Recipes
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Easy + Healthy Pasta Salad Recipe
On Sundays I meal prep and this healthy pasta salad is always one thing I make. Not only is it quick and easy, but my whole family loves it. It’s so nice to have something prepped and ready to throw in a to go container when I’m running out the door or my kids need a last minute snack.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With five kids, two adults, and three animals… a little organization goes a LONG way and I try my best to do certain things on Sundays to set up my week so everything flows as well as it can.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ EASY, HEALTHY PASTA SALAD Ingredients: box of noodles (I love Banzo noodles) pitted olives…
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3 fast, easy, kid friendly breakfast ideas
This post is in partner with Daily Harvest. If you click through a link on this post and make a purchase, I will receive a small commission at no additional charge to you. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Please read my disclaimer page for more information. Here are [3] easy, healthy and kid friendly breakfasts for any morning. 🍳 Getting five kids ready for school + making sure they eat well can be… crazy to say the least! 😝 For that reason, I stick to tried and true food ideas I know they will love to make that one less thing we fuss about. How helpful would a…
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How to re-grow things from food scraps
When I first wanted to make safer and healthier changes for my family, I was on a very tight budget. It wasn’t easy to shop all organic everything but I found ways to do my best. One of the ways that I was able to get organic foods on a budget was growing my own food. I talk about this a lot on my blog and I hope you take the time to look deeper into gardening because it really can help you get the foods you want without the sticker price. Did you know that you can actually regrow food from your scraps? It is one of the best…
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Did you know that pineapple is nature’s cough medicine?
All opinions are from my own experience. This is not medical advice. Please consult with your doctor for more information. One winter, a few years ago, my children came down with winter colds. They had hacking coughs that lingered and wouldn’t resolve. I remember feeling like I had tried everything and felt very flustered that nothing had worked. I was up reading one night during this and came across the health benefits of fruits. Pineapple was on the list and it was like a light bulb when off when I read the about it helping helpful with coughs. Pineapples contain bromelain which is in an anti-inflammatory enzyme. This not only…
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How Daily Harvest food shipments help me eat healthy for lunch
One of my biggest challenges in living healthy, is slowing down to eat lunch every day 😩⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀It’s a major fault of mine because I like to stay in “the zone” when I’m working which doesn’t help my health by skipping or eating a late lunch.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀To overcome this, I often rely on an easy to grab and healthy meal that’s delivered straight to my door. Meet my not so little secret, Daily Harvest. I’ve relied on this food delivery service over the last five years of my motherhood to give me fuel without having to cook a full meal 🥘 For those of you who do not know about Daily Harvest,…
