Although I don't consider Happy Healthy Mama exclusively a food blog, food talk does tend to dominate around here. Â I'm passionate about health, nutrition, and feeding my family well, so you'll always find healthy recipes and some fitness talk when you visit. But I want to share another one of my ...
Anti-inflammation Diet Update and Meal Plan Sample
A little over a month ago, I told you about some pretty serious finger pain I was experiencing. If you missed that post, you can find it here. Â While I don't have a formal diagnosis, all signs point toward arthritis. Â My right ring finger was very stiff and sore in the mornings, for a prolonged ...
Natural Products I’m Loving Now: Spring Edition
It's that time again: Â time for another edition of Natural Products I'm Loving Now. Transitioning from traditional products in the home and for personal care takes time. It isn't easy to find products that work well and are safe. I'm always on the search for products that fit this criteria and I try ...
Simple Guacamole
This is the second guacamole recipe I'm posting on my site. Â I know what you're probably thinking. Â How many guacamole recipes does one blog need, really? Â Turns out, you might need more than one recipe for guacamole. The first recipe I shared, way back when this blog was still a baby, is still my ...
The Non-Runner’s Guide to Liking Running (or at least not hating it)
I have a long, strange relationship with running. Â I started my running career in junior high on my school's track team. Â From then through college, I was on the track team, but I wouldn't call myself a runner. Â I was a sprinter. Okay, so yes, I was a runner because I did run, but sprinting and ...
Popcorn Trail Mix (a healthy sleepover snack idea)
How old were you when you had your first friend stay the night for a sleepover visit? Â I can't be certain of the exact age, but I think I was in first grade, so I must have been six or seven. Â It was Laurie, my oldest bff. A few fuzzy memories from that night are floating in my brain and I hope ...
My Anti-Inflammation Diet Food Journal
It's been a little over two weeks since I started an anti-inflammation diet to help with some finger pain I've been experiencing.  Many of you requested a look at a day of what I'm eating on my anti-inflammation diet, so today's post is a food journal with a look at what kinds of foods I'm currently ...
Spiced banana almond smoothie
One food that I've been incorporating into my diet every day is fresh ginger. Â Before I started researching anti-inflammation foods, I'd never used fresh ginger in a smoothie. Â I've used it countless times in meals as it's one of my favorite flavors, but never in a smoothie. Â Now I'm kind of ...
Leg burner stroller workout
Would you like to know my favorite part of having a blog?  Well, I love having my favorite recipes saved all in one place.  That's pretty cool.  But what I love the absolute most is the community.  So many of you commented on my last post about why I started a strict anti-inflammation diet and ...
Why I’m going on a strict anti-inflammation diet
source It started a few months ago, and it was just a small nuisance at first. Â I would wake up in the morning noticing that my ring finger on my right hand was slightly stiff. Â I noticed a little soreness during the day. Â Eventually 'slightly stiff' became so stiff I can't bend it at all when I ...
What motivates you?
Are you a naturally motivated person? I've been thinking about the motivation to workout and where it comes from. I'm not a person for whom wanting to workout comes easily. Maybe it's because I grew up in athletics where exercise was built into my life and I just knew I had to go to practice and ...
4-ingredient tahini-maple energy bites {nut free!}
Have you ever tried tahini and maple syrup together? Â Oh, you need to. Â It's one of my very favorite flavor combinations. Â I've used it for salad dressings and for a to-die-for fruit dip that tastes like a vegan caramel dip. Â This is my first time throwing them together in an energy ball. Â It was a ...