This Chopped Kale Chicken Salad makes a great make-ahead lunch! Is it possible to have too many chopped kale salad recipes on a website? I hope not. Once I discovered how much chopping kale up super finely makes it 100% better, I never stopped making chopped kale salads. If you struggle ...
10 Reasons I Loved My 30s
Last week my birthday quietly passed by and I slipped into the last year of my 30s. Such are birthdays the older we get: less fanfare and more tendency to forget about them in the midst of our busy lives. I am one of those people who (annoyingly?) doesn't care too much about getting older. You ...
Your Healthy, Homemade Dinners Solution: The Conquer Dinner eBook is HERE!
Do you ever feel like you have the best intentions when it comes to preparing healthy, homemade dinners for your family, but in reality your execution just isn't there? Are you a busy, working mom who has zero energy by the time dinner time rolls around? Or do your kids' crazy schedules make ...
How to Plan for Eating a Bigger Variety of Foods
I'm as guilty as the next person of eating my favorite foods over and over. Hardly a week goes by that sweet potatoes don't pass my lips. Nearly every day I eat a banana. Even though I do eat my favorite foods a lot, I also am cognizant of eating a wide variety of foods and helping my family do ...
3 Healthy Homemade Gummy Bear Recipes to Try
Collagen is the most abundant protein in our bodies. A long-chain amino acid, it's made up of the individual amino acids glycine, proline, hydroxyproline, and arginine. The only place you'll find collagen in nature is in animal tissue (bones and connective tissue). So why am I talking about ...
Strawberry Oatmeal Bars (Vegan and Gluten Free)
These Strawberry Oatmeal Bars are vegan, gluten-free, and super easy to make!My kids love cereal bars. They beg me to buy them at the grocery store all the time. I've tried making homemade cereal bars and let me tell you: not worth the effort. These Strawberry Oatmeal Bars are what I make ...
Why You Need Elite Blog Academy
I am taking a short break from our regularly scheduled delicious and healthy recipes to bring you some information on something that changed my life. It's called Elite Blog Academy and it is nothing short of a life-changing blogging course. Two and a half years ago, I was at a crossroads with ...
Zucchini Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal
It's definitely not zucchini season where I live. But it is baked oatmeal season. Warm, soft, creamy baked oatmeal is one of my favorite winter breakfasts. While I try to use in-season vegetables most of the time, adding vegetables into my kids' breakfast in the form of this Zucchini Chocolate Chip ...
Top Ten Kid-Friendly Wraps
By this time in the school year, I always end up in a rut when it comes to packing school lunches. I fall into the trap of packing the same things day after day. These kid-friendly wraps are inspiration for you (and me!) to change things up and offer some different choices for our kids' ...
Are Healthy Family Dinners Really Important?
Life is busy and there are so many important things to juggle as a mom, it's hard to know what's really critical to focus on. We all want the best for our kids; there's no doubt about that. I'm sure there isn't a parent reading this who wouldn't agree that she'd do whatever it takes to help her ...
Chocolate Covered Cherry Shake
This post was originally published in 2011 when I was pregnant with my youngest child, Luke. I'm not currently pregnant. :) I reshot the photographs for this Chocolate-Covered Cherry Shake and decided to republish it to put it back on the front page. If this one is new to you, enjoy!I have a teeny ...
Hot Fudge Pudding Cake (Vegan & Gluten-Free)
This Hot Fudge Pudding Cake is vegan, gluten-free, and totally splurge-worthy! I'm having a really hard time concentrating as I write this post. These pictures are reminding me of how much I want this cake. Like right now. The moment I saw a picture of a Hot Fudge Pudding Cake, I knew I ...