When it comes to school lunches, my biggest concern is that my kids have nourishing food to eat while they are at school. I want them to have healthy school lunches, but I don't care if they are cute or packed in a clever way, and you better believe I'm not going to spend time turning their food ...
Kid Friendly Recipes
Blueberry Lemon Spelt Quick Bread
This Blueberry Lemon Spelt Quick Bread is a healthy vegan quick bread made with no refined sugar and nutritious spelt flour!The question is: How many blueberries is too many blueberries? Last week we went blueberry picking and came home with 10 pounds of blueberries. Surely, I thought, we'll have to ...
Mint Chocolate Chip Pea Pops
This recipe for Mint Chocolate Chip Pea Pops make a healthy special treat!Yes, you read that title correctly. These are pea pops. A few years ago, a friend I knew in college posted that she'd snuck some extra veggies into her toddler by adding peas to his smoothie. I was intrigued and put it on my ...
5-ingredient Paleo Pancakes
These 5-ingredient Paleo Pancakes are made with no flour, no sugar, and have sweet potato and banana as the stars! When I discovered I could make "pancakes" out of just sweet potatoes and eggs, my life was changed. That's not dramatic, it really was life changing. Pancakes are such a kid ...
Banana Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal Muffins
These Banana Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal Muffins are a great portable breakfast idea! I make a lot of variations of baked oatmeal muffins since I first started making them almost four years ago. I don't always think about putting the new recipes here on the blog. I mean, how many baked oatmeal ...
Pear Oatmeal Bars
These Pear Oatmeal Bars are vegan, gluten-free, and 100% fruit sweetened, with no added sugar. Let me make one thing clear. Creating 100% fruit-sweetened bars that don't taste like cardboard is no easy task. This recipe may win the award for most recipe trials in one week. I finally got it ...
Healthy Sweet Potato Casserole (Vegan and Gluten-free!)
This Healthy Sweet Potato Casserole recipe is vegan, gluten-free, and made without refined sugar! You won't miss any of it. This recipe is proof that healthy food can be delicious!My favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner is the sweet potato casserole. My husband is cringing right now because he ...
Look Again: Quinoa Peanut Butter Snack Balls
It's been a hot minute since I brought one of my old recipes out the archives and into the spotlight. I couldn't let these Quinoa Peanut Butter Snack Balls be buried any longer. You need this healthy snack recipe in your life. You only need five simple ingredients that you probably have hanging ...
10 Ways to Make a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Healthier
It's time to start thinking about school lunches again. Do you have a peanut butter and jelly kid? I have one of each. A peanut butter and jelly kid who would eat the beloved sandwich at every meal, every day, if I let her and one kid who can take 'em or leave 'em. It turns out they both have ...
Healthy Chocolate Rice Crispy Treats
Today is my 9th wedding anniversary. It's only fitting that I'm posting a chocolate recipe since my husband is the biggest chocolate lover you will meet. I'll get to the recipe, but first, let's talk about marriage. Since I've been married almost a decade I'm basically an expert on the subject, ...
Strawberry Shortcake Energy Balls
I don't even know where to start with these energy balls. Energy bites, energy balls, whatever you want to call them. These healthy, bite-sized snacks TASTE LIKE CAKE. Sorry. I didn't mean to yell at you. But I'm just a little bit excited about throwing a few simple, clean ingredients together ...
Strawberry Lemonade Popsicles
We've got four kids this week. My two nieces are staying with us for the week, doubling our load from two to four. Can I just give a hats off to all moms with more than two kids? You are absolute heroes. I thought adding two more kids to the picture wouldn't make a difference. But whew! Life ...
