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Amped Up Boxed Mac & Cheese (Recipe)

easy dinners September 02, 2014

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Pumpkin Pie Baked Oats

baked oats November 29, 2013

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Peanut Butter, Banana, Chocolate Baked Oats, Oh My!

baked oats November 24, 2013

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12 Days of Kindness in December

children November 24, 2013

When I asked people on my Fit & Healthy Family Facebook page what they might like to see in my December Newsletter, I loved the response I received! One of the suggestions, by my good friend Lauren, was to do a 12 Days/Acts of Kindness (like the 12 Days of Christmas).

This resonated with me because I am always posting and sharing about the benefit of Random Acts of Kindness both by the recipients, but also by the people performing the acts. Doing good deeds - genuinely, from the heart - for people has been proven to reduce stress, alleviate depression, improve energy and happiness and can also positively impact fitness & nutrition as the result of an elevated emotional state of awareness.

I plan on starting my 12 days on December 8th, my 37th birthday. What better way to celebrate my birthday than by starting this Kindness Campaign?

I came up with a list of some kind deeds as a suggestion for anyone who'd like to participate. What would you add to this list?

Please comment below and share your thoughts!

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Random Acts of Kindness:

~ Hold doors for people when you're out and about.

~ Help an elderly person load their groceries into their car.

~ Greet everyone you see with eye contact and a genuine smile.

~ Make hot cocoa and bring it to people who work outside.

~ Pay for person behind you in the drive-thru or in line at the coffee shop.

~ Buy extra non-perishables and donate to your local food bank or church.

~ Make and deliver a meal for a friend who is sick or alone.

~ Send 3 handwritten thank you notes to people or businesses.

~ Donate a toy for a local children's Christmas gift collection or hospital.

~ Shovel snow for a neighbor.

~ Allow cars to merge or enter traffic in busy areas like shopping centers or give up the parking spot you were going to pull into.

~ Give 3 genuine compliments to people you see.

~ Call someone you haven't talked to in awhile and let them know you've been thinking about them.

~ Bake cookies for a friend or neighbor.

Random Acts of Kindness for Children:

(my daughters helped come up with some of these)

~ Have your child pick out a toy to purchase and donate to a holiday toy collection.

~ Bake & decorate cookies for friends or neighbors.

~ Color & decorate holiday cards for a local senior center.

~ Color pictures for family members.

~ Make crafts and give them to friends.

~ Help someone who has gotten hurt.

~ Say good morning to teachers, school staff and classmates.

~ Allow a friend to get in line in front of you.

~ Write a thank you note to someone who has positively impacted you (teacher, coach, neighbor, babysitter, etc).

~ Help with household chores without being asked.

~ Go through your toys and put aside anything that you can donate to children in need

~ Smile at people!

~ Say please and thank you to people who help you.

~ Tell your friends how much they mean to you.

~ Invite a friend over for a play date

~ If a child is sitting alone at lunch, invite them to sit with you and your friends.

~ Offer to help mom and dad wrap Christmas presents

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Blueberry Chia Baked Oats - Easy Breakfast Bowl

baked oats November 18, 2013

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Drink Your Greens!

clean eating November 16, 2013

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Baked Quinoa Flakes - Gluten Free, Vegan Breakfast

Breakfast November 15, 2013

Baked Quinoa Flakes Breakfast Bowl

Gluten Free & Vegan Breakfast

Baked Quinoa Flakes Breakfast Bowl

It's finally that time of year when I want warmer breakfasts. Too cold to have a shake first thing in the morning, I have been being super lazy and having some kind of bar in the morning, and usually not until around 10 or 10:30. Gasp!! I know, right?? The girl who encourages people to eat within an hour of waking - a good, balanced meal that will stabilize blood sugar for the whole morning. Yeah, I surely have NOT been taking my own advice. And I *feel* it. It's not a great feeling.

Therefore - it's baked oats season, friends!! I am committing to having a balanced breakfast every morning going forward. I know that it will set me up for a good nutritional day, AND will also keep my mood more stable without those emotional dips that go hand-in-hand with blood sugar dips.

Back to my pantry raid this morning. I searched all over for my gluten free rolled oats from Trader Joe's and - AHHHHHH - there were NONE! Yikes, add that to the list, ASAP. I did, however, find a box of Ancient Harvest quinoa flakes hiding in there with my other gluten free pastas and such. I figured, hey, it's a hot cereal like oats, so WHEEEE let's do it!

You might know enough about me to know that I create recipes all the time...but I rarely measure anything. I'm big on eyeballing my ingredients. Therefore, the following is an approximation. My advice is to make it according to how I have it noted, then adjust as necessary. It will most definitely thicken during baking time, so it needs to look watery when you put it in the oven. I didn't take pictures during my prep today, but you can check my Baked Oats recipe for step by step pictures where it shows what the bowl looks like when it goes into the oven.

Baked Quinoa Flakes Breakfast Bowl:

1/3 cup quinoa flakes
3/4 cup unsweetened vanilla coconut milk (or water, your choice!)
dash of sea salt
generous pinch of cinnamon
3 strawberries, sliced
1/2 banana, sliced
1T natural peanut butter

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Whisk quinoa flakes, coconut milk, salt & cinnamon in a bowl. Add to a non-stick ceramic crock or bowl. Layer in the bananas and strawberries. Add the peanut butter in the center (it gets gooey and it's perfect to get a little bit with each bite!) Bake for 20-25 minutes until lightly browned and firm. Let it cool a bit before serving. It WILL be super hot!

If you make this, leave me a comment and tell me what you substituted to make it your own!

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Code Recipes21

Amped Up Boxed Mac & Cheese (Recipe)

Pumpkin Pie Baked Oats

Peanut Butter, Banana, Chocolate Baked Oats, Oh My!

12 Days of Kindness in December

Blueberry Chia Baked Oats - Easy Breakfast Bowl

Drink Your Greens!

Baked Quinoa Flakes - Gluten Free, Vegan Breakfast

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