Lately my meal planning is all over the place. One week I have each meal meticulously planned, down to the last ingredient, and then the next week I am haphazardly planning meals in my mind as I wander through the produce section of the grocery store. As much as I hate those weeks when I'm not as ...
Vegetarian Recipes
Nutty Apple Quinoa Breakfast
Most sources say that a pregnant woman needs around 70 grams of protein a day. Recently I've been reading a book that suggests it's better to get 80-100 grams a day. That's a lot of protein! When I kept track of what I ate for a day (What This Pregnant Mama Eats) I totaled 74 grams of protein. ...
Gluten & dairy-free pumpkin pie bars
Happy Halloween! We had a fun weekend filled with Halloween festivities. Meghan, as the cutest bumble bee I've ever seen, wore her costume to various events all week. Halloween becomes a week-long event these days! Tim and I had an adult costume party to attend this weekend. As you can ...
Potato cauliflower bake
Sometimes, I have a hard time deciding which recipes I should feature on my blog. I never know what is going to strike a chord or, most importantly, which recipes are going to be most useful for my readers. This is not a recipe I planned to blog about. This was one of those ...
Halloween stuffed peppers
I loved reading all of your confessions in the comment section of yesterday's post. They actually made me think of about 10 more confessions I could have added to my list. For today, I'll stick with two confessions. First, there's not a new recipe in today's post. I simply used ...
Healthy apple peanut butter cookie bites-49 calories each
I wouldn't classify any kind of baking as easy, per se. Baking is a science that's easy to screw up. But when it comes to different types of baking, I'd say that unhealthy baking is infinitely easier than healthy baking. Throw a few sticks of butter, a cup of white sugar, half a cup of brown ...
Spinach salad with roasted grapes, feta, and walnuts
I haven't been in the mood for salads as much since fall arrived. Comfort foods and soups took their place on the menu as the temperatures started to drop. Then, Mother Nature got confused and summer-like temperatures re-emerged. I'm not complaining. I'll take as many sunny and 80 degree days ...
Layered Vegetable Crockpot Casserole
This is a super busy week for me. I'm sure you've all been there. It's one of those weeks where I just don't have more than 20 or 30 minutes to spend on dinner. So last week when my sister-in-law requested vegetarian crockpot recipes, it was perfect timing. This meal took about 20 minutes to ...
Crispy baked sweet potato & beet chips
I got an email from a reader today asking from where I get my recipe inspiration. That's a hard question because there isn't one singular place that I look for inspiration when it comes to my kitchen creations. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized my inspiration comes from two main ...
Maple Cinnamon Soft Serve with Cinnamon Raisin Cookie Dough
I've told you that my pregnancy cravings have been for salty, spicy, savory foods. That doesn't mean I never crave anything sweet, but nothing beyond my normal need for sweet treats. When I was pregnant with Meghan, it was a totally different story. I wanted something sweet all the time. I ...
Blackberry and Banana Stuffed French Toast
I've been in a serious breakfast rut lately with no signs of getting out. Day after day I have my same old oatmeal. It's good, but who wants to eat the same thing for breakfast every single day? Then something happened. I ran out of oats. Necessity breads innovation, so I was forced to create ...
A Healthier Birthday Cake
Guess whose birthday is just under a month away? Hard to believe, but this little girl is turning 3. Last year, after two major healthy-cake failures, at the last minute I caved in and made a boxed cake for her birthday. I was out of time and desperate. When I looked at the ingredients on ...
