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Thanksgiving Meals Are In!  Get ‘em While They’re Hot!

Thanksgiving Meals Are In! Get ‘em While They’re Hot!

Well, they actually arrive at your door after being flash frozen and packed in dry ice, so the whole “get ‘em while they’re hot” thing is a bit of a misnomer, but you get the idea.  Anyway, the most important section of the above title 

Ten Tips to Make Your Holidays Less Stressful

Ten Tips to Make Your Holidays Less Stressful

Yep, they’re almost here…dun dun duuuuun…the dreaded and simultaneously loved holidays.  That joyous and reviled time of gorging, family gatherings, awkward conversations, parties, over indulging, gift giving (and receiving), baking, online shopping, greeting cards, credit card debt, holiday music, giant frozen birds, the passing of 

8 Perfect Meals for Fall

8 Perfect Meals for Fall

Here are our eight most ideal fall meals, we hope you enjoy them as much as we do! Warming, comforting, and just all around delicious, these meals are available now at MagicKitchen.com!

Best Gift Ideas for Senior Citizens

Best Gift Ideas for Senior Citizens

Yeah, I know it’s only the beginning of October, but it’s time to begin at least THINKING about the holidays and, by extension, senior gift ideas.  And it’s my job to provide you with a list of gift ideas for the seniors in your life, 

Your Guide to Losing Weight After 60

Your Guide to Losing Weight After 60

OK, so you’ve put on a few unnecessary pounds over the years but losing weight after 60 isn’t an impossibility.  It just, like most everything else in life, takes a plan and a little determination to follow that plan through.  “But why, oh esteemed blogger, 

How to Combat Elderly Loss of Appetite

How to Combat Elderly Loss of Appetite

Loss of appetite in elderly people happens and its going to happen to all of us.  As we age, our metabolism slows to a crawl and, to a certain degree, we do as well.  In other words, our level of physical activity decreases.  These two 

Tips for Back to School

Tips for Back to School

It’s the most wonderful time of the year…I know there are millions of parents out there feeling the exact same way I do. Why? It’s that time of year again, time for those kids to head back to school. In some parts of the country, 

September is Fruit and Veggies Month

September is Fruit and Veggies Month

But really shouldn’t every month be fruit and veggies month?  I suppose it’s nice to use a month to raise awareness of the importance fruit and veggies play in our diets.  But don’t we all know that already?  Yet most dietary studies reveal that the 

How to Help Seniors with Budget Plans

How to Help Seniors with Budget Plans

One of the more sensitive subjects to broach with elderly parents is financial planning for seniors…aka them (whether they will admit that or not).  After your parents retire, their financial situation drastically changes and study after study reveals that most people do not adequately plan, 

Essential Foods for Your Anti-aging Diet

Essential Foods for Your Anti-aging Diet

As of yet, there has NOT been a food discovered that can reverse the affects of aging.  However, there are parts of the food and medical (cosmetics comprises an entire anti-aging world unto itself) establishments that are devoted to identifying and marketing anti-aging foods.  That