Like me, you probably strive to feed your family real, whole, and healthy foods, but maybe sometimes your actual diet can veer pretty far off course. Our family recently found ourselves eating more processed foods than usual, eating out more often, craving sweets and carbs, and feeling exhausted all the time, we knew it was time to do something about it! If you're ready to improve your family's diet too, be sure to check out these five simple secrets! Photo credit: … [Read more...]
Saving Time in The Kitchen (With Kids)!
Young kids in the kitchen and saving time in the kitchen are not two things that you usually see together in the same sentence, right?! I'll be the first to raise my hand and admit that when my kids are in the kitchen with me that we often waste more time than save. And yet, over the past six months or so, I've really begun to see that with a little teaching, help, direction and then ongoing supervision (while I'm accomplishing other things!), my kids can actually help me with tasks in a … [Read more...]
Southwestern Frittata: A Breakfast Revolution Recipe
What do you usually eat for breakfast every morning? What do you feed your kiddos for breakfast? I'll admit, it's really easy for me to fall into a lazy rut that often leads to not-so-healthy breakfast choices. Even though I'm committed to feeding my family real and whole foods, that commitment definitely wanes at 7:00 AM when I'm trying to get everyone dressed and ready and out of the house on time. So when my friend Beth of Red and Honey said that she was coming out with a real food … [Read more...]
Green in the Life – Reusable Straws {Green in 365}
This is Day 291 of the Green in 365 series! I mean, how could I not share this picture with you? Look at that sweet babe rockin' the baby curl mohawk and sippin' on a delicious green smoothie? It's not really life-changing or anything, but I recently ordered some stainless steel reusable straws from Mighty Nest and I totally love them. It actually makes me really happy to use them. I'm weird like that! I used to wash and reuse plastic straws, but they'd eventually have to be … [Read more...]
Fresh Spring Recipes at Babble
This month I've been over on Babble sharing some favorite healthy and fresh recipes for Spring. Two Delicious Strawberry Spinach Salad Recipes Grain Free Snacks Your Family Will Love Ironically, I then posted a recipe for Honey Whole Wheat Zucchini Muffins And finally, I shared 3 of our family's favorite juice recipes. What are your favorite recipes to make with seasonal spring produce? __________________________________________ If you'd like to learn more … [Read more...]
Real Food Recipe: Health(ier) Pumpkin Cookies
I was in the mood for a treat last week, and wanted to spend some time with my kids in the kitchen. I was looking through my Pinterest boards (as always) for inspiration, and saw these pumpkin cookies that I had pinned last fall and never made. I recently discovered that I have an abundance of canned pumpkin in my basement, I think I stocked up last year and then kinda forgot about them, so pumpkin cookies it was going to be! But, looking over the recipe I knew I needed to try to make them a … [Read more...]