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Elizabeth's Thanksgiving Recipes

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Thanksgiving is by far my favorite holiday!  It is a time for family and good food.  Growing up, my mom would make a beautiful Thanksgiving dinner however, it always seemed to be a little on the brown side.  Meaning we had a luscious turkey, yams, white potatoes, corn, bread, and of course the stuffing.  There was very little green on our dinner table. As with most holidays, they can become a starch fest!  I became very interested in helping my mom out and making the dinner table a bit more colorful as well as nutritious!  To this day, I prepare...

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Natural Sunscreen & Bug Spray

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  The sun is out and the bugs are biting! Make sure you protect yourself!! Typically there are 15 different chemicals in the common sunscreen.  These chemical substances do not just lie on the surface of your skin; they soak into it and quickly get absorbed into the blood stream then dispersed though out the body.  If the body cannot detoxify the chemicals, they tend to disrupt the endocrine system.  This disruption could lead to hormonal problems such as early puberty, estrogen dominance, cancers, etc. While these chemicals do block the harmful UV rays, they can also cause a lot...

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