Shirley Plant Cookbook Author Interview

Shirley Plant is the author of “Finally, Food I Can Eat” & she is a nutritional counselor at www.deliciousalternatives.com Shirley’s story is riveting on how she found her way from a life of pain and anguish to one of empowering those with allergies to eat well. This is one story I can relate to, Shirley and I share our mutual insights on this Ahead of the Curve interview.

Thursday Thoughts “The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.” Mark Twain – America’s favorite summer author.

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MOST CherryAide | Berry Garden Sipper | Pink & Blue Refresher

Tuesday Tune Up | Mocktail Week

This week we are making summer mocktails with delicious berries. Summer berries are not only tasty treats but they are a wonderful way to bring flavor to your cocktail or mocktail 🙂 These are family friendly & fun to make. Enjoy while summer is still here!

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Tools needed

  • Cocktail Shaker
  • Cocktail strainer
  • Citrus handheld juicer
  • Cocktail muddler
  • Ice for shaker
  • Festive glass and decorative straw to serve drink

Ingredients

  • 6 Cherries in cocktail shaker, then muddle in the cocktail shaker
  • 5-6 mint sprigs –

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Summer LIVING with Fruity Mocktails

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It’s “L” week | LIVING

Summer LIVING should be easy & fun 🙂 These refreshing drinks will definitely inspire you to get started, or they will add to your festivities!

Here we are in the garden of plenty with fruits, citrus and herbs all ready to pluck for our tasty summer delights. Summer is for enjoying life, enjoying family & having grand gatherings of friends and family.

Notch it up a bit & present your guests with wonderful fruit cocktails or “mocktails” (drinks without alcohol). This week as we are featuring the “L” in MOST LIFE –

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Elephants Have It & So Do We !

This week it is “T” for Togetherness

Elephants have it and so do we; the desire to connect! Do you have a Shirley and Jenny reunion coming up? I have been looking for a way to get my favorite elephants in my newsletter.

TOGETHERNESS is the theme this week. We are on the “T” in MOST LIFE.

Elephants have a very social culture, they like to be in family packs of sometimes greater than 100 in their herd. Their size captivates me as I watch (thank you, YouTube) elephants connect with each other and other animals. They are gentle, caring and crave connection.

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“Hello! Can you hear me?”

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This week it’s “S” | Speaking

“Hello! Can you hear me?” we have all felt that from time to time. I have stood at counters at stores, feeling invisible. I have had to look down and check to see if I have entered an alternative universe. This may be a small irritation at a store, but in life when we need to show up and be visible, when we NEED to be heard, we must be heard!

For years I have helped my team learn some simple aspects to “SPEAKING”. We confuse talking with speaking and we often think of the words we say as our communication to others.

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Goals and Gratitude

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It is the big “O” week, Organization.

I had a question this week, “What does a person do who’s mind is just so cluttered with thoughts? I don’t know where to start?”

The good news, Organization starts in the head, then gets in the heart.

Let’s explore–

A great start to getting organized is to set goals. We must know where we are going and WHY.

A cluttered mind can be a big distraction and, let’s face it is a great excuse for inaction. We might find ourselves saying, “well, I just have so many ideas, I don’t know where to start.” That leads to not starting ANYTHING.

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