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Veggie Soup

March 15, 2020 By Mary Leave a Comment

Are you and your family trying to stay healthy by doing some social distancing?  Maybe even … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Foodies, Garden, Health, Herbs, Recipe, Social Distancing, Soup, Vegtables, Wellness Tagged With: cabbage, carrots, covid-19, diabetes, Exercise, Health, healthy, iowa, Iowa Food and Family Project, light, low-cal, skinny, social distancing, weight-loss, Wellness

1 Week Spring Challenge: If you have it ..eat it!

March 14, 2018 By Mary 4 Comments

Last night when I was searching through the pantry, freezer and fridge trying to figure out what to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Challenge, Recipe Tagged With: eat well, freezer, freezer meals, garden produce, healthy meals, Healthy recipes, Iowa Food and Family Project, prize, save money, win

Green Bean Casserole

Lighten Up and Skip the Canned Soup: Green Bean Casserole

February 8, 2018 By Mary 12 Comments

When I was in 7th grade we were required to take Home Economics and the first thing we made was a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Church Cookbook, Foodies, Health, homesteading, Recipe, Side Dish Tagged With: 10 Week Wellness Challange, Baby Bella Mushrooms, Béchamel sauce, butter, Casserole, church ladies, family, FOODIES, Green Bean Casserole, Green Beans, healthy, Iowa Food and Family Project, Mushrooms, Recipe, Roux, White Sauce

Blackberry Balsamic Vinegar Chicken Salad Recipe

February 5, 2017 By Mary 13 Comments

Hot Damn Sam!!!  I lost weight this week and it feels great.  Granted it was only a pound  and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chicken, exercise, Foodies, Fruit, Garden, Health, Midlife, Recipe, Vegtables, Wellness Tagged With: balsamic vinegar, blackberry, diabetes, easy, Exercise, farm, FOODIES, Fruit, garden, grilled, Health, healthy, herbs, iowa, Iowa Food and Family Project, lettuce, light, low-cal, Recipe, romaine, rotisserie chicken, salads, skinny, SOUP, spinach, VEGTABLES, weight-loss, Wellness

Week #1 Iowa Food & Family Project and Iowa 10-Week Wellness Challenge

January 30, 2017 By Mary 13 Comments

Last Wednesday I received my emails to let me know we are kicking off  first day of our Iowa Food … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Foodies, Garden, Health, Herbs, Recipe, Soup, Vegtables, Wellness Tagged With: cabbage, carrots, diabetes, Exercise, Health, healthy, iowa, Iowa Food and Family Project, light, low-cal, skinny, weight-loss, Wellness

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