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It’s almost Easter, and that means Ina Garten is ready for a big dinner party. Truly, Ina Garten is ready with a big dinner party to celebrate any day that ends in “y,” and I’m pretty sure she throws a Champagne welcome luncheon every time the mailman shows up, but she really brings it out for the holidays.

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If you find yourself surrounded by seemingly endless piles of clutter all the time — old magazines, empty envelopes, and more — you might be in need of a shortcut to help you cut the clutter out of your life. This simple solution might not seem like much, but it could be the trick you’ve needed to fit your lifestyle.

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You can have the turkey. Leave the ham. Prime rib — what’s that? In my house, leg of lamb is the celebratory roast; I love its tenderness and flavor. And, of course, it’s the high season for lamb right now, as lamb figures prominently on both the Passover and Easter tables.

Have you ever roasted a leg of lamb? It may sound intimidating, but the sweet little secret is that leg of lamb is actually one of the easiest, most foolproof cuts of meat to cook. Here’s our remarkably simple, fuss-free approach to cooking a leg of lamb. It will turn out perfectly every time.

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Pizza is a regular visitor to our house — only it doesn’t usually come from a delivery person. Making homemade pizza from prepared dough is a quick and easy dinner any night of the week. Even making your own dough only really adds a few minutes to the prep time! Pile on your favorite toppings and get ready to chow down.

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shopping woman in supermarket store buying food and groceryToday’s awesome guest video is served up by Christa Orecchio, Founder of The Whole Journey. I think you’ll enjoy her personal shopping tour and helpful tips today.

Stocking a Primal kitchen can be fun but sometimes also tricky as you want to be sure products use the correct ingredients and sourcing. Today I’ll go beyond the basics of a Primal kitchen and help you find the most versatile and flavorful options in the store! I think you’ll be surprised by a few of them.

Today I’ll walk you through the aisles and share expert tips for:

  • Navigating the Bulk Section for Health and Cost-Effectiveness
  • Upgrading Your Snack Cabinet
  • Using Super Foods to Boost Health and Mood
  • How to Use Healthy Condiments and Sea Vegetables

 

The full 14-part Food As Medicine Healthy Shopping course navigates each section of the store (90 minutes of video) and will help you find healthy choices in any grocery store! These tips and tricks will help you improve your weight, mood, and digestion. Check out the full 14-part grocery store tour here.

Christa OrecchioChrista Orecchio, founder of The Whole Journey is a clinical and holistic nutritionist with a passion for helping as many people as possible to heal and achieve vibrant health. After healing herself from chronic candida, brain fog, thyroid and adrenal problems, Christa was able to access a new level of health and happiness she previously did not think was possible. This inspired her to leave the business world to study holistic nutrition in 2003 so that should could “pay it forward” and help others experience the same powerful shifts. Christa combines her holistic and scientific knowledge to help people heal from the root cause using food as their medicine with a mind, body, spirit approach to wholeness. She has 10 years private practice experience, is a local and national health TV show host, bestselling author of How to Conceive Naturally and creator of Kick Candida for Good and the revolutionary Gut Thrive in 5 microbiome rejuvenation program. Learn more about Christa at thewholejourney.com.

Thanks again to Christa for the Primal tour today. Have questions or your own ideas for navigating the grocery aisles? Share them down below, and thanks for stopping by today, everyone.

Finally, want to take advantage of Christa’s final shopping tip? We’ve got you covered with a brand new Primal Kitchen Avocado Oil Spray.

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You’ve taken to heart the importance of the family dinner. You meal planned, you carved out the time to cook, you got everyone to the table at the same time. You are feeling pretty good — and you should. The Family Dinner: You did it!

But why is getting information out of your kids so hard? You’re interested, you’re available, but there’s not a whole lot of repartee going on. Here are a few tips to spark that conversation and get the kids really talking about what’s happening in their world. Any of these questions should keep your kid from asking the worst question of all: “May I please be excused?”

Just be prepared to give your own answers!

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Eve Simmons is a busy London-based journalist who co-authors Not Plant Based, which seems to be one of the only lifestyle blogs that doesn’t try to overwhelm you with Instagram posts selected for maximum FOMO. Simmons and site founder, Laura Dennison, have both suffered from eating disorders; their site provides what they describe as “honest, non-patronizing advice” for those who might have their own complicated issues with food or exercise.

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There are few things worse than getting your kids psyched to dye Easter eggs, only to have the process go horribly awry. While the supplies are all relatively cheap and easy to find, no one wants to dye a second batch of eggs (because, let’s face it, by the time the eggs gets plunked into their respective colors the kids have already lost interest).

Avoid these five mistakes to make sure you get egg-cellent results the first time around.

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“Food stylist” is one of those career titles that sounds cool and intriguing and vaguely glamorous. It also conjures up retro images of some poor soul laboriously painting fake grill marks onto a pork chop, or lacquering shoe polish onto a raw turkey to get a perfectly plump Thanksgiving centerpiece that’s photo-ready.

But what does a food stylist really do?

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When I was growing up, my mom was the family chef. But she also had a full-time job, so my brother and I were raised on a Midwestern diet of meatloaf, spaghetti and meatballs, and the popular Pittsburgh Sunday dinner, City Chicken and mashed potatoes.

However, after my parents became empty-nesters and retirees, they became total food obsessives. The DVR at my parents’ house was literally filled with cooking programs starring Alton Brown, Mary Ann Esposito, Lidia Bastianich, barbecue pitmaster Aaron Franklin, or my dad’s absolute favorite, episodes of America’s Test Kitchen. It was not unusual for my folks to cruise the grocery store multiple times a week for a dinner recipe that took all day to prepare, even though there would be just the two of them at the dinner table.

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