Confession: I still had 80's hair in 1990. Not quite as big, but permed, with bangs I was trying to grow out but still sprayed stiff with Aqua Net. To my defense, this was pre-Internet and I lived in a town that was three hours from the nearest shopping mall. I wasn't the only one in my town late ...
Recipes
grain-free salmon cakes or salmon nuggets
A lot of things change when you go from having one to two kids. When #2 arrives, you wonder why you ever thought you were so busy with one child. Your days get a little more hectic, your house gets a little messier. And your recipes get a little simpler. This is the second salmon cake recipe ...
Vegan Chunky Monkey Chocolate Pudding
This Vegan Chunky Monkey Chocolate Pudding is made with super creamy with avocado! About four years ago, when I first started discovering food blogs, I found a recipe for vegan chocolate pudding using the most unusual of ingredients: avocado. Intrigued, and excited for the possibility of having ...
Walnut Pesto Chicken Salad
This Walnut Pesto Chicken Salad is a versatile recipe you can use for so many things! We had some friends over for dinner this weekend. It was a casual gathering that we planned at the last minute, so I was making the risotto that was already on the menu before we were decided to have guests ...
Skinny Blueberry Lemon Smoothie
This Skinny Blueberry Lemon Smoothie is a refreshing treat that is only 100 calories!I'm looking out my window and all I can see is a flurry of white flakes in every direction. So what am I bringing you today? A smoothie, of course. This is my way of saying, "Screw you, winter." Sorry. Was ...
20 minute dinner: vegan mac and (not) cheese with peas
If you are looking for some vegan comfort food, this is your recipe. You don't have to be a vegan or even a vegetarian to enjoy a vegan meal once in a while. This pasta dish delivers a big bowl of comfort and is a stick-to-your ribs kind of meal, perfect for these winter months. I'm not going ...
Apple cinnamon crumb muffins
Do you find yourself waiting for circumstances to be perfect before you take action on something? Rather than just doing something, do you spend time waiting to do something until the timing is just right? I do this all. the. time. To the point that less gets done because let's face it, the ...
Coconut blueberry breakfast quinoa {vegan, gluten free}
Are you getting bored with your breakfast routine? If you're stuck in a breakfast rut, I've got just the recipe for you. Whenever I find myself making the same breakfast over and over (I'm talking to you, oatmeal), I turn to my good friend quinoa. Breakfast quinoa recipes are not strangers on ...
Open-faced sandwich with smoky kale and goat cheese
I would like to introduce you to my new favorite lunch. It graced my lunch plate the last two days and I'll probably have it today, too. And tomorrow. After that I'll have to make a trip to the grocery store to get more kale. I'm 100% addicted. This is the only recipe that allows me to eat an ...
Whole grain chocolate chip cookie mini muffins
When I asked Meghan what she wanted me to make for her birthday treat at school, her answer was chocolate chip muffins. I considered making the banana chocolate chip muffins I made for her first day of preschool two years ago, but decided to try something new. I didn't really plan on these being ...
Vegan pumpkin spice ice cream
Do you ever feel like while the days can seem to go slow, the weeks, months, and years just fly by? It can seem like an eternity from the end of dinner to the kids' bedtime, but then I blink my eye and realize my baby girl is going to be five (!) in a few weeks. Before I know it she'll need enough ...
Roasted potatoes with pistachio pesto {vegan}
Meghan is the kind of kid who decides if she likes a food or not based on how it looks. I suspect she's not the only kid out there who does this. So when she looked at these potatoes, she quickly declared, "I don't like that kind of potatoes." Of course not. They look...different. There's ...
