I need to come clean about a few things. 1. I grew up on a diet of largely processed foods. The microwave was my friend. I ate things like frozen bagel dogs, Pop Tarts, and Little Debbie snack cakes on a daily basis. 2. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were one of my favorite foods ...
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5 easy ways to stretch your healthy food budget
Before I even get started on the list of ways you can get the most bang for your buck when you're trying to eat a healthy diet, let me say one thing. I'm not here to pretend that eating healthy is cheap. source I hate it when I read articles that claim "eating well doesn't have to be ...
Favorite fall recipes
Just a few weeks ago, I was clinging to summer with all my might. It's not so much that I don't like fall; I actually love it. There's one little thing that I don't like, however. Autumn's arrival means that winter is on its way and I don't like winter. Not even a little bit. So, summer ...
Winner, Winner, No Chicken for Dinner!
Thanks for the amazing response to the Peas and Thank You cookbook giveaway. It's exciting to me to see so many people wanting to incorporate more plant-based meals into their lives. Even if you didn't win, I highly recommend you get this cookbook. I have a good number of vegan and vegetarian ...
7 links
If you read a lot of healthy living blogs, you have seen the 7 links posts floating around. It's a little blog game where bloggers highlight 7 posts and then nominate other bloggers to do the same. I haven't had time to participate until now, so I'm a little late to the party. But since Heidi ...
Vacation
I'm having a pretty good week. How about you? ...
Summer Reads
Remember when I announced my pregnancyand I also told you my blog would be evolving? Here's an example of a post that I wouldn't have normally thought fit into my theme, but as my blogs grows and changes, the theme is expanding. Motherhood, especially when your children are very young, is a time ...
My pregnancy: 16 weeks
Here I am in week 16 of pregnancy! Do I look like I'm giving you the stink eye in that picture? I'm not, I promise. The sun was in my eyes and this was the best of the bunch. This is the week that seemed like it would never come because I had a check up. As usual, I was nervous going in. I ...
Love Grown Foods: {Product Review and GIVEAWAY}
I'm a sucker for good granola. So even though I like making my own, when the folks at Love Grown Foods sent me a package with some of their products to try, I was excited. It came at just the right time. Pregnant and tired, making my own granola wasn't in the plan anytime soon. The package ...
4 Years Ago Today
4 years ago today, my world was turned upside down. 4 years ago today I heard the dreaded word that sends fear jolting through even the bravest person. Cancer. I lived in Arizona at the time, thousands of miles away from my family in the Midwest. I was teaching school, a newlywed of just under ...
Creative Summer Snacking Ideas
Today I’m participating in the Ultimate Blog Swap. You’ll find me posting over at Far Above Rubies where I share a new recipe for a Healthier Strawberry Pie with Chocolate Crust, and I’m excited to welcome Carrie from My Favorite Finds to Happy Healthy Mama. It seems ...
What’s In My Fridge?
If you read this post on our house hunting adventures, you know that the house we are renting is on the market and our lease ends in June. We thought we had everything figured out. We thought we wanted to buy a house. We thought we had a good plan. Plans are funny things, though, and it turns ...
