Mini Whole Wheat Banana Zucchini Muffins

This is a great cooking with kids recipe that the whole family will enjoy. Healthy and sweet, our favorite combo!

Mini Whole Wheat Banana Zucchini Muffins

Ingredients

– 1 cup whole wheat flour

– 1/2 cup rolled oats

– 1 tsp baking soda

– 1/2 tsp salt

– 2 eggs, whisked

– 1 zucchini, grated

– 1/4 cup canola oil

– 3 mashed bananas

– 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce

Directions

In a bowl, combine dry ingrdients.

In a separate bowl, combine wet ingredients.

Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients and put into greased mini muffin pan.

Bake 15 min. at 350. Serve warm with butter!

Give Your Home a Face Lift

After all the spring cleaning you have been doing, you may feel as though you are ready for some small home improvements.

Here are a few ways to give your house a fresh look:

1.       Freshen Up an Old Room With Paint

  • Not ready to paint an entire room? You can always choose to paint only one wall and that can be your accent wall.
  • Paint the doors throughout your house

2.       Pressure wash house, sidewalk, walkways and driveway

  • Wash away all the mildew and leaf stains from your house and walkways

3.       Update your entryway

  • Paint the Front Door
  • Add a spring wreath
  • Plant some flowers

4.       Switch Out Your Kitchen Faucet

  • With spending more time in the kitchen these days, you might be ready for a faucet update

5.       Update Your Hardware

  • Changing out the hardware in your cabinet can really give your kitchen a new look

 Updating a few rooms or items at a time can not only be budget friendly, but will make it seem as though big changes were made.

Spring Into Action Week Three

In the third week of the N Good Health Spring into Action steps challenge, 439 participants walked a total of 18,038,603 steps for 7,936 miles.

​Here are the top three teams:

1. NCH Care Steppers

2. PREOP STEPPERS

3. Crafty Feet

Top five steppers:

1. Jerry Melton, Team: ReeseandBarney

2. Christina Miller, Team: NCH Care Steppers

3. Sandy Hepp, Team: PREOP STEPPERS

4. Lisa Mcroy, Team: Rad Walkers

5. Devin Martin, Team: WalkingOnWater

Need some more ideas in staying active during the challenge? Here are 2 ways to stay active at home:

1. March in place, once every hour for 5-10 minutes.

2. Clean out, vacuum and wash your car

Check out the Nsite > Health and Wellness tab for great motivation on ways to move more during the challenge and other great health and wellness tips.

Running safely through a pandemic

Social distancing is in place for a while longer. Many parks and trails are closed and race cancellations are spilling into Fall yet the weather right now is ideal for running outdoors– so what does this mean for runners? With kids home from school, no sports activities to attend, date nights on hold, travel restricted, stresses at work….some just need to run!

Here are 4 tips for running safely through the COVID-19 pandemic:

  1. Keep your distance: stay 6 feet away from others. If you encounter another person, communicate clearly and take extra effort to pass at a distance. Cross the street if you need to.
  2. Hit the streets: run through a relative’s or friend’s neighborhood and maybe you will find a new favorite route
  3. Be safe: you’re probably running alone so stay away from dark side streets and remain visible, carry your cell phone and wear reflective or lighted apparel and accessories
  4. Keep running: the simple act of running requires little equipment and is an inexpensive outlet for reducing stress and maintaining or acquiring a healthy weight. It is also a great way to get some fresh air and sunshine and some might even say it is better than therapy.

Feel Good Friday: Using LEGOs to fight Coronavirus?

LEGO has announced that it is taking on the challenge of providing protective equipment for medical workers as PPE remains in short supply around the world.  They are using its their manufacturing expertise to create clear plastic visors for medical workers in Denmark & are working around the clock to produce more than 13,000 visors a day. Representatives from Denmark’s healthcare system consulted with LEGO designers to create an effective visor, which has a wide, transparent shield and handles to go over ears.

LEGO is also giving away 500,000 building sets to children in need with their rainbow campaign. LEGO builders can:
1. Create a rainbow 🌈

2. Share it with #LetsBuildTogether

3. Tag 3 friends and nominate them to build and share rainbows!


The company says the rainbows are “symbols of hope,” which is certainly something we can all use right now.


LEGO also announced a $50 million donation toward relief efforts, including a contribution to the charity Education Cannot Wait, which “provides education for children in crises.” ​In addition, they ​partnered with the U.K. government to create a cute video encouraging kids to be superheroes by staying home during the pandemic.


