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Weight Loss and RA: Be Kind to Your Joints

September 19, 2020 2 Comments

“If you lose some weight, it’ll be easier on your joints.” Easier said than done. At my heaviest, I weighed a whopping 230 pounds – “Weight Loss and RA: Be Kind to Your Joints”

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#574 – Budget Tip: Dandelions as a Food Source

May 6, 2020 No Comments

It’s a perennial event; dandelions pushing their way into the garden to claim real estate from the daffodils, tulips and grape hyacinths. Rather than curse “#574 – Budget Tip: Dandelions as a Food Source”

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#560 – Live Better with RA – Tip #2

March 25, 2019 1 Comment

Tip #2 – Choose to Eat Well Or at the very least, choose to eat better. Unlike arresting a habit, such as nail-biting (one I “#560 – Live Better with RA – Tip #2”

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Save Your RA Hands and Use a Pressure Cooker XL or Instant Pot

February 21, 2019 2 Comments

Canned goods certainly add weight to your grocery bags. Lugging them into the house can be an unnecessary challenge for those rheumatoid arthritis-ravaged hands. My “Save Your RA Hands and Use a Pressure Cooker XL or Instant Pot”

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Electric Jar Opener

December 17, 2018 1 Comment

When I used it to open a jar, Holly came running. Not so much because of the contents, but because the sound is similar to “Electric Jar Opener”

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#554 – Measure Once, Bake Twice

December 1, 2018 1 Comment

Every second week or so, I bake. The current favourites are one of three things: banana muffins, ginger cookies or Aussie Bites, which you see “#554 – Measure Once, Bake Twice”

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#551 – Making the Best of a Freezer Purchase

October 22, 2018 3 Comments

Why, oh why did I choose to buy a chest freezer? It would have been a better idea to spend a little more money and “#551 – Making the Best of a Freezer Purchase”

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#549 – Pastry Blender to Potato Masher

April 19, 2018 2 Comments

If you have compromised hand and wrist function, kitchen chores, like mashing potatoes, can be a challenge. Good tools are essential, as is finding creative “#549 – Pastry Blender to Potato Masher”

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#524 – Those Pesky Containers

May 11, 2017 2 Comments

Some of my food storage containers are difficult to get into. A can opener does the trick for a couple of different styles of containers. “#524 – Those Pesky Containers”

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#519 – Too Sour Fermented Foods?

March 15, 2017 No Comments

There is a lot of information about the benefits of eating fermented foods on a regular basis. Your microbiome (gut) needs these foods to help “#519 – Too Sour Fermented Foods?”

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Cooking with Confidence: Shortcuts

January 6, 2017 4 Comments

Shortcuts = Less Meal Prep Stress Whether you’re busy working outside of the home, or live with a chronic and debilitating illness, or both, putting “Cooking with Confidence: Shortcuts”

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Food Choices and RA

October 27, 2016 2 Comments

This month on HealthCentral.com, I provide some tips to help you make the most of your dietary, aka lifestyle changes. There are so many conflicting “Food Choices and RA”

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