Fight the common cold with nutrition! Can vitamin c help boost your immune system? You bet! This Vitamin C fresh juice recipe is loaded with foods high in vitamin c that can help keep you healthy. If you want a sweeter juice, try this Green Juice recipe that your kids will even love!I am all about ...
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Holiday Appetizers and Sides
Hi friends! With just a few days before the big day, I thought I'd help anyone who still needs some menu planning. I always seem to need holiday appetizers and sides ideas, so I put some of the Happy Healthy Mama favorites in one place! Enjoy your holiday! Holiday Appetizers Most of these ...
4 Surprising Benefits of (Healthy) Meal Planning
I've been writing about healthy living on Happy Healthy Mama for almost eight years. There's one topic I've written about the importance of again and again: Meal Planning. It's the timeless "trick" that keeps me and my family on track, consistently, year after year. Only, it's not a trick. It ...
Merry Christmas!
From my family to yours, I wish you a very Merry Christmas! It means so much to me that you follow and read Happy Healthy Mama. Thank you! xo Maryea and Family ...
Our Whole30 Experience
Tim and I did the Whole30 program for the month of January. I didn't really intend to blog about it, but I think it's worth reporting how it went. Plus, not talking about it on here started to feel like I was trying to keep it a secret or something. So I'm spilling the beans about our January ...
How to be Mindful Everyday
This month's challenge as part of the Happy Healthy Mama Healthy Year Challenge is to be more mindful. Mindfulness is not just about daily meditation (although it can be a part of it, for sure). Mindfulness is more than that. It's the practice of cultivating a focused awareness of the present ...
Caprese Chickpea Veggie Burger
This Caprese Chickpea Veggie Burger makes a quick, easy, and healthy dinner! I'm on a bit of a veggie burger kick. What's not to love? They are easy to throw together, quick, and a great way to add a variety of vegetables to your main course. And they're so satisfying. A good veggie burger leaves ...
12 Tips and Tricks to Make you a Better Home Cook
I grew up with parents who owned a restaurant and loved food. They were so busy with said restaurant, though, they didn’t have time to teach me to cook. I learned more about food and cooking from my parents after I left the house than the 18 years I lived with them. I would call them, hoping for ...
I Can’t Sleep. 10 Things That Can Help You Fall Asleep Naturally
We've all been there. The words, I can't sleep, run on repeat in your mind like a bad song. You want to fall asleep so badly, but the more you think about it, the worse it gets, and your mind and body can't seem to connect. March is Healthy Sleep Month here at Happy Healthy Mama, but I'd be ...
Chocolate Fudge Banana Skillet Cake (Vegan and Paleo)
You are staring at an ooey, gooey, fudgy chocolate cake that you can have ready in 20 minutes, start to finish. But wait. It gets better. Said cake is made without any flour or refined sugar. Said cake is going to knock your socks off. I baked the cake in my 10 1/4-inch cast iron skillet. ...
The Happy Healthy Mama Newsletter and FREE Ebook is here!
I'm so excited to announce that the Happy Healthy Mama newsletter is here! I've always simply sent my blog posts out to subscribers via an rss feed. I've decided to change the format and send out one weekly newsletter so I can include so much more for you than just the posts I'm publishing. ...
Homemade Natural Sunburn Relief Spray
I can proudly say that neither of my kids have had a sunburn. Of course, just typing that guarantees that their virgin skin will be red soon. The moment you declare one thing on a blog, the opposite becomes true. That's a fact. While I'm on it when it comes to protecting my kids' skin, ...