You know it's been a long, cold winter when a temperature of 37 degrees prompts you to wear shorts. Yes, I saw another mom wearing shorts at Meghan's school drop-off yesterday. I kind of shrugged because I get it. It did feel like a freaking heat wave compared to the frigid cold mornings we've ...
Vegan Recipes
jam-filled raw fudge brownies
I'm decidedly an underachiever when it comes to holidays like Valentine's Day. The last few weeks the Internet has exploded with images of heart decorations, red and pink drinks, and heart-shaped foods of every kind. I feel like a bit of a slacker when I browse Pinterest and see the efforts of ...
5-minute raspberry chia seed jam
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
15 minute grilled chickpea tacos
I'm writing this post in the wee hours of the morning, hoping I could beat the troops and get it done before the rest of the family starts their day. The little man, however, is already beckoning me as I type these words. The best laid plans... What's a mom to do? This is going to be the ...
Fiesta salad with cilantro-lime dressing
The last few months, we fell into a nice little routine. Saturday morning I would bring Meghan to gymnastics. During that free hour I made my meal plan and grocery list for the week. Then Saturday afternoon we made a family trip to the grocery to store to get our goods. {Interesting side note: ...
Homemade tropical spinach fruit roll-ups
I've been on a bit of a healthy snack mission lately. I have a lot of go-to snacks that I make often, but I really wanted to expand my repertoire and come up with some new snacks. Meghan loves fruity snacks, so I thought homemade fruit roll-ups would be a great place to start. I've never been ...
