The vitamin that may reduce your chances of developing heart disease and diabetes by 43%.

If you are considered “middle aged” or older, you might want to listen up. According to researchers at the University of Warwick Medical School, high levels of vitamin D could reduce your chances of developing heart disease by 33% and diabetes by 55%, compared to people with low levels of D.

Through a review of 28 studies including almost 100,000 men and women, an association between high levels of vitamin D and a substantial decrease in cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome was revealed.

Frozen organic tofu scramble with hash browns & veggies.

The picture on the box leaves a little to be desired (especially if you aren’t used to waking up to tofu)…but honestly (and surprisingly) I really enjoyed this frozen breakfast entrée. It had a nice aroma fresh from the microwave. It could come in handy when you don’t have time for breakfast in the morning or your stomach isn’t ready for breakfast first thing in the morning…so you need to bring something into work with you. This happens, right?

Call me a chocolate fiend but when I think about “the most romantic” dessert…I can’t help but think about (or should I say salivate over) chocolate mousse. Love the rich taste; love the light texture; love basically everything about it.

This lust for chocolate mousse must be genetic because my oldest daughter shares my passion. While she was visiting from college, I was inspired to create a light but luscious version of dark chocolate mousse. It was as if creating a light mousse and pleasing her discerning young palate was the holy grail of recipe doctoring.

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Are you out of ideas for dinner? Time to have breakfast for dinner. This is one of my favorite weeknight dinner strategies when I don’t want to drive to the store and I just want to make do with what I have on hand.

Got eggs and cheese? Got frozen hash browns in the freezer? Got some veggies you need to use in the crisper? Sounds like Omelet Night at the Magee house!

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Are you out of ideas for dinner? Time to have breakfast for dinner. This is one of my favorite weeknight dinner strategies when I don’t want to drive to the store and I just want to make do with what I have on hand.

Got eggs and cheese? Got frozen hash browns in the freezer? Got some veggies you need to use in the crisper? Sounds like Omelet Night at the Magee house!