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Formerly an editor at Ladies' Home Journal, Shana Aborn is managing editor of Life & Beauty Weekly as well as a blogger for Babble. In her long and interesting career, she has interviewed Olympic athletes, actors, authors, cancer survivors and three lottery winners (none of whom gave her any lucky numbers). Shana has also appeared on Jeopardy!, acted in numerous local theater productions, officiated at a wedding, gone swimming with dolphins and authored a book that is propping up many a wobbly table. She lives in New York with her husband and two amazing children.

Coconut Pancakes

Coconut Pancakes

I try to look closely at any prejudices I have, seeing if I can gently nudge them out of the dark recesses and into the light. And for the past few years, I’ve had a pretty deep prejudice against coconut flour. You might have noticed the rise in all things coconut in the past few MORE »

Cucumber-Avocado Smoothie

Cucumber-Avocado Smoothie

After all that richness of Christmas, it's good to go back to something lighter. This simple cucumber-avocado smoothie is a great way to start the day.

Gluten-Free Mexican Wedding Cookies

Gluten-Free Mexican Wedding Cookies

There are many cookies that taste like the holidays. Thick roll-out sugar cookies with frosting and sprinkles. Candied pecan cookies. Ginger-molasses cookies. But these cookies, with finely ground nuts, butter and shortening, gluten-free flours, and powdered sugar, really taste like the holidays to me. Plus, these cookies are easy to make. There are dozens of MORE »