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I have been obsessed with this chair for so very long. Best giveaway of the season!

It doesn't really need repeating, but Pioneer Woman's salsa is awesome. Sometimes I eat just the salsa for dinner. It's definitely more restaurant-style. LOVE IT.

My parents sent me to elementary school with a Lunchable every day. It turned me into a vegetarian by the time I got to 4th grade. Nasty stuff in those packages.

I did a detox diet ("Clean" was the name of the book -- it's mostly just an elimination diet), originally as a New Year's resolution for 3 weeks in January...but then I kept going because I felt so great. I stick to it M-F and eat more freely on the weekend. I was already vegetarian and didn't eat a lot of processed junk to begin with, but had been feeling run down and achy so I gave it a try after all the normal things didn't help (more exercise, blood tests, sleep tests, etc.). It did change the type of produce that I eat (less starchy things like bananas that make me puffy). I also figured out that gluten and tofu or any processed soy is a problem for me, so I was able to eliminate my frequent headaches by cutting those out of my diet.

So, I know there isn't a lot of support for it in the comments so far, but it helped me a lot and I was very skeptical about cleanses/detoxes. I haven't felt this energetic in at least a decade! Totally worth it to me to change a few eating habits.