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I’m super crazy about salads these days and since we’re trying to eat healthier, I don’t think that’s a bad thing at all. We try to have some sort of salad every week and I’m working it into a regular feature.

We’ve always been big fans of 1001 Island dressing. It’s the sweetness factor that the kids take to instantly. But somewhere along the line, I figure I could make a healthier dressing from scratch.

Doesn’t this look delicious? Here I have romaine lettuce, tomatoes, onions, orange, grapefruit, cranberries and sunflower seeds with my own concoction of a citrus dressing topped off with ham bits. It didn’t taste half bad actually!

This was so easy to put together and was a great excuse for me to get away from reading about the side effects of extenze I have to do for a writing project.

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California Healthy

Crispy, crunchy, sweet and savory – our collection of fresh fruit and nuts is just the right mix of healthy and delicious. Fresh apples and oranges are surrounded by a collection of California grown roasted salted mixed nuts, roasted salted pistachios, roasted salted cashews, honey cinnamon almonds, chocolate toffee almonds and mocha almonds. All packed in a handsome wooden crate.

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One of my favorite drinks of all time is the fresh coconut. In the past few weeks, I’ve had coconut juice like 3 times. Guess I’m addicted to it now. I think it’s the best thing ever for the kind of hot weather we’re having.

Coconut juice is so refreshing when I come in from the hot sun or after my workout. It’s rich in potassium and all-round natural goodness. If anyone’s awarding any trophies to the lightest, freshest drink on Planet Earth, I would definitely vote for this.

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OMG, what I wouldn’t give for a glass of apple juice right now! Just look at this.

This is the jumbo-sized glass that my daughters ordered at lunch the other day and the 3 of us shared this. It’s amazing how refreshing this is on a hot day.

I much prefer to make juices at home though because it’s so much cheaper and at least I know it’s pure juice with no added sugar.

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I go to the grocery store and quite frankly, the selection of fruits and veggies here pale in comparison to the plentiful variety I’ve seen in California. I keep walking around in circles trying to decide which fruits appeal to me but the selection is quite sad so usually I end up picking up just anything.

So sometimes even if I earnesly want to eat what a colon cleanser review tells me, there’s no guarantee I can find the item or not have to pay through my nose for it. Know what I mean?

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