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Cream of Vegetable Soup (Thanksgiving Soup) Print Recipe This basic vegetable soup recipe is a perennial favorite—and it’s a great way to get your children to eat zucchini! By:  Donna Schwenk Makes:  14 – 1 cup servings Ingredients 2 medium onions or 3 leeks, peeled and chopped 2 carrots, peeled and chopped 4 Tbsp. butter 3 medium baking potatoes or 6 red potatoes, washed and cut up 2 qt. chicken stock or combination of water and stock Several sprigs fresh thyme, tied together ½ tsp. dried green peppercorns 4 zucchini, sliced Sea salt or fish sauce and pepper to taste Creme fraiche  or kefir cheese Instructions Melt butter in a large pot and add onions or leeks and carrots. Cover and cook over lowest possible heat for a ½hour. The vegetables should soften but not burn. Add potatoes and stock to the pot. Bring to a rapid boil and skim off any impurities that may rise to the top. Reduce heat, add thyme sprigs an...

Pumpkin Make pumpkin a part of this holiday season and harvest for yourself the benefits of its mood enhancing amino acid tryptophan – a serotonin boosting agent that can positively affect your mood. Pumpkin Mango Pudding by  Rose Marie Jarry  15 minutes 2 servings 154 calories per serving Gluten-free, vegan Ingredients 1 cup of frozen diced mango 1 cup of cooked pumpkin 2 tablespoons of chia seeds 1 tablespoon of agave syrup Directions 1.  Blend together the fruits and agave syrup. 2.  Add the chia seeds, and mix well. 3.  Serve immediately or refrigerate for a more jellylike texture.

DIY Anti Wrinkle Eye Stick!   This recipe calls for Shea butter, Meadowfoam Seed Oil, Coconut Oil, Carrot Seed Essential Oil, Vitamin E oil, Frankincense essential oil and good ole Lavender! Meadowfoam Seed Oil  is an excellent oil for aging skin. It absorbs quickly but leaves a light barrier that holds moisture in the skin. It's softening and moisturizing power is amazing. It provides natural protection from the sun and helps reduce fine lines and wrinkles. It is rich in Vitamins C and E. Shea Butter  helps rebuild collagen and is ultra moisturizing.   Coconut Oil  heals and calms as well as moisturizes with out clogging pores.   Vitamin E oil  is excellent for all skin types and helps prolong the shelf life of your product.  Frankincense oil  is excellent in regenerating healthy skin cells.  It balances the skin and helps other oils to penetrate deeper.   Lavender essential oil  calms and balanc...

How To Master The Art Of Hormone Maintenance BY  CHERYL BIGUS If you've come to the realization that your hormones are out of whack, don't freak out. There's a lot you need to do for hormone maintenance — I prefer "maintenance" to "balance" — before you consider hormone replacement.  The very first step to keep in mind through this process is that there isn't one single fix-it. It's a journey, and your body is evolving. It's called aging. It can happen prematurely, or it can happen when it's supposed to happen.  It's the difference between living with illness to 75 or living vibrantly and with vitality to 95. Which do you want? Your body will never be the same from one day to the next… for the rest of your life, and that's OK. Before considering HRT, there are many things that you can do to balance your hormone profile. Food: Kick your sugar habit, including artificial sweeteners. Skip or minimize  alco...

Improve Your Balance and Strengthen Your Core with Intense Squats Tim McComsey Tim McComsey, owner of TRyM Fitness, personal trainer, and abdominal superstar, will get you toned and trimmed with these amazingly intense squats. Make sure you are well warmed up for this one and be careful to follow Tim’s form exactly because the added weight on one side will make you work for it. Tone and build your abs, legs, and glutes while improving your balance and strength at the same time. - See more at: http://www.sunwarrior.com/news/improve-balance-strengthen-core-intense-squats/#sthash.Uj0uHQUn.dpuf

8 Ways to Use Lemon For Beautiful Skin Lemon is an amazing fruit. It is good for you on the inside and out. I had no idea that lemon could do so many great things to make my skin look and feel better. Check out these 8 ways lemon is truly a miracle fruit. Fade age spots  - Just apply straight lemon to the areas before bed and wash off in the morning with cool water. After a week or two, the lemon will have cleansed the skin and lighten the color. If you want an all over body treatment, just add 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice to your bath and soak for 20 minutes. For brighter, softer skin  use fresh lemon juice on any area of your body, including the knees, elbows, and face to brighten up and soften your skin. Get Rid of Blackheads  If you rub lemon juice on the area with your blackheads, it should make them disappear. Do this every night and rinse with cool water in the morning until blackheads are gone. Make a moisturizing mask  for dry...