This Chopped Kale Chicken Salad makes a great make-ahead lunch! Is it possible to have too many chopped kale salad recipes on a website? I hope not. Once I discovered how much chopping kale up super finely makes it 100% better, I never stopped making chopped kale salads. If you struggle ...
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Your Healthy, Homemade Dinners Solution: The Conquer Dinner eBook is HERE!
Do you ever feel like you have the best intentions when it comes to preparing healthy, homemade dinners for your family, but in reality your execution just isn't there? Are you a busy, working mom who has zero energy by the time dinner time rolls around? Or do your kids' crazy schedules make ...
How to Plan for Eating a Bigger Variety of Foods
I'm as guilty as the next person of eating my favorite foods over and over. Hardly a week goes by that sweet potatoes don't pass my lips. Nearly every day I eat a banana. Even though I do eat my favorite foods a lot, I also am cognizant of eating a wide variety of foods and helping my family do ...
3 Healthy Homemade Gummy Bear Recipes to Try
Collagen is the most abundant protein in our bodies. A long-chain amino acid, it's made up of the individual amino acids glycine, proline, hydroxyproline, and arginine. The only place you'll find collagen in nature is in animal tissue (bones and connective tissue). So why am I talking about ...
Strawberry Oatmeal Bars (Vegan and Gluten Free)
These Strawberry Oatmeal Bars are vegan, gluten-free, and super easy to make!My kids love cereal bars. They beg me to buy them at the grocery store all the time. I've tried making homemade cereal bars and let me tell you: not worth the effort. These Strawberry Oatmeal Bars are what I make ...
Zucchini Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal
It's definitely not zucchini season where I live. But it is baked oatmeal season. Warm, soft, creamy baked oatmeal is one of my favorite winter breakfasts. While I try to use in-season vegetables most of the time, adding vegetables into my kids' breakfast in the form of this Zucchini Chocolate Chip ...
Top Ten Kid-Friendly Wraps
By this time in the school year, I always end up in a rut when it comes to packing school lunches. I fall into the trap of packing the same things day after day. These kid-friendly wraps are inspiration for you (and me!) to change things up and offer some different choices for our kids' ...
Chocolate Covered Cherry Shake
This post was originally published in 2011 when I was pregnant with my youngest child, Luke. I'm not currently pregnant. :) I reshot the photographs for this Chocolate-Covered Cherry Shake and decided to republish it to put it back on the front page. If this one is new to you, enjoy!I have a teeny ...
Hot Fudge Pudding Cake (Vegan & Gluten-Free)
This Hot Fudge Pudding Cake is vegan, gluten-free, and totally splurge-worthy! I'm having a really hard time concentrating as I write this post. These pictures are reminding me of how much I want this cake. Like right now. The moment I saw a picture of a Hot Fudge Pudding Cake, I knew I ...
Chicken Fajita Pasta and a Sneak Peek at How Conquer Dinner Works
This Chicken Fajita Pasta Recipe is from my upcoming eBook, Conquer Dinner. Let me show you exactly how the system works! If you've been hanging around here for a while, you've heard, in bits and pieces, about my eBook that's coming out very soon , (Edited to add: it's here!) Conquer Dinner: ...
Healthy Homemade Taco Seasoning Recipe
Save money and unwanted ingredients by making your own taco seasoning! This Healthy Homemade Taco Seasoning Recipe is exactly what you need. When you start reading food labels and paying attention to ingredients, you realize that buying spice packets is not always the healthiest option. Most of ...
Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cups
I'm about to turn the way you think about chocolate-covered strawberries upside down. Introducing Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cups. Your life is never going to be the same. Okay, yes, that's dramatic. But these are SO SO GOOD. I really want you to try them so I have to make sure I get my point ...