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Here’s a thing I’m certain we can all agree on: Typically the best sides on the Thanksgiving table are meatless. Whether you’re planning on eating the turkey or not, you’ll definitely need some killer side dish recipes. Here are 25 vegetarian salads, stuffings, mashes, and casseroles for your Thanksgiving spread.
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I’ve always felt very neutral about pecan pie. You won’t ever find me rushing to make pecan pie, but I certainly won’t turn down a slice if it comes my way. These maple “pecan pie” bars, on the other hand, are a fantastically different thing. In fact, they are everything I’ve always wished pecan pie would be, I just didn’t know it yet.
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While you can certainly make mashed potatoes without any tools other than a spoon or fork, a more specialized tool really is best. Light and fluffy, smooth and creamy, or thick and chunky: no matter how you like your mashed potatoes, here are three tools to help get the job done right.
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Hi, everyone. Hope you’re enjoying your Sunday morning. For those of you accustomed to receiving Sunday With Sisson in your inbox, I wanted to give you a heads up that the team and I are making some changes (just technical) with the newsletter and “Sunday With Sisson” for just a few weeks. Some of you may notice some temporary interruption in your email delivery from MDA. It’s all part of upgrading our systems. Unfortunately, there’s never a good time for these things.
In the meantime, I’ll be posting “Sunday With Sisson” letters each Sunday on the blog until we’re back to our full mailing capacity. Enjoy, and—as always—thanks for joining me here.
Good morning, folks,
I’ve been thinking about our two main nervous systems: the central nervous system and the autonomic nervous system.
Regular waking conscious experience is controlled by our central nervous system. It’s the overseer or the director or the pilot (even if you subscribe to the idea that this effect of “controlling” your actions is an illusion, it feels like it).
But then there’s another system that lies underneath our conscious experience—the autonomic nervous system. The ANS regulates all the automatic and subconscious functions in the body, like breathing, heart rate, sexual arousal, stress, fear, and elation. These are the things we’re aware of but can’t directly control. We experience sexual arousal but can’t just will it to occur. It happens to us.
And our autonomic nervous system is always watching us….
Say we spend a few weeks mulling over a big decision, like asking for a raise, quitting a job, or pursuing a new business venture. At the end of the day, however, we decide to stay the course and forgo the risk.
Or maybe we want to approach that attractive man or woman, but ultimately we do not.
What is our ANS learning about us?
When you’re faced with a scary decision or situation and you shrink, your ANS learns that you’re weak, afraid, and lesser than the thing that scared you. Any future encounters with scary things will be even scarier, because your ANS has adapted to your decision. It just wants to keep you safe. If you shrunk away from the job interview or pretty girl or hard workout, it’s going to assume that you did so out of self-preservation. The next time you see a girl you like or want to change your profession or get back in the gym, it’s going to be even harder to go through with it.
Small decisions don’t escape the ANS either. If you pause over the donuts in the break room for a few seconds, thinking about how much you shouldn’t eat the maple bar, and then grab and devour the maple bar, you just sent a very strong message to your ANS:
This guy can’t resist maple bars. He loves maple bars. They’re probably good for him. He should eat maple bars all the time.
And then it gets much harder to resist the maple bar in the future.
What if we could reframe our decisions this way? What if, for this week, we could see each choice, each temptation, each opportunity as a means to calibrate our ANS. I wonder what the payoff could be if we chose to invest in a new psychological set point. We’re always one decision away from claiming a bolder version of ourselves.
Enjoy your Sunday, everybody.
Best,
Mark
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For whatever reason, my husband and I host a lot of weekend guests at our house. I’d like to think it’s because our friends enjoy our company, but realistically it’s probably because our house — just two hours away from New York City — gives city folk a nice taste of the country life. (Or maybe it’s a mix of both? That’s what I’m going to tell myself!)
When it comes to dinners, we’ll either bring in some pizzas, head out to one of the restaurants in town, or I’ll cook. It depends on the crew and how many nights they’re staying. But there’s one thing I always do no matter what.
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Name: Diana Edgell
Age: 33
Location: Springfield, VA
What was your first thought when you learned about the Coaching & Training Women Academy and the GGS-1 Certification?
I feel very passionately about the importance of strengthening women. All women, in all ways. I was excited for the opportunity to be a part of a growing movement towards inclusion and education.
What do you do?
I’m a strength coach for teenagers in my area. I also coach gymnastics and cheerleading at the local high school.
What else do you do?
I am a stay-at-home mom to three kids. Although I wouldn’t put that in the “fun” or “hobby” category, it is what takes up a lot of my time.
What I really enjoy doing is connecting with people in any way possible. That could be through strength, personal development, or friendship.
