So here's the deal. Ready or not, Christmas is coming. Guess how many shopping weekends we have left? Five. FIVE. That's it. So even though Thanksgiving is next week, I'm going to help you get your idea list going with these Almond Butter Banana Bread with Chocolate Chips Mini Loaves. I ...
Breakfast Recipes
Sunset Smoothie
Good morning, sunshine! Nature's incredible colors inspired this smoothie. The bright reds, yellows, and oranges we see when the sun sets blend together to make this Sunset Smoothie. Yes, I know that comfort food season is upon us. Don't worry, I have plenty of those recipes coming ...
Peanut Butter and Jelly Oatmeal Breakfast Bars
We have this game that we sometimes play at dinner time. It's called The Question Game and that's basically all it is. Questions. So it's not really a game at all, but we call it a game because we're fun like that. There is a container full of questions, and we take turns reading and answering ...
The Ultimate Whole Wheat Apple Pancakes
These Whole Wheat Apple Pancakes are light, fluffy, and have incredible apple flavor. They are made with no oil or butter and make for a hearty, filling, and healthy breakfast. Want to know one of my favorite thing about the weekend? Having more time in the morning to have special breakfasts ...
Easy Homemade Fruit, Nut, and Seed Granola Bars
Do you guys have to send snacks with your kids to school? Meghan is in kindergarten this year and we are required to send two snacks with her every day in addition to her lunch. And somehow, when she gets home, she's starving again. So let me just warn you that you may see an increase in snack ...
Healthy Peach Crisp Smoothie
This Healthy Peach Crisp Smoothie is a healthy breakfast that tastes like dessert! This is a very deceiving smoothie. It tastes like peach crisp. Yes, liquid peach crisp. You will gulp it down and feel like you are drinking your dessert. But really it's a healthy, filling breakfast. Crazy, ...
Sweet and Sour Green Smoothie
Good morning! I hope you all had a great weekend. After a long week of cloudy and rainy weather, we finally enjoyed some sunshine on Saturday and Sunday. There's nothing like being cooped up with two energetic kids all week in the summer, so we took full advantage of the sunshine and headed to the ...
Coconut Chai Spiced Iced Coffee
Confession time. #1: I said I wanted to cut back on coffee as part of my anti-inflammation diet. I did. For exactly one week. Instead of my usual two large cups of coffee I start my day with, I had just one. If I wanted a second cup, I had a mug of green tea. Green tea is okay, but it's ...
Spiced banana almond smoothie
One food that I've been incorporating into my diet every day is fresh ginger. Before I started researching anti-inflammation foods, I'd never used fresh ginger in a smoothie. I've used it countless times in meals as it's one of my favorite flavors, but never in a smoothie. Now I'm kind of ...
lightened up homemade granola
After Wednesday's post, I'm going to lighten things up in here. Both in mood and with this lightened up granola. First, though, thank you for your comments and sharing your thoughts on that post. Weight is never an easy subject to tackle, but it was on my mind and I wanted to make a point about ...
lemony kale sauté with eggs
This Lemony Kale Sauté with Eggs is a nutrient-dense meal that's great for breakfast, lunch, or dinner! You know, when you have a family, dinner becomes less about you and what you like and more about them and what they like. Maybe not even so much what they like, but what they will ...
5-minute raspberry chia seed jam
Confession: I still had 80's hair in 1990. Not quite as big, but permed, with bangs I was trying to grow out but still sprayed stiff with Aqua Net. To my defense, this was pre-Internet and I lived in a town that was three hours from the nearest shopping mall. I wasn't the only one in my town late ...
