This Chickpea Salad recipe is easy to make and is a flavorful side dish!Whew. Life is busy. This is my first time sitting down all day. I have a wet load of clothes in the washer, but can't put them into the dryer until I fold the clothes (or just take them out...that would work, too) that are ...
Recipes
Triple Berry Baked Oatmeal
This Triple Berry Baked Oatmeal makes an incredible, warming breakfast that is healthy and light! It's lightly sweetened with maple syrup and can even be mixed together the night before and baked in the morning. Super easy recipe that everyone loves! It definitely belongs on this list of the Best ...
Easy Sauteed Broccoli (Luke’s Favorite!)
This Easy Sauteed Broccoli recipe takes about 8 minutes to make (really!) and is a family favorite. Need a quick, easy, and healthy side dish for any meal? This is your recipe! Sometimes you just need a quick side dish to round out a meal. Or, sometimes, you realize your kids haven't eaten ...
Rainbow Smoothies: A Tasting Activity for Kids
One of the most important lessons about food I want my kids to learn is the importance of variety. Eating fresh, whole foods is important, but your body doesn't benefit nearly as much unless you are eating a wide variety of foods. Since for kids St. Patrick's Day is all about leprechauns and ...
Look Again: Spinach Nuggets
Look Again is a series where I feature an old recipe that deserved a second look. These Spinach Nuggets have been buried in the archives since 2010, but are a great way to get your toddler or kids to eat more spinach! I've been on a mission to get my kids eating more greens. Greens are pretty ...
How to Make Homemade Bone Broth in the Crock Pot
When I first discovered I could make homemade bone broth in the Crock Pot, my life was changed. Making stock on the stove top isn't exactly difficult, but who has hours and hours to babysit a pot of simmering bones in a pot on the stove? Not me. I much prefer to throw everything in the crock pot ...
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 ...
Power Greens Salad with Cara Cara Orange, Almonds, and Parmesan
I have to admit, I get excited about salad. That probably makes me a boring person, but when I put the right ingredients together on my salad plate, ingredients that produce a symphony of flavors, it makes me happy. Yes, salads can be boring. Iceburg lettuce with shredded carrots, anyone? But they ...
Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cashew Milkshake
Sometimes I feel like life is flying by at the speed of light. Everyday I have a to-do list I want to accomplish, daily tasks I check off one by one until I blink and another day's gone by. Once in a while, I need to push the pause button. We all do. Just pause, slow down, and look at what is ...
Blueberry Baked Oatmeal Muffin Cups
Is it baked oatmeal or is it a muffin? Let's just call it the best of both worlds. Except these baked oatmeal muffin cups are made without any flour, refined sugar, or oil. So it's the most saintly muffin you will ever eat. It may also be the easiest muffin you will ever make. This is an ...
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 ...
How to Freeze Spinach Cubes for Smoothies + a Hidden Greens Smoothie Recipe
We recently joined Costco. We were briefly members years ago in Arizona when we first married, and boy has Costco changed since then. I joined expecting to save a few bucks on things like toilet paper, but soon realized there are a lot of organic and natural food options that they didn't have ...
