New Design!

Hey everyone! I thought it was time for a whole new look for Exercise Encouragement Group Blog! I hope you all will like it!!! I'll be making the changes throughout the day so if you pop in here and see a random crazy mess, that's why! I'll probably still be making changes for the next few days, but the biggest ones will be today.

Helen

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Got a question for me? What about an idea to share with the group?
Want to swap buttons? Want to become a contributor?
I'd love to hear from you!

mrshelenstafford {at} yahoo {dot} com

Become a Contributor

If you're here that means you're probably interested in becoming a contributor to Exercise Encouragement Group Blog! YAY! Hopefully you've visited the Purpose page already. If you haven't, please stop over there before continuing on with this part! It's important that you have read that since that tells the whole point of this blog!

There are a few things I would ask of anyone interested in being a contributor:

1. Absolutely NO language is permitted in any post you write for this blog.

2. Make sure you're not a no-reply blogger.

3. Write a post at least once a month which relates to the topics of health, fitness, being healthy, eating healthy, and exercising.

4. If you do use photo's in your post, make sure they are your own OR link the original source immediately below the photo.

5. And last, please email me so we can talk and so we can get to know each other!

6. One last thing actually! If you are an approved contributor I will have a special button for you to display on your blog!!!

Any approved contributor will receive an email letting you log into the blog and write up a post. Posts must be approved by me before they will be permitted to be published. A signature will be given to each contributor to use at the end of your posts. If you would like an official "contributor" button to share on your own blog that is available as well!

If this sounds like something that would interest you, please don't hesitate to contact me!! :)

P.S. You don't have to be a blogger to contribute! Just email me and we'll talk!

Recipe Guest Post | Vegan Crackers

Ladies & Gentlemen I have a treat for you! A guest post by Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures! We are blogging buddies and run The Great Blog Train blog hop together with Angie @ God's Growing Garden...check that out here-it runs on the first Wednesday of every month! Anyway, enjoy this recipe which she has put together to share with you all today!

 

Vegan Crackers

Hello! My name is Marci. Our home is an old rock farmhouse built in the 1930s. There are two greenhouses, a vegetable garden, herbs, several flower beds, lots of hobbies and too many pets. Thankfully, our neighbors love us! They say being our neighbor is like living next door to Old MacDonald and Martha Stewart! My blog is Stone Cottage Adventures. 
 

 

Thanks to The Vegetarian Mother's Cookbook, I've discovered this wonderful recipe for vegan crackers.  Perfect for my goals in 2013.

The recipe calls for specific seeds, but I just used what I had on hand.  I used equal parts:  lentils, broccoli, and mung bean seeds for sprouting, pinto beans, hulled sunflower seeds and four grain oatmeal. 

Cover the seeds with water and let soak overnight in the fridge so the seeds are softened.  The recipe doesn't mention herbs, but I have a couple of greenhouses.  So some herbs were snipped from them.

I chose garlic, sage, thyme and rosemary. 

I used my food processor to puree the softened seeds along with the herbs.

Next, the puree is scooped onto a cookie sheet and given a generous sprinkle of sea salt. 

They are baked in a 200 degree oven until dehydrated.

 

Happy, healthful snacking thanks to The Vegetarian Mother's Cookbook!

 

I hope you reach all your goals for 2013!  ;-)  -Marci

Recipe Wednesday: Cilantro Lime Tilapia Tacos

Today's recipe was submitted by Erica @ From Thick To Thin! Thank you Erica for sharing your lovely Taco recipe with the Exercise Encouragement Group! If any of you readers would like to submit a healthy recipe, please check out the details here!

View the original recipe @ From Thick To Thin!

This recipe makes about 5 fish tacos!

Ingredients

3 filet's of Tilapia

Tony Chachere (for seasoning)

Olive oil (for frying fish)

Fresh cilantro

limes

tortillas

Feta cheese

Red onion

Directions

1. Cool the tilapia in the olive oil and season.

2. Chop up the tilapia into small pieces.

3. Place your tilapia in the tortillas.

4. Squeeze the lime on top of the tilapia.

5. Chop the cilantro and put it in the tortilla.

6. Sprinkle bits of the cheese on next.

7. And enjoy your tacos!

 

Be sure to check out the other delicious recipes over at From Thick To Thin! They look quite delicious!!!

Featured Blog | The Active Mum

Hello readers! I have a special treat for you today! In December I was able to meet/talk with Aanika. A mommy who is committed to being active. She and I have similar goals in attempting to encourage other people and bloggers to be active and work towards goals in better health/fitness. Please take a moment to stop over and visit Aanika @ The Active Mum today!

 

 

Aankia has many topics she writes about on her blog but she does like to focus on posts about fitness & nutrition. Two topics I love as well! Here are a few posts she gave me links to include in this post today...I do hope you'll check each one out and leave her a comment when you do stop by!

 

Posts of Interest

1. It's All About Baby Steps: Goal-Setting For Fitness

2. Running with a Pram (and your child)

3. Incidental Exercise: Improve Your Fitness at Home

4. Water Intake (How Much Do We Really Need)

5. Schedule Your Fitness

 

Recipe(s)

1. Lemon Chicken Pasta w/Bacon & Broccoli

 

Be sure to stop by and visit Aankia today and leave her a comment! I know she'll appreciate the love!

The Active Mum

 

Interested in having your exercise/fitness/health related blog featured? Go here!

Submit Things NOW!

Hello readers! I just wanted to let you know that if you ever thought about submitting a recipe or tidbit today's the day! Leave me a comment below or go to either page: Submit a Tidbit or Submit a Recipe and turn in a link there! ALSO if you have yet to see a feature on your health/fitness/exercise related blog please leave a comment with the info needed as well OR visit the Get Featured page! I'm looking for as many as I can so that I can fill in the next few weeks of posts ahead of time! Thank you all!   ~Helen

Submit A Tidbit
Leave me a link to a post on your blog which has to do with something health/fitness/exercise related. Please leave me a way to contact you as well...preferably an email address so I can email you the date when your Tidbit will be published. Submit as many tidbits as you would like! I will of course split up tidbits submitted by the same person so they are shared on Fridays (and to give other tidbits a place in the list, of course!)

Submit A Recipe
Any recipe that is HEALTHY is welcome to be submitted! Of course this means low fat and low sugar. If you're not sure if the recipe is good, but it's one you'd consider healthy then submit it and say so and I'll let you know! :) Please leave me a way to contact you here as well!

Get Featured
Leave me your name, your blogs name, and your blog URL in a comment. In that comment also include your email address (so I can contact you & give you the date when your post will be published). Tell me a little about your blog aka what your goal/focus is (this may/probably will be used in the blog feature!). To be featured I do ask that you follow Exercise Encouragement Group Blog via GFC! Leave me 3 (more or less) links to recipes published on your blog, and feel free to leave 3 (more or less) links to other health/fitness/exercise related posts! I will give 6 links total so if you only have 2 recipes feel free to leave 4 other health/fitness/exercise related links so that there's an even 6! Thank you!

To anyone who submits something for Exercise Encouragement Group Blog: Feel free to grab an I Was Featured button now or when your post is approved and published here on the blog! I'd love for you to help spread the word and build the community in this way! {Grab A Button here}