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This photo totally cracked me up! Look at those dresses! And shoes! Too cute! Reminds me of a school project. I love simple ideas that have a ton of impact. To make your own check out the Brown Sack Easter Mask DIY from Oh Happy Day!

Today we had a little hint of the weather that's soon to come. Can't wait for no more coats...and day and evenings that require only hoodies or sweatshirts. I love this classic heather gray Champ sweatshirt from Hello Apparel...and it's unisex!

Fimo clay is so great for projects like this one. This little tutorial! would be so fab for a craft night with friends.

As you may know, my home is filled with mini pianos. The black and white keys are what most draws me to them. I just feel like you'd hum a little tune every time you stepped upon this super fun doormat.

I've been drooling over these pillow covers from Goods by Grinn for a while now. I follow them on Instagram and every time I see the pillows my heart flutters! I ADORE the gold polka dots! And the heart pillows in Gold, Pink, And Aqua! I seriously want them ALL! Geez Man!

Are these a riot or what? Gold bullion eggs! I LOVE Fun and interesting Easter Egg ideas! This tutorial is sure to gild your holiday weekend.

Wow, what a busy week! I really cannot wait for the Spring...the real Spring, with flowers and sunshine and breezes coming in the windows. Hopefully we get some soon. Happy Friday!!

xo, Jenny

Easter Magic

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With Easter Sunday only a day away
I am getting excited about Easter preparations.
I have a busy day ahead with cooking, cleaning and setting the table.
I love the coastal feel of this photo shoot in the blues and aquas.
I always try and give our Easter decorations a coastal twist.

Melissah xox

Images via Julia Hoersch Photohraphy

Check out Coastal Style on tumblr and Pinterest

Make Cabbage A Staple Food in Your Diet!

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Cabbage is the one food I talk to every single one of my clients about incorporating into their diets. I tell them to buy a head of cabbage (Green, Purple, Savoy, Napa, whatever!), chop it up, and cook it down quickly in low sodium chicken or vegetable broth. You can eat it straight out of the fridge plain or with light soy sauce as a snack, add it to omelets, stir fries, chili, pasta and more! Cabbage is fantastic for lowering cholesterol and always comes up as the star veggie for cancer prevention (due to the glucosinolates). Another benefit is that it is one of the cheapest vegetables and almost always available. Anyone who says that it is hard to eat healthy and that produce is expensive has not found the aisle with cabbage!

Cabbage is also your best friend if you are looking to lose weight (ever hear of the Cabbage Soup Diet??)! 1 cup of raw cabbage has a mere 17 calories and is chock full of nutrients (Vitamins K, C, folate, and more), as well as fiber. So, it is a great way to add lots of volume to your meals for not many calories… and it keeps things moving through your system ;-) If you find you get very gassy by eating cabbage, you will need to slowly work up your G.I. tract to tolerate it. So, don’t start off eating 2 cups of cabbage/day, but rather, start with ¼ c/day one week, then ½ c/day, and so on.

My recommendations: Savoy cabbage seems to be one of the healthiest for its cancer preventative properties (specifically bladder, colon and prostate cancers). However, all the different cabbages offer different patterns of glucosinalates and the different colors all offer different antioxidants- so go ahead and mix it up! In terms of retaining the most nutrition, steaming seems to be best in terms of maximizing the health benefits of the glucosinalates. However, if you’re eating lots of cabbage, eat it however you like- raw in a salad, sautéed, steamed, cooked down, as kimchi, slow-cooked, etc. I am also a big advocate of Chinese Cabbage or Bok Choy, which I personally believe to be the healthiest vegetable on earth. Steam or saute to maximize the cancer-fighting benefits of cabbage!

Reference: World's Healthiest Foods: Cabbage. The George Mateljan Foundation