I love to make homemade pancakes, but prefer the convenience of a mix. I've had a hard time finding a healthier mix that I really love, though. Most of the whole grain mixes I've tried create a pancake that is too dense and hearty. While I like a dense, hearty pancake once in a while, Tim laments ...
Kid Friendly Recipes
Creamy Vegan Avocado Ranch Dip
The majority of kids I know are ranch monsters. Give them a cup full of ranch dressing, and they'll dip just about anything in it, including those elusive vegetables you've been trying to get them to eat. If you have one of these kids, try this healthified homemade ranch dip. Packed with the ...
Better Than Ice Cream Fruit Cream
Ben Cohen, of Ben and Jerry's ice cream, needed emergency bypass surgery in 2001. Burt Baskin, of Bakin-Robbins ice cream, died of a heart attack. Just sayin'. With ice cream season right around the corner, it's important to have some healthier alternatives in your arsenal. Sure, ice cream ...
Sunbutter Cookies with Chocolate Sunflower Seed Drops
I'm excited about these cookies for so many reason. First, every time I see pretty Easter treats all over the web with colored candies, I get a little sad. I think they're gorgeous, but I know I'm not going to make something with artificial food colorings. When I saw Jenna from Eat, Live, Run ...
Lemony Snack Bars
Boot camp is officially over. It's a bittersweet ending. Sweet because I won't have to wake up at 5:07 every morning anymore, but bitter because I loved the atmosphere for working out. Sadly, I can't afford to continue boot camping on a long-term basis. Even though I can't continue, it was ...
Maple and Spice Roasted Chickpeas
I get serious snack attacks at night. I know all the dieting gurus say that eating at night is not good. Thankfully I'm not too much into diets and listening to gurus can be overrated. I listen to my body and my body tells me to eat in the evening. So I do. And that is that. There was a ...
Very Berry Whole Grain Mini-Muffins
In my last post when I gave you a peak into my fridge, there was one thing I didn't mention. Did any of you notice the random bakery box in the before picture of my the refrigerator? Here--look again: And what was inside the box? This is what makes its way into the house if I don't keep a ...
Chipotle Quinoa with Corn and Black Beans {and how to adapt for your toddler}
I have a few confessions to make. I don't normally plan our dinners around Meghan's likes. I think more about what Tim and I will like than her. I also rarely prepare her something different than what we are having. There are a couple reasons I do our dinners this way. First, as a toddler, ...
Chocolate-Chocolate Chip Coconut Cookies
If you are obsessed with the chocolate + coconut combination like I am, you will love these cookies. A chocolate cookie base with chocolate chips and coconut added in? You really can't go wrong. It's just a bonus that these cookies happen to be healthy, too. These whole grain cookies are made ...
Creamy Carrot Brown Rice Risotto
The last time I made risotto I was pregnant with Meghan. I was still in the sick-all-day phase, but apparently feeling ambitious. I stood over the stove, nauseous, while I stirred, stirred, stirred that rice. Soon I pulled up a chair, doubled over with my arm extended so I could continue to stir. ...
Lemony Lentil Salad
It was one of those days. You plan to get home at a certain time, but life with a toddler sometimes makes tasks that should take 10 minutes take 20 or 30 minutes. Those few extra minutes wasted taking off shoes and putting them back on because "I DO IT! MEGHAN'S TURN TO PUT ON THE SHOE!" and ...
Cilantro Pesto
So many times when I buy a bunch of cilantro, I only need a few tablespoons. Then I have this huge bunch leftover, which doesn't sit well with this mama. I hate to waste food, so whenever I buy cilantro I find myself scrambling to find ways to use it up. That's how this recipe was born. I had ...
