How to Have a Beautiful [and Healthy] Baby

Not long ago I remember reading a famous pop singer quoted as saying she was "living off of mac 'n cheese" during her pregnancy.

I cringed.

Oh, if I could've had her ear for just 10 minutes!

I would have told her that her child's health begins with hers, that stuff can happen, that the choices she was making in regard to her body and how she was nourishing it (or not) could have a significant impact on the health of her unborn child.

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Skip the Game, Come Play on Pinterest

 

So there's rumor of some big game going down today. What sport are we talking about? Dunno. And what teams are playing? Double dunno—seriously, I have no clue. I've been waaaaaay too busy perusing Pinterest to be up on such trivial things. You can find me there here.

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Gluten-Free Vegan Eats & Allyson Kramer

It's been a busy and exhausting week in the kitchen and in front of the computer. I'd say I am at the end of my second trimester with my forthcoming book. I didn't realize how much work and how many minute details went into writing, photographing, designing, publishing, and marketing a cookbook {any publishers out there want to take over at this point?!}.

So I'm just glad it's Friday.

One of the more pleasurable and relaxing highlights of the week was hanging out with Allyson Kramer

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Wellness Juice Shot

It was looking like the Great Flu of 2012/13 was going to pass us by. The germaphobe in me had been taking all precautions ... after school the boys were herded upstairs for nasal rinses, doses of elderberry syrup were being doled out—as was the ever-constant reminder to "GET YOUR FINGERS OUT OF YOUR NOSE!!" 

Despite my efforts, the flu—or whatever bug it was—hit me and the boys this past week. One at a time we dropped like flies—but thankfully made speedy recoveries.

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Three Cheers for Jamie Oliver's Food Tube

A live cooking show with Jamie Oliver and friends. How much better does it get?

If you missed last night's launch of Jamie Oliver's Food Tube channel on YouTube, take a gander. Jamie invites you, and the rest of the world, into his East London kitchen to learn from, and celebrate, cooks with attitude. Subscribe here and you won't miss a show.

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