New Year Resolutions, Explore Intuitive Eating This New Year, and More!

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New Year Resolutions: Organizing the Kitchen for a Healthier & Happier You!

The New Year is the perfect time to commit to fresh starts - why not start with organizing your kitchen? Decluttering your kitchen and dedicating a few minutes each day or week to re-organizing will create a space that is healthier, happier, and more efficient for cooking. The New Year is the perfect time to commit to fresh starts - why not start with organizing your kitchen? Decluttering your kitchen and dedicating a few minutes each day or week to re-organizing will create a space that is healthier, happier, and more efficient for cooking.

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Explore Intuitive Eating This New Year

“6 superfoods to shed those pesky inches!”

“Gear up for hot girl summer with our super diet!”

“Shed the holiday weight in 15 days!”

Do these headlines sound familiar? How many articles have we scrolled through with this kind of content? For as long as we can remember, we have been inundated with fad diets and fat-phobic communication disguised as hacks to attain a picture-perfect figure in the garb of “fitness”. Most of us grew up holding magazine covers that gawked over a celebrity and their washboard abs or highlighted their extra pounds on a beach vacation.

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Celebrating MLK Day with Food Drives in Austin

With the state holiday, MLK Day Texas falling on January 16 this year, Austin is gearing up to mark the federal holiday with food drives, competitions, family activities, and more.

Texans are looking forward to the Community Festival and Food Drive Festival organized by the Austin Area Heritage Council. The fete will be held at the Huston-Tillotson University campus on the day at 11:15am up until 3:30pm.

The festival's purpose is to celebrate Dr King's legacy while highlighting diversity and multiculturalism in Austin through several vendors, local musicians, vibrant speakers, and Your Food Truck Festival Favorites.

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Spice Up Your New Year with these 7 Amazing Spice Blends

Spice plays a huge role in making the flavors of a certain dish shine. Historically, spices have made empires through the spice trade. Nowadays, you don’t have to scour the world for the spice islands just to get to your next curry fix. A blend of spices has become readily-available in markets or you can learn how to make spice blends for your favorite spice mixes like curry.

Being the designated cook in our household of two, I’m planning to blast into the New Year with a fully replenished spice rack. Through my years of home-cooking experience, I have grown to love certain spice mixes or mix of herbs that goes well with my preferred dishes and weekly meal preps. These mixes of spices have proven to be the most versatile out of all and goes well with a wide variety of meats, vegetables, and even salads.

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How To Make No-Recipe Smoothies

Fruit and veggie smoothies are a great way to pack a ton of fruits and vegetables into your diet in a delicious-tasting way!

As any Texan knows, the abundance of fresh fruit and vegetables is one of the best things about living in the Lone Star State. From juicy oranges to ripe tomatoes, there's no shortage of delicious produce. However, eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables can sometimes be challenging. That's where fruit and veggie smoothies come in. By packing a ton of healthy ingredients into a single glass, smoothies make it easy to get your daily dose of fruits and veggies. And thanks to the numerous health benefits of drinking smoothies, more and more Texans are making them a part of their healthy lifestyles. From improving digestion to boosting energy levels, there's no reason not to try smoothies!

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Dirt to Soil: One Family's Journey Into Regenerative Agriculture

In this book, Dirt to Soil, Gabe Brown provides readers with a clear and concise guide to regenerative agriculture. A topic that most Texas ranchers can very well relate with. Gabe is a strong advocate for this type of agriculture, and his passion for the subject shines through in his writing. The book's ten chapters reinforce why Gabe is such an apostle of regenerative agriculture. In addition, he provides readers with the tools they need to implement these practices on their farms or ranches, regardless of size.

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