It concerns me to see food portrayed as the enemy in popular culture. Food is fuel. We must consume good quality fuel to keep our bodies running properly and efficiently. One way to do this is by cutting down on overly processed packaged foods and including more healthy, whole food in our meals, including fruit,Continue reading “Healthy Living A to Z: N is for Nutrition”
Author Archives: Espirational
Thought for Today
“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.” James 1:27 The Bible (KJV)
Happy Creative Ice Cream Flavor Day!
We have an extra “bonus” blog post today because I just learned today is Creative Ice Cream Flavor Day. How did I miss that one? You may know that I come from a family of ice cream lovers with lots of recipes for traditional ice cream as well as banana based “fruit creams.” So todayContinue reading “Happy Creative Ice Cream Flavor Day!”
Thought for Today
We are born to create, and we can’t help it. Why is that? Because God, the great Creator, is in us.”— Ernest Holmes, founder of the Religious Science movement [Source: http://www.guideposts.org/inspirational-quotes/creativity%5D
Creating Good From a Bad Situation
When Bob lost his job a year and a half ago with little hope of there being another one we were confused and upset. Due to the way things happened we were also angry. Our future plans had been contingent on Bob working 7 more years. What were we going to do? How were weContinue reading “Creating Good From a Bad Situation”
Thought for Today
“To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.” – Theodore H. White
Thought for Today
“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thought for Today
“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.” — Nelson Mandela
Cool Smoothies for a Hot Summer: The Blueberry Breeze
This dairy free smoothie gets its creamy texture from frozen bananas. If your fruit is not frozen, you will need to add ice cubes to your smoothie. This will make it a little icy, but it does work. But how healthy is this smoothie? Blueberries are very high in antioxidants and the good news isContinue reading “Cool Smoothies for a Hot Summer: The Blueberry Breeze”
Thought for Today
“I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live.” — Deuteronomy 30:19, The Bible (KJV)
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