Lately my hobby is a podcast I’ve started with my husband called justOK — a podcast about trying!
Best compliment you’ve received lately:
The best compliment I have received lately is about my voice. In starting our podcast, I’ve heard that people like the way I sound and the ease with which I invite people in and feel comfortable. That’s a new one for me and I’m loving it.
Favorite way to treat yourself:
My favorite thing is a night out with my partner and a few good friends. Getting some delicious food and drinks to accompany deep and meaningful conversation is the best way to fill my heart and soul for the next day.
Favorite quote:
I can’t pick just one…
“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.” ― Maya Angelou
“Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be.” — James Baldwin
Three words that best describe you:
Engaging. Passionate. Courageous.
Favorite book:
The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
What inspires and motivates you?
I am endlessly inspired and motivated by people who do hard things. Someone who makes a courageous decision in the face of difficult and hard consequences.
Vulnerability is beautiful, messy, inspiring, and motivating.
What event or situation in your life lead you to enroll in the GGS-1 Certification?
I have been a certified personal trainer since 2011. I am constantly on the lookout for new ways to strengthen my knowledge and keep the passion alive for training and teaching.
I am heavily involved with the teenage girls in my local area. I wanted to specifically get more insight to help them. I want to be able to have answers when they put their trust in me. I want to assist them in their growth however I can. I felt that the GGS-1 certification was an excellent way to do that.
I believe the rising generation will have a huge impact on the way that women are viewed and treated.
How would you describe your women-specific training knowledge before enrolling in the GGS-1 Certification?
I would describe it as limited. I have spent a lot of time researching and reading what is available but having access to and education from medical professionals, specifically, was an area that needed to be worked on.
Why do you think learning the information that’s included in the GGS-1 Certification is so important to your profession?
Again, working with teenagers is so crucial to how the health, fitness, and overall landscape for women can change going forward.
I think about how little I knew about my own body when I was a teenager, let alone nutrition, or psychology and I just marvel at the advantage that these young women can have, if they have a trusted and knowledgeable adult to teach them.
Now that you’re an official GGS-1 Certified Coach, what impact are you hoping to have?
I hope to be the cheerleader behind the next leaders. I hope I have an impact in supporting and encouraging our next generation to lead us to being more whole humans!
You can connect with Diana on Instagram and listen to her podcast, justOK.
The GGS-1 Coaching Certification is the world’s first comprehensive, interdisciplinary, evidence-based, body-positive, women-specific certification for health and fitness professionals. This certification is NOT your “run-of-the-mill” online course. It’s the pinnacle of women’s coaching information and is guaranteed to help you stand out in your crowded field.
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Is food your enemy? You may not consciously realize it, but if you see food as your enemy, your body tends to take on all of that negative banter, with a constant battle going on between your mind and what you should, or shouldn’t, be eating. It manifests itself into stress, resulting in an inability […]
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If you’ve ever used the holidays as an excuse to treat yourself while you shop for friends and family, you’re not alone. But if you’re not excited about the prospect of having to balance deals shopping with Thanksgiving travel, eBay is here with a great limited-time deal. They’re ending their 11 days of “first-minute” deals, and saved the best for last: a manufacturer-refurbished Dyson vac for up to 66 percent less than a new model.
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It’s been said that whomever coined the phrase “easy as pie” had never made one from scratch. Perhaps, instead, they were talking about this pretty slab pie. Slab pie solves problems during the hubbub of Thanksgiving feast preparation. Here’s why:
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Brussels sprouts often get a bad rap that has everything to do with poor cooking than inherent taste. The truth is, you don’t need to cook Brussels sprouts at all (but done well, they are amazing roasted, too), and this salad proves it.
Bacon is, not a surprise to anyone here, one of the best complements for Brussels sprouts—cooked or raw. Here the warm bacon added to the shredded leaves with tasty goodies like pecans and gorgonzola make this salad a hearty side. With the addition of a bacon vinaigrette dressing, you’re officially in Primal heaven.
Servings: 6
Time: 33 minutes
Ingredients:
Dressing
Instructions:
Cook bacon in a non-stick skillet over medium-high heat until browned and just crisp, about 6–8 minutes.
Transfer bacon to plate lined with paper towels to drain. (It helps to use a spatula and press bacon against the side of pan to drain excess bacon drippings back into the pan.) Reserve rendered bacon drippings for dressing.
*Trim the ends off the Brussels sprouts. Halve the Brussels sprouts, then thinly slice through the width so the pieces separate. Alternatively, use a food processor fitted with the slicing attachment to coarsely shred the Brussels sprouts.
In a large bowl, toss together Brussels sprouts, cooked bacon, parsley, pecans, pears, gorgonzola, and shallots. Toss with dressing and serve.
Nutritional Info (per serving):
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