Hi friends. It’s late as I write this so excuse me if you see a million typos but I must power on. I am even citing research for this one! Ha. I’ve been thinking it’s time for a nutrition related post and I can’t stop thinking about whole grains because a lot of people are…
Cleaning Eating at Panera Bread
Clean eating. It’s a relatively newer term, and most certainly a trendy one, that refers to eating unprocessed whole foods, free of additives and food colorings. For me clean eating is, buying and cooking with whole foods, choosing unrefined grains over refined ones, trying to follow the dirty dozen list for when to buy organic fruits…
Buffalo Chicken Pizza with Goat Cheese
You guys, I am back! We finally got internet set up this week! Woo hoo. I feel like a new woman. It’s been over a week since I’ve been on the computer and even when I was on my parent’s computer when we were visiting them before the move, I wasn’t on too often. I…
Nutrition Benefits of Apples + Recipes
Hi friends! How was your long weekend? We spent Friday night celebrating my husband’s birthday. I made his favorites- homemade pizza and carrot cake and we invited our friends over to camp out in the backyard! We knew all the camp grounds in the Washington area would be full and I am not a big camper…
Hazelnuts: Nutrition Benefits and Recipes
Hi friends! It’s nut week I guess. Monday I talked about my love for almonds. You can check out the delicious delicious Double Chocolate Almond Muffins I made here. I thought I would add a featured food series to my blog where I highlight the nutrition benefits of a particular food and share some ways…
Simple Ways to Enjoy Leafy Green Vegetables
Monday I made an easy and delicious breakfast sandwich with my rainbow chard and it got me thinking about all the ways to use the delicious leafy green vegetables, such as spinach, kale, collards, rainbow chard, turnip greens, etc. The Benefits Leafy green vegetables are one of my favorites to have stocked in the refrigerator….
Kiddie Salad Bar
Hi friends! How was your weekend? I am officially swamped getting the house ready to be packed up, trying to get some blogging work accomplished so that I can take off a few weeks this summer and trying to find a new home (and schools) which is proving to be more difficult than I’d like! Eek!…
No-Bake Apricot Coconut Energy Balls {Gluten Free, Vegan}
Hi friends. Goodness, what a crazy past week. It all started Wednesday in the middle of the night when my 3 year old woke me up with a case of the stomach bug. By Friday he was doing great and my husband and I settled in to watch our Homeland marathon Friday night (we’re currently…
Plant-Based Protein Swaps
I need protein at every meal, which I learned the hard way. Yes, there was a time (pre-nutrition degree) where I would just eat a plain “fat free” bagel for breakfast or some other starch and wonder why I was so hungry an hour later. Then I learned about nutrition and it all made sense….
25 Ways to Be More Active In Your Day
Hi friends, how was your weekend? We had gorgeous weather again….I am not sure what is going on in the pacific northwest, but I’ll take it! Sunny, blue skies and in the upper 50s called for a lot of outdoor time- bike rides, playing at the park and just lounging out in that wonderful weather. It’s…
