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    Win a $10 iTunes & $20 Shutterfly Gift Card!

    Take a minute to enter to win a $10 iTunes gift card and a $20 Shutterfly gift card! For every action you take below, your name will be added to the sweepstakes that many times. Submit up to 17 entries! a Rafflecopter giveaway

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    10 Minute Trainer Facebook Giveaway

    10 Minute Trainer Giveaway Broke & Healthy is teaming up with Fitness Body Online to give away an awesome workout package called 10 Minute Trainer, an $80 value! To enter, simply become a Facebook fan of Broke & Healthy. That’s it!* But hurry, we’ll randomly choose a winner on Saturday, April 7th.  Super Stacking™ The secret behind [...]

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    Don’t Go Broke for the Holidays

    Thanksgiving & Christmas meals don’t have to break your bank. Here are some hearty, homestyle meals for the holiday season.   Whipped Sweet Potato Stuffed Clementines-.18 Baked Kale Chips – $.11 Baba Ghanoush – $.29 The Best (shh, Vegan!) Chili in the World – $.70 Broccoli Soup – $.92 Spinach Pepper Soup – $.60 Heavenly Homemade [...]

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    Why We MUST Drink More Water

    “Moisture is the essence of wetness. Wetness is the essence of beauty.” Hopefully you recognize that quote. If not, I’ll still give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you’re awesome.  Anyways, this post is about water. Beautiful, wet, wonderful water. Did you know . . . Your body is about 60% water Your muscles [...]

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    How Much Vitamin D Should I Take?

    Multiple factors influence how much vitamin D you need to take.  While vitamin D is made in your skin during exposure to sun, if you have dark skin, are a senior, or live in a higher latitude your skin is not able to synthesize vitamin D adequately. The best way to find out if you [...]

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    Saving Cash on Groceries, For the Anti-Couponers

    Coupons. If you’re like every other American, you’ve heard about coupons, but you probably associate the practice with your grandmother. Well, if you don’t have much time on your hands, but still want to save a little money at the grocery store, let Lenka the Coupon Queen share a few money-saving tips.

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    Topics & Tips to Know if You Want to Contribute to B&H

    B&H is about to be bigger and badder. So send your articles in! Here are some topics I’m looking for– Recipes Got some amazing recipes up your sleeve (that I haven’t posted yet)? Food/gardening/eating out General food insight, nutrition facts about foods, cooking or gardening tips. Good food to eat or other tips if you [...]

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    6 Life Skills I’ll Teach my Children (When I Have Them)

    6. The Art of Perseverance I don’t know about you, but one thing that’s frustrating to be around other people’s kids is when their parents insist on solving all of their problems for the kids. The kids try to solve a problem, and parents jump in to solve it for them. I see a lot [...]

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    6 Life Skills I’ll Teach my Children (When I Have Them)

    5. The Art of Progression After 18 years of school, I was burned out on learning. School wasn’t something I wanted–it was something I had to do. But the longer I’m out of school, the more I miss and value learning, and the older I get, the more I value wisdom. I want to learn [...]

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    6 Life Skills I’ll Teach my Children (When I Have Them)

    4. The Art of Coping From minor inconvenience to tragedy, the inability to cope with troubles can leave us anxious and depressed. The death of a family member, a low bank account, a fight with a best friend, or even something insignificant like realizing that my coffee cream has soured–it all needs an element of [...]

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    6 Life Skills I’ll Teach my Children (When I Have Them)

    3. The Art of Authenticity Pretension is our enemy. And insincerity is exhausting, don’t you think? Isn’t it painful to be around fake people? It is for me, anyway. Don’t be afraid to let people see the “real you”, whatever that may be. If they don’t like it, then they’re not worth your time and [...]

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    6 Life Skills I’ll Teach my Children (When I Have Them)

    2. The Art of Savoring A few years ago, I worked at a summer camp. On my short breaks from the long days, I spent time planning for and anticipating my upcoming 2 trips: a road trip around the USA for a month in a van, and a few months with AIDS patients in Ethiopia. [...]

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    The Dark Kitchen

    You may be wondering why my food photos suck so much. You’re right, they do. But it’s not the camera, I promise. That thing cost more than my last car. Anyway I’d like to take this opportunity to blame my nasty, dark kitchen. See that big fluorescent light up there? Yeah… that doesn’t make photos look good. [...]

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    Improve B&H with 5 Questions

    So, 6 months and 80 recipes after I launched Broke and Healthy, I’m ready to make it bigger and badder. Since I don’t have a staff of professional consultants nearby, I’m going to ask you to answer 5 questions that will hopefully help me know which direction to take. Y’all are awesome. Click right here [...]

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    “Dining Out” Articles Needed!

    Not all of us have the luxury of eating every single meal at home. Whether we’re being intoxicated by the grease smell of the fast food restaurants on our mad dash around town or celebrating at a fancy restaurant, occasionally (or regularly), we find ourself staring at that infamous food menu. To seize the day or [...]

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    “Family Activities” Articles Needed!

    I’m single, so my ideas for cheap family fun is all theoretical. What kinds of cheap activities do you do with your family? Do you go out? Do you stay in? How do you keep your kids entertained on a dime? Send me your articles and share your unique expertise! (Photo from Awkward Family Photos)

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    “Keep Your Sanity” Articles Needed!

    We’ve all had those depressing dinner table conversations. “How are we going to live on this budget?” “What are we doing to do?” “This country’s economy is going down the drain and we’re all going to Hell in a hand-basket!” There comes a point where your attitude determines your happiness, despite your circumstances. So, how [...]

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    Gardening Articles Needed!

    Got some tips about gardening? Theories about which planting methods are best? Why we should garden? Send your articles and share the knowledge!