I grew up in a restaurant. No, literally. I did. My parents owned a restaurant and they were there all the time, so in turn I was there all the time. It had its upsides and its downsides. A downside? My parents worked more than any other parents I knew. An upside? A work ethic was ...
Lunch Recipes
Rainbow Rice and Bean Salad
The following post is sponsored content brought to you by Minute® Ready to Serve Rice. Thank you for supporting the brands that make Happy Healthy Mama possible! I've had the luxury of being home to prepare my lunch since my oldest child, Meghan, was born. It really is a luxury to not have ...
The Giant List of Healthy School Lunch Ideas
Are you ready for the start of another school year? Whether you are ready or not, it's happening. Time to permanently wash the sand off of our feet, dust off our alarm clocks, and prepare ourselves for the early mornings, the after school snacks, the homework sessions, and the hectic dinners ...
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 ...
25 Fresh, Clean Eating Recipes for Spring
Who's ready to dive face first into all the spring flavors? I know I am! So many great fruits and vegetables come into season in the spring. Make the most of it and make one of these seasonal, fresh meals! I've done the searching and scouring for you--just click away and find something that ...
Southwest Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
Don't you just love sweet potatoes? Talk about a versatile spud. It can be everything from breakfast, to dessert, to the star of a soup, to a side dish, to a main course. And it just happens to be a superfood filled with antioxidants and anti-inflammatory and disease fighting components. Today ...
Quinoa Avocado Salad
Do you ever have a 24 hour period that feels like you've lived a week inside of a day? That's what the last 24 hours or so have been like for me. This past weekend was one of the coldest of the winter, and with two active kids, taking them to SkyZone, an indoor trampoline park, seemed like a ...
Crockpot Vegan Coconut Curry Chickpea Lentil Soup
This Crockpot Vegan Coconut Curry Chickpea Lentil Soup is easy to prep and is a healthy, comforting soup!Marriage is all about compromise. I'm sure you've heard that phrase about a million times, especially if you are married. As cliche as it may be, it's true. You have to be able to bend and ...
Sesame-Ginger Spaghetti Squash Bowl
One of my favorite food memories growing up is discovering spaghetti squash with my parents. We all felt similar excitement when we forked the cooked spaghetti-like strands from the squash shell. What a marvel! Back then, we mostly ate our spaghetti squash simply with butter, salt, and pepper. ...
Chopped Kale Salad with Cranberries, Feta, and Walnuts
If you need a festive, colorful salad to add to your holiday table, this is your recipe. If you need a quick, easy, and healthy lunch salad to balance out the holiday treats you've been eating, this is your recipe. It is always with a little hesitation that I serve Tim kale, especially raw kale. ...
Homemade Alphabet Vegetable Soup Recipe
This Homemade Alphabet Vegetable Soup Recipe is better than Campbell's and much healthier, too! Did you grow up with Campbell's Soup? I sure did. We always had a can of Campbell's in the pantry, ready to be poured into a pan along with some water. It was easy, that's for ...
Smashed Chickpea Salad with Cilantro Pesto on Toast
This is my new favorite lunch. It's quick, healthy, and soooooo filling! I fully expected to need to eat something else or be hungry again in an hour, but I was satisfied and not hungry again for hours. I used my cilantro pesto for this recipe. There are lots of things you can do with this ...