​​Thank you, LEGO, for being a good example of how businesses can work with govern​ments and heathcare systems to serve the public during a public health crisis.

MOSSA Core: A 25 Minute Core Workout

Get ready for a 25 minute body-weight workout that provides an in-home core and cardio routine! 

This workout is a total body workout designed for intermediate with modifications for beginners. It uses dynamic movements with basic movements to deliver an intense routine.  Each movement is shown in the video for optimal technique and for those that want to modify any movement.  The consistent movements will get your heart pumping and focusing on all major muscle groups. 

CLICK HERE to begin your workout!

Please feel free to contact Chris, Y@Work Director at Watterson Towers with any questions, 502-272-5920.

​A Fairy Garden Can Bring out Anyone’s Imagination

Here is a fun activity you can do with your kids. Create a fairy garden using items around the house or yard.

  1. You will want to have a designated area for the project. Maybe in the front yard flower bed, back yard, planter box or flower pot? There really no right or wrong place.
  1. What type of garden do you want to have? Maybe a fairy garden isn’t your thing to do with boys? So try a miniature dinosaur garden, rain forest or an off road track with cars. The possibilities are endless all you need is a little imagination.

3. Gather supplies. Here is where you need to get real creative.

You can use clay pots, old Tupperware, plastic cups, etc to make the houses. Paint them, paint windows, glue on a door and add a roof.

Gather rocks, sticks, pinecones or anything else you can use to build a bridge, walkway, etc. Or use some of these items to put onto the house.

Buy a fairy, make one out of a small toy you already have. Or it can be a “pretend fairy” that only comes out at night. If you’re leaning towards a boy theme, gather your small dinosaurs, old toy cars, jungle toys, etc.

  1. Lastly put it all together and enjoy!

Virtual Grocery Tour

One of our favorite N Good Health events are our Healthy Eating Grocery Tours in partnership with Kroger Co. As events are being postponed at this time, we wanted to bring the grocery tour to you! 

CLICK HERE for your virtual grocery tour

Enjoy! 🙂

Keep your shoes on and stretch!

Typical yoga routines have you shedding your shoes and socks to get a good grip on your mat or towel.  You could be on the floor twisting awkwardly or maybe on your hands and knees.   Switch things up a bit with this no equipment, keep your shoes on and feet on the floor yoga session.  Join Stephanie Fish with Norton Sports Health as she guides you through poses that can be done in work clothes in front of your desk if you wanted to.  This fifteen minute flow is all you need to feel refreshed and centered.  Take a break and feel it!

What’s Good Wednesday: 99-year-old British WWII vet raises $22 million for health workers

It started off as a bit of encouragement, a nudge to her World War II veteran father to keep active in lockdown after breaking his hip 18 months ago.

Less than two weeks later, 99-year-old Capt. Tom Moore and his daughter have helped raise more than 18 million pounds, or $22 million, to support the staff and volunteers of the U.K.’s beloved National Health Service.

“I told him, I’ll give you a pound for every length that you do and if you do 100 by your 100th birthday that’ll be 100 pounds,” said Tom Moore’s daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore, who lives with her father in Marston Moretaine, around 50 miles north of London.

Each day, Moore, armed with his walker, aimed to do enough lengths of the path in his 50-yard-long yard to finish the challenge in time for his birthday at the end of the month. They started a JustGiving page, and aimed to raise 1,000 pounds, or $1,244, by the end of the month.

Local media then picked up the story and the donations started rolling in. They smashed the initial target and the Moores then set a goal of 5,000 pounds. They soon upped it to 50,000 pounds, and then 250,000 pounds. In the end, it took just 11 days to raise 18 million pounds, with the number continuing to rise by hundreds of thousands on Friday morning.

“This is unbelievable, it really is. You can’t believe when you see these sums of money come along,” said Moore.

During the war, he served with the British army India and Burma, now known as Myanmar, and went on to become an instructor at the The Armoured Fighting Vehicle School.

In total, nearly 900,000 people have donated, bringing record traffic to the JustGiving website. The numbers were so large that JustGiving had to ask donors to bear with them as they processed donations from thousands of Moore’s supporters.

He even caught the eye of Prince William, who called him a “one-man fundraising machine.”

Source: Today.com