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The Importance of Good Home Office Lighting

With home offices now permanent fixtures, it’s important that your setup at home isn’t creating issues with your health. Good home office lighting can ease eye strain and fatigue, as well as aches and pains. 

Maybe you’re fully remote or have a hybrid work schedule. Maybe you’re working at your kitchen table or jimmy-rigged your ironing board into a stand-up desk. Whatever the scenario, sufficient lighting around your workspace is the most important part of good ergonomic lighting. 

Light generally comes from natural light from a window, indirect light from an overhead fixture, and direct light...

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All Red and Ready-to-Go Pizza

A vegetarian option for pizza with red sauce, red onion and red pepper 

(Serves 1)

Ingredients

  • 1 whole-wheat flatbread (pita without the pocket, about 8 inches in diameter)
  • 2 T roasted red pepper (packed in water)
  • 2 T thinly sliced red onion
  • 2 T flavored tomato paste (pesto, roasted garlic, or Italian seasoning)
  • 1/4 c. finely shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
  • 1 T chopped sun-dried tomato
  • Sprinkle of crushed dried red pepper, basil, garlic, feta or other seasonings, to taste

Directions

Spread the flatbread with the toppings and place the bread on a toaster oven tray. Use the "top brown" setting. You...

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The Health Benefits of Pumpkin

As we head toward the cooler months, thoughts wander to leaf peeping, cozy sweaters, football and the appearance of the symbol of fall … the pumpkin. 

While we have come to see the pumpkin as the undeniable mascot of autumn, there’s more to the humble gourd than jack-o-lanterns, bread, Thanksgiving desserts and pumpkin spice everything. It tantalizes our tastebuds and decorates our homes, but eating pumpkin also has many health benefits.

Nutritional Powerhouse

According to an article published by the journal Plants, pumpkin is packed with proteins, vitamins, phytochemicals, and antioxidants...

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