Are you ready to turn your everyday vegetarian lasagna into a decadent fall dish that is a total show stopper? This Butternut Squash and Kale Lasagna is your ticket. I love lasagna in all its forms, but this butternut squash lasagna ranks up there with my favorites. It's rich, has great flavor, ...
This Mom Life: 7 Things on my Mind
I'm not generally a stream of conscious kind of blogger. It must be the writer in me who thinks a published piece should be planned, revised, and edited before my readers get to see it. Eh. Sometimes you have to break the mold, jump out of your comfort zone, and go for it. Instead of radio ...
Pumpkin Banana Quinoa Breakfast
Have you heard? Quinoa breakfast is the new oatmeal. If you haven't tried quinoa for breakfast yet, let your obsession begin here. This Pumpkin Banana Quinoa breakfast is creamy, lightly sweet, and perfectly spiced for fall. You're going to love it. Of course it's made with healthy, ...
Curried Carrot and Sweet Potato Soup
I know "pregnancy brain" is a thing, but what about "mom brain." Is that a real thing? If it's not, it should be. Then I'll have a valid excuse for my forgetfulness. Last week I was scheduled to bring snack for Luke's school. Easy enough. I had two bags of baby carrots and some cucumbers in ...
What I Ate Wednesday (& an Update on Weight and Calorie Counting)
I thought it'd been a month since I shared a What I Ate Wednesday post. I just looked and it's actually been two months. Isn't it funny how time slips by like that? Before we know it, it's going to be HalloweenThanksgivingChristmas! Yikes. Last time I shared I talked to you about calorie ...
Vegan Salted Caramel Apple Pie Bars
My family likes these Vegan Salted Caramel Apple Pie Bars more than traditional apple pie and you'll love the ingredient list!You are going to want to stop what you are doing and make these bars immediately. Seriously. These Vegan Salted Caramel Apple Pie Bars just shot up onto my favorite ...
2-Minute Dark Chocolate Brown Rice Porridge
This delicious Brown Rice Porridge recipe is brought to you on behalf of Minute® Ready to Serve Rice. Thank you for inspiring me to create this unique breakfast idea!September is National Rice Month. I thought I'd let you know in case you needed an excuse to eat more rice. Brown rice is a wholesome ...
Dairy-Free Strawberry Yogurt Alternative Parfait (with Peanut Butter Syrup and Chocolate Chips!)
This parfait is brought to your courtesy of Silk. Thank you for inspiring this special treat! If you've read Happy Healthy Mama for a while, you know we try to limit our dairy. While we love cheese too much to completely give it up, we also know that dairy can have a negative impact on our health. ...
Happy 7th Birthday, Meghan
My baby girl, Meghan, is seven today. She'll always be my baby girl, even as she grows.Seven came quickly. You think people are just being cliche' when they say how fast your children's years will go by, but boy is it true. At seven, Meghan's favorite thing to do in the world is dance. She ...
How to Cook Butternut Squash in the Crockpot
Do you ever have those moments where you wonder why you didn't think of something sooner? A how-did-I-even-function-before-this-epiphany moment? That happened to me this week. Yes, I'm being dramatic. But learning that I could cook butternut squash in the crockpot was a game-changer for ...
Natural Products I’m Loving Now: Cosmetics Edition
This post contains affiliate links. Thanks for supporting Happy Healthy Mama! I love sharing with you all of the natural products that I use. I didn't switch to 100% natural products in my house and beauty care routine all at once. It's been a journey over a long time period. It's taken me ...
Chocolate Fudge Banana Skillet Cake (Vegan and Paleo)
You are staring at an ooey, gooey, fudgy chocolate cake that you can have ready in 20 minutes, start to finish. But wait. It gets better. Said cake is made without any flour or refined sugar. Said cake is going to knock your socks off. I baked the cake in my 10 1/4-inch cast iron skillet. ...