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Mindful Gear and Gifts

Mindful Gear and Gifts by Mindful Eats

Tried and true Mindful Gear and GiftsImpossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary offools. ~NapoleonIn case you haven't been able to tell, we are strong believers in our favorite things. Now we've collected a bunch of our essential Mindful Gear in one place, and we're really excited to share it with you! If you're looking…

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Food Portions and Serving Sizes

Food Portions and Serving Sizes by Mindful Eats

Peppers at a Green Bay Farmer's Market ©Michelle Correa PhotographyYour body is the baggage you must carry through life. The more excess the baggage, the shorter the trip. ~Arnold H. GlasgowI have a colleague that's frustrated with her diet. She started eating healthier, but she still wants to lose 10 pounds. Sometimes that happens.…

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It's Official: Exercise Keeps You Young

It's Official: Exercise Keeps You Young by Mindful Eats

Issaquah lacrosse ©Dave Block PhotographyWe are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. ~AristotleDear heart, it's mid-February, the crowd at the gym is starting to thin, and the motivation behind your New Year's Resolutions may be starting to ebb. Time to…

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Local Winter Seasonal Foods

Local Winter Seasonal Foods by Mindful Eats

Paffenroth Farms stand at Union Square Greenmarket, NYC, 1/30/10Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each. ~Henry David ThoreauMindfulEats is celebrating our first year anniversary, and we are very grateful to have you with us. We were founded last…

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Slow Cooker Pork, Turnip and Collard Green Stew

Slow Cooker Pork, Turnip and Collard Green Stew by Mindful Eats

Pork, turnip, collard green and carrot stewSome of the world’s greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible. ~Doug LarsonSo after all that prattle about the pork shoulder, here's the recipe for the slow-cooker stew. It was delicious - I think this is a recipe for two, but I ended up eating…

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Butchering a Pork Shoulder

Butchering a Pork Shoulder by Mindful Eats

Wares from Flying Pigs Farm, Union Square GreenmarketI can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary. ~Lou HoltzI try to be mindful and grateful about the meal on my plate. A lot of effort and carbon went into growing and transporting it, and lives were given up for it, sometimes animal. I even wrote a post about…

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Cold Weather Exercise

Cold Weather Exercise by Mindful Eats

Everyone is a house with four rooms - a physical, a mental, an emotional and a spiritual. Most of us tend to live in one room most of the time. However, if we don't go into every room, every day, even if only to keep it aired, we are not a complete person. ~Indian axiomSome people seem to think winter is a reason to hunker down and…

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Hassle-Free Healthy Meal: Slow Cooker/Crockpot

Hassle-Free Healthy Meal: Slow Cooker/Crockpot by Mindful Eats

Collard green and turnip soupMy parents gave me a slow cooker for Christmas last year. I thought it was an odd gift, but I sweetly thanked them and took it home. Then I took the slow cooker out of the box and fell in love.The thing is magic! You load it up, add water, turn it on, and when you come home 9+ hours later on a frigid night…

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New Year Resolutions!

New Year Resolutions! by Mindful Eats

BonaireWe can't become what we need by remaining what we are. ~Max DupreeThe New Year and its resolutions are fast upon us. Some people are cynical about New Year's resolutions since many are abandoned by February. But here at MindfulEats, we love resolutions! They provide an opportunity to reconnect with your dreams (which are easy…

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Healthy Bones and Osteoporosis

Healthy Bones and Osteoporosis by Mindful Eats

We are delighted to welcome back Brandi Simpson, who wrote the popular post on her week-long raw food diet experience. This time she is sharing her vast knowledge on osteoporosis. I met Brandi when we were consulting for a pharmaceutical firm. She worked on their osteoporosis drug, and has since worked extensively in the area. I…

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