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My Newest Favorite Kitchen Gadget + Sweet Potatoes = BLISS!

I am IN LOVE with my newest kitchen gadget, the Veggetti Pro. I’ve used the standard Veggetti before, to make zucchini noodles and transform other veggies into delectable strands, but with the larger Pro edition it makes is SO EASY! My nick name for it is “the spiralizer” as you can do thick or thin spirals, or flat ribbons.

Here I experimented with a white sweet potato with the “thick spiral” blade and then tossed the curls with coconut oil, paprika, cayenne, oregano, parsley, garlic powder, salt and pepper.

Bake at 400F for 40-45 min, tossing and rotating every 10 minutes for an even baking and to make sure the smaller pieces don’t burn. Since a spiral cut makes the potato so thin, it will shrink and dehydrate while it’s baking. So don’t be surprised when you see that they shrink down. This was only one medium sized sweet potato. So plan for 1/2 potato per person. In this case there were just two of us, so we split it and it was the perfect amount.

The sweetness of the potato combined with the flavors of the spices meant you didn’t even need ketchup or anything to dip it into! This was a great compliment to the rest of our dinner of pork chops and steamed broccoli. 🙂

Want a Veggetti for yourself? Here’s my affiliate link right to Amazon. It’s my favorite new kitchen gadget of 2015! Enjoy!!

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Healthy Eating Sabotage – How To Beat It Once and For ALL!

Eating healthy can be hard sometimes! Especially if you don’t plan ahead, or there’s an unexpected office party, and for goodness sake the holiday temptations will be at every turn in less than a month!

Sometimes what we need is a perspective shift.

In this video I talk about just that. The perspective shift that’s needed to make navigating those sugary temptations or going on that run so much easier!

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Stepping into our calling and responsibility to care for our bodies as the temples of the Holy Spirit they were created for is the most noble of job descriptions we can fulfill.

And that’s the key phrase, “we CAN fulfill.”

It can be done.

And it starts today.

With a decision.

With a calling.

With owning the responsibility.

With stopping the self-sabotage.

With taking joy in God’s creation.

With making better choices.

With choosing to plan ahead.

With choosing to pass the drive-thru.

With taking joy in eating from the earth.

With showing love to your body by keeping it active and healthy.

With each little decision adding up to a healthier body and a healthier you.

I hope you took the 5 minutes to watch the video above, as I’m truly sharing from my heart what each of us are capable of. If not, take that time right now.

Stepping into a healthier lifestyle is really answering the call to love our bodies and show that love to God through our actions.

"Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies." 1 Cor. 6:19-20

~Melody

P.S. Wanting more step-by-step actions you can take to recognize and overcome healthy eating sabotage? You’re invited to join me on a free Live call this Thursday, 11/5/15 @ 7pm PST where we will go into specifics on how to recognize healthy eating sabotage, and how to stop it!

I look forward to sharing these nuggets on inspiration and wisdom with you to help you succeed on your path of caring for the body God has entrusted to you to the best of your ability.

P.P.S. How to get the access to the Live call:

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