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I stumbled across this today and would like to share!

Schools help kids choose carrots over candy bars

Schools help kids choose carrots over candy bars
I am proud of the school my children go to, they have been practicing this for years. It is always good to know your children are making healthy choices at school besides in the kitchen at home.

SUCCESS IS A STATE OF MIND - Max S

If you truly want to be successful, start thinking of yourself as successful.

The only thing that stands between you and what you want from life, is simply the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible. There is nothing on earth that you can't have, once you mentally accept the fact that you can have it.

The feeling must come first. If you actually feel successful, if you have a deep inner conviction that you'll always have all that you need, it will be so.

Whatever your mind can conceive and believe in, your mind can help you achieve.

Is it time for Zucchini Bread yet?

Chocolate Marble Zucchini Bread Who do you know likes to freeze Zucchini? I am definitely one of them. Here is a recipe you can use to enjoy and leave a little more room for other great foods to freeze.

Ingredients Marbled Zucchini 1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips 1/4 cup room temperature butter 3/4 cup sugar 2 cups shredded zucchini 2 eggs 1/3 cup Plain Greek Yogurt 2 cups all purpose flour 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp baking soda pinch of salt Ganache (Optional) 1/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips 1/4 cup heavy cream Prepare: Heat the oven to 350F. Grease a 9X5" bread pan and set aside. In a mixing bowl add the butter and sugar. On low speed, with the paddle attachment on, mix for about 5 minutes until creamy and slightly fluffy. Meanwhile melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl. Set aside to cool a little. Add the eggs, shredded zucchini and Greek yogurt and mix until combined. Slowly, on low speed, add the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Stop the mixer when all the flour is incorporated. Do not over mix. Take 1 cup of the batter out and mix it with the melted chocolate. Pour the remaining batter into the greased bread pan. Pour the chocolate mixture over the zucchini batter and, with a fork, make a couple of swirls. Bake the banana bread in preheated oven for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Leave to cool for about 5 minutes in the pan before removing. Cool completely on a wire rack. When cooled, make the ganache. In a heatproof bowl, place the chocolate chips and heavy cream and microwave for about 1 minute. Stir to combine to make a smooth, rich, silky chocolate ganache. Pour over the cooled zucchini bread and spread with a small spatula or the back of a teaspoon. ENJOY!

2 Minute Fudge

TWO-MINUTE MICROWAVE FUDGE, delicious! Ingredients 1 lb powdered sugar 2/3 cup cocoa 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup milk 2 teaspoons vanilla 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine 1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional) Directions Sift powdered sugar, cocoa, and salt into a 1 quart microwave safe bowl. Stir in milk and vanilla. Mix well. Place butter on top. Microwave on high, 2 minutes. Beat with wooden spoon until smooth. Stir in nuts (OPTIONAL). Spread in 8 X 8 X 2 inch baking pan. Chill about 1 hour or until firm. Cut into pieces.

Working out!

I started Insanity on July 4th with my family. WOWSA! My husband and step daughter are doing it with me and we are on Day 16 and can really feel a difference. We have a love/hate relationship with the Program. 63 DAYS. Wish us luck!

BE PREPARED WHEN OPPORTUNITY COMES

Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet. When you're prepared, your chance for success will come. You can change chance into good fortune if you're ready. By the law of periodical repetition, everything which as happened once must happen again and again and again. Not capriciously, but at regular periods, and each thing in it's own period, and each obeying it's own law. There is a tide in your affairs, when taken at the flood, that will lead you on to fortune. As events tend to repeat themselves, the tide of opportunity will come to you. The only sure thing about luck is that it will change. Max S.