Fruit of the Forest pie is one of my favorite fruit pies – simply because there are so many yummy flavors melding together. You get sweet and tart all rolled into one! Depending upon your preference it is so easy to adapt to different ratios of fruit. Like strawberry best? Add more strawberries. Like apple …
Grilled Chicken and Beet Salad
This grilled chicken and beet salad is an easy, healthy, and delicious meal to put together anytime you want to share a little extra love. To add a little love – just simply add some heart-shaped beets to the salad. I love beets! This has not always been true. As a child I hated beets! …
#WomensLives – Because Women’s Lives Are Newsworthy
I was recently invited to participate in a new media partnership between Public Radio International (PRI) and SheKnows Media called #WomensLives. This campaign is geared towards educating everyone about women’s lives today and giving a voice to women everywhere. I am very honored to have been selected, and yet I was also surprised to receive the email from the CEO …
A Romantic Dinner at Home from Laura Vitale
I was thrilled to have the opportunity to talk with Laura Vitale a self-taught home-cook and the host of an interactive YouTube cooking show called “Laura in the Kitchen” and the host of “Simply Laura” on the Cooking Channel. She was here to share with me and my readers an easy and delicious romantic dinner at …
Five Date Night Ideas
Ah, the month of February and Valentine’s day is right around the corner. Valentine’s day is a day to focus on the love in your life; love of spouse, love of partner, love of family, love of friends. While we often think about how to make this one day special for our loved ones, we …
How to Increase Your Blog Traffic
I have been blogging for 13 months now. I have published (on Positively Stacey) 230 blog posts. I have poured my heart and soul into getting this blog up, running, and established. I have dug through the trenches reading all that I can get my hands on. I have attend two conferences and joined blogging …
Go Red and Spread the Word about Heart Health for Women
The statistics are scary! Heart disease kills one woman every minute in this country. In fact, more women die from heart disease each year than all types of cancer, combined. I never knew this. And yet, heart disease has directly affected my family. My grandfather died of a heart attack. This was many years ago …
Ramping Up My Morning Energy with V8 Veggie Blends & BelVita Bites
This BelVita Bites & V8 shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #NewBreakfastRoutine #CollectiveBias As you know, I am training for a triathlon. That means that I am training six days a week with smaller workouts during the week and long brick trainings on the weekends. …
A Weekend Hiking in Sedona, AZ
We recently traveled to Sedona, Arizona – What an absolutely gorgeous city to visit. The primary reason we wanted to visit Sedona for a weekend getaway was for the landscape and the hiking. I love to hike and my husband loves to work on his photography skills. For a quick getaway weekend, it seemed as …
Cheesy Mushroom and Artichoke Breakfast Casserole
I made this dish a few days ago for a birthday breakfast at work, and it was gobbled up. Fast! The dish was scrapped clean! We were all asked to bring a breakfast dish to work so that we could surprise one of our fellow teachers with a birthday gathering in the staff room before school started. …