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Real Moms Love To Eat

Posted by Heather Manning On November - 1 - 2011

rmlte Real Moms Love to Eat: How to Conduct a Love Affair with Food, Lose Weight and Feel Fabulous by (a fellow Social Mom) Beth Aldrich

The book is written in a mom-to-mom conversational tone, with friendly advice and recommendations. It’s divided into three sections, which include a fun and easy-to-follow 10-part plan for moms to implement to make gradual, life-long changes in their approach to food and 21 days of meal suggestions, tips, recipes and lifestyle exercises—all to help you continue your love affair with food to look fabulous. Beth’s approach to healthy eating, losing weight and feeling fabulous, is simple and realistic for busy moms. You’ll learn a lot about the food you eat and how it impacts your body and still have loads of fun experiencing new foods and enjoying life.

Here’s what leading health and wellness professionals, real moms and peers are
saying about Real Moms Love to Eat:

Beth Aldrich has written a very good primer to help you begin to make your diet an ally,
not an enemy in today’s time-compressed world.
Dr. Barry Sears, author of the Zone Diet books

The Ultimate Mothers Helper! For all of us moms seeking an answer for ourselves AND
our family, Beth reveals the secret way to get more room on your plate.
Teri Knapp, Television Producer

Real Moms Love to Eat is packed with tips, ideas and recipes for today’s busy moms who
want fun and flavor mixed into their healthy lifestyle. Beth’s energetic, no-nonsense
approach make this a perfect book for anyone looking to improve or maintain a healthy
family diet — without sacrificing flavor, fun, or sanity."
Megan Calhoun, Founder & CEO, SocialMoms.com

Hot moms everywhere will love this book. It’s easy to follow, has great recipes and will
make you laugh–out loud!
Jessica Denay, Founder of Hot Moms Club, author of the Hot Moms Handbook series

This book is perfect for the busy mom who wants to stay in shape, feel good, and still
enjoy good food!
Tracey Mallett, author of Super Fit Mama and Sexy in 6

My first thought when I saw the title of this book was, yeah we do.

I love to eat.

Especially chocolate, breads, and pasta.

All of that stuff that loves to gather on your hips and stomach.

The other bad part? I hate to cook.

Ok, I don’t hate to cook.

I hate to clean up.

So I attempt to not cook much.

But with a fun and easy to follow plan and recipes, this might be the book for me.

Courtesy of Real Moms Love To Eat
New American Library-Penguin Books Imprint, January, 2012

NO-BAKE BROWNIES

• 3 cups raw walnuts
• 16 pitted dates
• 1/2 cup dried fruit (like raisins or cranberries)
• 2/3 cup raw cacao powder (or cocoa powder)
• 1/4 cup raw cacao nibs (or mini carob/choc. chips)

Process walnuts in food processor until ground up, slowly add the pitted dates and process. Next,
slowly add in the cacao powder and dried fruit and process. Gently, pulse in, the cacao nibs to
keep them partially chunky in the "dough".
Press the mixture into a square, glass baking dish and place in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes
to "set".
Serve 2" squares topped with sliced berries or powdered sugar.
Ssshh, don’t tell them it’s healthy!

I think I need to get my hands on this book.

For those of you who are bloggers, Beth has a Food Affairiate program, which I am totally joining! You’ll get a digital copy of Real Moms Love to Eat: How to Conduct a Love Affair with Food, Lose Weight and Feel Fabulous and be entered to win one of the following: Top of the Line Kitchen Blender, Compact Food Processor, Kitchen bakeware, Kitchen utensil goodie basket, cutting boards and a couple other secret prizes!

Very cool!

She is also having a Preorder contest! Preorder the book, send in your proof and be entered to win a cool prize! (There are monthly drawings!)

Preorder it on Amazon – Real Moms Love to Eat: How to Conduct a Love Affair with Food, Lose Weight and Feel Fabulous

If you do preorder, come back and let me know what you think of it after you read it! I’m going to post my review when I get done with it.

Beth Aldrich is a Certified Health Counselor, Healthy Lifestyle and Nutrition Expert, engaging speaker, media personality and author of the book, Real Moms Love to Eat: How to Conduct a Love Affair with Food and Still Look Fabulous (New American Library, a member of the Penguin Group (USA), January 3, 2012); she delivers health, nutrition and balanced living fundamentals through keynote addresses, presentations, lectures and as a media spokesperson. As a health and nutrition columnist for Diet.com, SocialMoms.com, HotMomsClub.com and RealMomsLovetoEat.com, Beth shares her wisdom, experience and knowledge about health and nutrition topics. From food coaching, and living a balanced life to, the energetics of food and finding your passion, Beth delivers her message in a charismatic and inspiring way.

I wrote this blog post while participating in the SocialMoms and Beth Aldrich – Real Moms Love to Eat blogging program, for a chance to get 3,000 My SocialMoms Rewards points. For more information on how you can participate,click here.

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El Dia de los Muertos Kermit Coloring Sheet

Posted by Heather Manning On November - 1 - 2011

I remember learning about El Dia de los Muertos in high school Spanish Class. We made dead bread. It was so good! Here’s a recipe for Pan de Muertos. I don’t remember if it’s close to the same recipe or not. We would have to ask my high school Spanish teacher, Señora Maxwell (who is a kick butt Words with Friends player BTW). Pato and I have never celebrated El Dia de los Muertos with the kids, I’m not sure why. We have celebrated Dia de los Reyes (day of the kings) that comes on January 6. He really needs to get with our kids on Mexican holidays more since he is the expert, being from Mexico and all.

El Dia de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead), a Mexican celebration, is a day to celebrate, remember and prepare special foods in honor of those who have departed. On this day in Mexico, the streets near the cemeteries are filled with decorations of papel picado , flowers, candy calaveras (skeletons and skulls), and parades.

It is believed that the spirit of the dead visit their families on October 31 and leave on November 2.

In order to celebrate, the families make altars and place ofrendas (offerings) of food such as pan de muertos baked in shapes of skulls and figures, candles, incense, yellow marigolds known as cempazuchitl (also spelled zempasuchil) and most importantly a photo of the departed soul is placed on the altar.

Death is laughed at in its face. Many euphemisms are used for death, La calaca (the skeleton), la pelona ("baldy"), la flaca ("skinny"), and la huesada ("bony"). There are refranes, sayings, and poems that are popular with day of the dead. These sayings are cliches and lose meaning when translated. For example "La muerte es flaca y no puede conmigo" means "Death is skinny/weak and she can’t carry me." Calaveras (skulls) are decorated with bright colors with the name of the departed inscribed on the head. Children carrying yellow marigolds enjoy the processions to the cemetery. At the cemetery, music is played and dances are made to honor the spirits.

I was sent the cutest El Dia de los Muertos coloring sheet to share with you guys!