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July 11, 2017
There’s a local smoothie place that makes a fantastic Honey Bear smoothie. I would swing by and grab one as a quick lunch sometimes. It. Is. So. Good. But! They moved across town. Darnit. I found a few recipes (apparently Honey Bear smoothies are a thing) and I came up with this one that I swear is better than the one I used to buy for however much. I told myself I wasn’t going to post another smoothie for a...
July 9, 2017
Making homemade cinnamon almond butter is really one of the simplest recipes. The best part is you can make it to your liking. Here, I added cinnamon to add a little something something. Why make homemade almond butter when you can just buy your own? Well, there’s lots of reasons. First of all. Homemade always tastes better. It’s fresh, the texture can be controlled to your liking and you can mix it with whatever fun stuff you want. Chocolate? Nutmeg?...
June 15, 2017
My daughter loves Rosanna Pansino and one of our pastimes is to watch Nerdy Nummies on Kids YouTube together. One day she made pureed watermelon popsicles using a Zoku. She said it’s the easiest thing in the world and it makes popsicles in 8 minutes. I was so excited I jumped on Amazon and got one. And here I am with mango yogurt popsicles. You don’t have to pull out a big instruction booklet to figure out how to use...
June 13, 2017
I love dates! Medjool dates that is….and dates with my handsome husband of course. So, you should try a strawberry date smoothie. If you haven’t discovered Medjool dates, you’ve got to run out and get some. Don’t think of them as prunes. Or, dried plums, whatever. They are similar in nutrition, but taste so much better. These things relieve constipation naturally. With all the soluble fiber (the best kind) they keep things moving. So, they’re a great compliment to a...
June 11, 2017
Summer isn’t exactly soup season, but that doesn’t stop us from eating it every so often. I was browsing through the Food Network Magazine when I came across the Moroccan Meatball Soup. So, I tweaked the recipe to include the ingredients I had on hand and it became Spicy Meatball Soup. It looked fantastic, but I didn’t have harissa on hand, which would basically be the key ingredient to make it Moroccan. So, I went to my Sriracha of course. It’s...
June 6, 2017
If you’re craving a Frappuccino and you just don’t want the calories or get in your car and sit in a long line at Starbucks, this is a great alternative. An ice cold frothy chai smoothie is just the ticket on a hot summer day. Sometimes, I want a little treat that isn’t fruity. I know it has bananas in it. But, I put a banana in nearly every one of my smoothies. And, even if you’re not into them,...
June 1, 2017
Sometimes if you have a crazy day, it’s just easiest to dump everything in a slow cooker and turn it on. It’s magically ready at dinner time! The slow cooker is probably my favorite kitchen item. During the school year when we have busy days and I know I won’t have time to cook dinner, that’s when I bust this out. And I don’t know how I would have been able to function when I had a full-time job if I...
May 30, 2017
In our house we eat a ton of sweet potatoes. Whole, diced, cut into fries. Why not spiralized? We’ve seen plenty of recipes for zoodles, so I bought a spiralizer and I found myself sticking a sweet potato on the thing first. They turned out great! Using this was the easiest ever. It made a ton of little curly sweet potatoes. Once I figured it out, it took about 30 seconds to cut each potato. I’m not usually into gimmicky kitchen...
May 25, 2017
Sometimes when we’re getting ready to workout we need a little kick in the arse before. Our energy levels are low. Either we’re rundown from too much stress or not enough sleep. But, don’t want to eat anything too too heavy right? This is a light pick-me-up that will give you energy, but not feel too jittery. A good pre-workout smoothie is perfect! Eggs are great protein, but they’re kinda heavy in the tummy. You can’t really chow down on a large...
May 18, 2017
Those mornings where you feel like something sweet but not too sweet! I had one of those this morning. I made some blueberry chia jam and it was ridiculously easy and took about 5 minutes. For reals! I’ve kinda lost my taste for store bought jam, it’s so loaded with sugar and you can hardly taste the fruit. There’s something so good about homemade jam. We had a peach tree growing up that would decide to give us fruit every...