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This Ginger Mango Berry Smoothie is healthy, filling, and a perfect choice for breakfast or as a snack. It’s everything you want from a smoothie – quick, easy, and PACKED with flavor! From the bite of ginger and the sweetness of mango and berries, this recipe will appease your taste buds, perk up your senses, and provide, an always appreciated, immune boost to your body.

Since the weather has been getting colder and winter is officially here, what better way to get warm than with a bowl of hearty, homemade soup? Using this recipe, you can easily whip up a batch to serve at family soup night or use throughout the week as a side dish to lighten up a heavy meal. And you can easily alter ingredients to fit your preferred vegetable palate or include seasonal produce.

You undoubtedly know that your immune system protects you against disease causing germs, like bacteria, viruses, parasites, allergens, etc. But did you know that there are two major parts to your immune system?

Depending on who you are, you might look comfortably forward to bedtime, or dread it. Sleep is a great thing when it comes easily and lasts through the night, but not so much if you have trouble getting or staying there. So, why do we sleep? Because that’s when you heal and when your mind and body recharge. Without regular rest, your brain cannot function efficiently, and if your brain’s not working, neither can anything else.

Lentinula edodes, aka Shiitake, is one ordinary yet quite spectacular mushroom. It might not yet be well-known in the United States for its medicinal value, but the Shiitake mushroom offers several culinary and curative applications. This mushroom’s dual function is why it has enjoyed such popularity for so long, and why it needs to be on your radar.