathering last Sunday. My mom had asked me to make a salad of some kind. So away to the Internet I went to Google and find the perfect salad and I came across this one. Well let me tell you first of all that I am not [...]
The Biggest Loser – season finale
The Biggest Loser season 7 has now come to an end. It was a toss up between Ron and Jerry to win the one hundred thousand dollars. Right from the start I was cheering for the brown team. I thought that they were very intriguing – I loved the way Ron’s son looked after his [...]
An update on my: Fitness challenge, who’s in?
After 3 weeks I thought it was time to update my weight loss challenge. Well ladies, I haven’t moved any of it yet! In fact, to be totally honest, I have gained weight. I went to Mexico a month ago and stayed at an all inclusive hotel. You know what that means, well for me [...]
Sausage Cheese Pizza – oh so yummy and…healthy!
guest post by Shannon from The Daily Balance The Mister and I are za people (yes, we call it ZA — we’re cool like that). We CRAVE pizza. In fact, we’re going to NYC this summer for a mini-vacation and one of the things we’re looking forward to most is sampling THREE pizza spots. Let’s [...]
Celebrity dish: Kim Kardashian
Well, its nice to see that at least ONE female in the spotlight is embracing her curves and thumbing her nose at the recent Hollywood trend toward thinnification. While I might not want her to be a role model for my kids any more than I want the Bratz girls to be (too few clothes, [...]
