BEAUTY IS A LIFESTYLE THING

I am always looking for new recipes and tasty appetizers for the next party/party hosting I will do. I look for quick,easy,crowd pleasing and I detest turning on the oven if I don't have to. *Summer Tip* I feel the key to feeling great especially in the summer,is to stay hydrated all while eating your way into healthy vitamins and minerals. Make sure you eat your summer vegetable harvest that contain foods like cucumbers because they are usually in abundance and the water content is high in cucumbers!* I reccently came across a recipe in the Costco magazine that is a version of a recipe that my own mother used to make for summer parties and for a simple dish that replaced a salad, they called them "Stuffed CuteCumber Boats". I'll link this recipe later at the end, but here is the version that my mom used and that I now use that we just called Stuffed Cucumbers. *Recipe Tip* I depise waste, especially food waste,and if I can I will use something I have on-hand

We have a lot of muscles photo credit: Shutterstock Did you ever feel sore after a workout? I'm sure everyone has from time to time. This soreness is your body talking to you. It is telling you to recover. More aptly, your body is asking for a key few things. Muscle Recovery Muscle recovery is the time after a workout where your muscles and your body are literally "recovering", and trying to reenergize itself. This article today entails some ideas for you to enhance and to prevent muscles soreness by arming you with information so that you can plan ahead. If you are just embarking on a workout plan or you have overtrained, you do need to seek muscle recovery. So it does not matter if you have been working out all your life or are new to fitness, every person needs to have muscle recovery time. Ideas To Achieve Muscle Recovery The first thing any fitness instructor or doctor will tell you is *Do Not OverTrain*. Please take at least one day off from worki