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American Heart Association Go Fresh Cookbook with Tips ~ #review

The more you cook at home, with a focus on fresh ingredients, the easier it is to achieve a heart-healthy lifestyle.



Go Fresh.
The American Heart Association offers more than 250 recipes in this
cookbook, inspiring you to bring nutritious and wholesome ingredients
into your kitchen. Enjoy full-flavored favorites—all made from scratch,
made healthy, and made fresh—including:



· Cauliflower-Carrot Soup

· Blueberry-Walnut Chicken Salad

· Blackened Fish with Crisp Kale and Creamy Lemon Sauce

· Rosemary-Peach Chicken Kebabs with Orange Glaze

· Tomato-Basil Pork Tenderloin

· Butternut Squash Pasta

· Dark Cherry and Apple Crumble



In the book, you’ll also find Healthy Swaps for substituting seasonal fruits and vegetables in delicious new ways, Shop & Store tips for making the most of your trips to the market and what you buy, and Tips, Tricks & Timesavers for reducing prep time and getting meals on the table faster.

Making meals with fresh ingredients is not only healthy and flavorful but also fast and easy with





Review:



This cookbook is put out by the American Heart Association for heart healthy
cooking as well as shopping and storage tips. The cookbook was full of delicious
recipes such as: Chicken and red lentil soup or Triple citrus refreshers. My
main problem with the book is that with each recipe there was no picture to give
you an idea how the recipe was to look like. Yes there were pictures in the
book, but they were all together in the middle of the book and they were not a
complete showing of all the recipes. I also liked the idea of the nutritional
values per serving listed after each recipe as well as most of the ingredients
in the recipes were one that most people would have in their pantry/cabinets in
the kitchen or easily available at the grocery store.

Disclosure: I received free the item(s) mentioned in this post in exchange for my honest review through Blogging for Books. Regardless ~ All my reviews are my honest and personal opinion. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”.

INSPIRED words for Inspired KIDS ~ check out the latest and greatest from IAA

 It's the start of another fabulous school year at Inspired Arts and we
challenge you to GET INSPIRED this year!

Wise words from Sarah
Knupple- founder of IAA:

-INSPIRED-
Why Inspired? Because all your children are INSPIRED kids.,,




.I
-am




N-
Needed to sustain our classes and efforts in arts' education!

S-
Special, unique, gifted and talented!

P-
a Performer and showcase talents on stage thru singing, acting, dancing, or set
making!

I- Innovative as I think outside the box and promote left/right brain thinking!

R-
Real and love the 'real life' experiences that we

bring to you thru the
Academy!

E
-Educated in the arts' by professional teachers!

D-
Dreamer and we help make your dreams come true!

So
GET INSPIRED this year-

Here is the schedule of classes...

Also keep track of all the daily fun, creative
and fabulous classes and activities at IAA here on Facebook.

Afternoon in the Arts

What does your child do after school? Play video games, sit around on the couch, eat junk food? If you want to combat boredom and that crazy evening extracurricular schedule, sign your child up for an Afternoon in the Arts class! Each afternoon, we begin with an exploratory art class then move into gymnastics for fitness. Then, we offer an arts' class to further art education (Mondays are Movie Magic, Tuesdays are Music and Theatre, Wednesdays are Acting and Set design, Thursdays are Painting, Sculpting, Sketching and Fridays are Just Dancing!)

Classes-Fall JUMPSTARTS for $20

What is a 'jumpstart?' It's a class that has low enrollment and we want to make it a go! Jump on this deal by September 30th!! Register HERE for the following jumpstarts- Twirl Step and Boogie- 10:30 Wed or 5pm Wed Become a Guitarist- 4:30pm Thursday Become a Singer/Songwriter- 6pm Thursday Little Dancer- 9am Wednesday Little Gymnast- 9:30am Wed Little Musician- 9:00 am Thursday Little Artist- 9:30am Thursday Become a Ballerina- 5pm Tuesday Become a Jazz Dancer- 5:30pm Tuesday Remember- Registration for Around the World with IAA ends September 30th!! Note- Class offerings are subject to change based on enrollment

RENTALS- Inspired
Arts is available for your next birthday or other party event, but Fall/Winter
dates are filling quickly....call today to get your event on our
schedule.

TEACHER
of MONTH- Sarah
Vonderheide

Sarah is a graduate
from Augustana College with a Bachelor's in Communication Sciences and
Disorders. She is married and has a precious three year old little lady. Sarah
was a competitive gymnasts for ten years both privately and with her school's
team. Currently she utilizes those skills as an instructor of two yoga based
classes, and working with the up-and-coming gymnasts at IAA. Sarah is passionate
about exploring the self-expression and confidence we can find as we learn to
move our body with power and grace simultaneously.

ARTS'
partners-


Morton
Fine Arts Association presents Fall/Winter Monday night concert series! Enjoy
bands like Harmonicas, Phil Dirt and the Dozers (rockin oldies), Four Freshman
(vocal pop), Bankesters (country gospel), and the Cats Pajamas (accapella) .
Tickets are $25 a piece or $75 for entire series! Purchase these as Christmas or
Birthday gifts for parents and grandparents online at Morton Fine Arts Association.

WORKSHOPS in OCTOBER!

Ballroom Workshop For Kids- Saturday, October 11th we will be hosting a ballroom workshop for kids ages 6-16 from 9-10:30am for only 10$! This is an exceptional opportunity for students to get an introduction to ballroom by learning both east Coast Swing and Waltz. Email Jon at jpjeep75@yahoo.com to register! East Coast Swing - Wednesdays in October, Jon will be hosting East Coast Swing classes! $30 for couple, $20 for single. Email Jon at jpjeep75@yahoo.com to registe

Upcoming Schedule & Events

September 30 -- REGISTRATION FOR FALL CLOSES October 11 -Kids Ballroom Workshop! October 30- Halloween Spooktacular IAA Family Event Reminder you can sign up here. View our full class, event and program schedule here.

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Before Amen The power of a simple prayer

We all pray . . . some.

We pray to stay sober, centered, or solvent. When the lump is deemed malignant. When the money runs out before the month does. When the marriage is falling apart. We pray.

But wouldn’t we like to pray more? Better? Stronger? With more fire, faith, and fervency?

Yet we have kids to feed, bills to pay, deadlines to meet. The calendar pounces on our good intentions like a tiger on a rabbit. And what about our checkered history with prayer? Uncertain words. Unmet expectations. Unanswered requests.

We aren’t the first to struggle with prayer. The first followers of Jesus needed prayer guidance too. In fact, prayer is the only tutorial they ever requested.

And Jesus gave them a prayer. Not a lecture on prayer. Not the doctrine of prayer. He gave them a quotable, repeatable, portable prayer. Couldn’t we use the same?

In Before Amen best-selling author Max Lucado joins readers on a journey to the very heart of biblical prayer, offering hope for doubts and confidence even for prayer wimps. Distilling prayers in the Bible down to one pocket-sized prayer, Max reminds readers that prayer is not a privilege for the pious nor the art of a chosen few. Prayer is simply a heartfelt conversation between God and his child. Let the conversation begin.

Review by Sharon:

I found this book intriguing as well as spiritually helpful with my prayer life. Max Lucado takes you from how to pray, why pray, when to pray, through different reasons for prayer. When you are done with this book you will find that your prayer life if dull will be refreshed, if already at a good point will be made a lot stronger. I would recommend this book highly to anyone that wants a boost in their prayer life.

Disclosure: I received free the item(s) mentioned in this post in exchange for my honest review. Regardless ~ All my reviews are my honest and personal opinion. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”.