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Homemade Fruit Bottom Yogurt Recipe

February 9, 2015 By Gwen Brown 43 Comments

My homemade fruit bottom yogurt recipe brings back some delicious memories. My parents were into super healthy eating when I was a little kid, and we didn’t get much in the way of sugary treats, but we were allowed to choose our own flavor of yogurt. As a child, one of my very favorite treats was…

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Goodbye & Hello Again

April 22, 2014 By Gwen Brown 37 Comments

For the past 16 months, I’ve been involved heavily in the creation and maintenance of the Trim Healthy Mama Facebook community. My work there as a volunteer was very fulfilling and fun, but as the community grew, and as I took on other projects, I found myself over extended and having to lay down things…

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Trim Healthy Mama Stevia Review

March 26, 2014 By Gwen Brown 106 Comments

The Trim Healthy Mama Stevia & sweeteners were released today in their online store, (Amazon affiliate link) and there have been SO many questions about them that I thought I’d put together a review. I was given a one ounce bag of their organic Pure Stevia Extract, and a one pound bag of their Sweet…

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Sugar Free Brownie Pops

March 4, 2014 By Gwen Brown 38 Comments

Sugar free brownie pops are super easy and a fun way to share or savor a bite of chocolatey decadence. This is basically the sugar free brownie bite recipe (printable here).  Just insert a sucker stick into a chilled brownie bite, and dip into the chocolate coating. I know many of you are enjoying the…

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Saving Celery

February 11, 2014 By Gwen Brown 27 Comments

Today’s kitchen tip: saving celery.  Celery is a super handy Fuel Pull snack paired with some laughing cow light cheese, or a yummy S snack paired with peanut butter.  Ever wondered how to keep it nice and crisp in the fridge after cutting it into sticks?  It’s SUPER easy.  Simply drop all of your celery…

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Sugar Free Coconut Caramel Crunch

January 28, 2014 By Gwen Brown 44 Comments

This sugar free Coconut Caramel Crunch is the featured topping from last week’s Samoas Milkshake recipe.  In case you enjoy that one as much as I do, this bulk mix recipe will get you set to enjoy LOTS of Samoas milkshakes and save you lots of time.  Bulk mixes are my favorite…they are homemade convenience…

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Low Carb Caramel Samoan Milkshake

January 21, 2014 By Gwen Brown 52 Comments

On the menu: this low carb* Samoas Milkshake recipe.  My brilliant friend Jennifer sent me a message yesterday saying, “I’m dying! I have passed up more tables with Girl Scout Cookies screaming my name! Samoas area favorite. I used your Thin Mint Shake recipe (my other favorite Girl Scout cookie) and tweaked it to create…

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THM Weight Loss Before & After: One Year

January 14, 2014 By Gwen Brown 75 Comments

weight loss photos Trim Healthy Mama

  This THM weight loss before & after is probably the last one I’ll need to post, but I’m SO excited to post it.  Last year this time, I was *just* getting my feet wet with the Trim Healthy Mama eating plan, and I remember on the brand new Facebook group, a lady asked, “Is…

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