uring the week lately dinners have been vegetarian or vegan. My husband has been pretty strict trying to eat vegan Monday through Thursday. So by the weekend I am ready for some comfort food. I have been following the hashtags #carbsandcheese on Instagram and during the week it makes my mouth water. I decided
ately I haven’t been jam packing our weekends with tons of activities. That means there is more time to make brunch at home. While going out to brunch is great, sometimes I just want to take the time and cook in my own kitchen and control my own ingredients. I keep seeing recipes for
here is the old saying “you are what you eat”. I am not in the medical field. I have zero formal education on health and wellness. However, I have a strong passion (and for those of you who personally know me, a large soap box!) for healthy eating and nutrition. Most of my life
ummer time is in full force. And with summer comes summer parties and barbecues. Recently we had a party to go to and i knew I needed to make a dish. One of my best friends had been traveling in Greece and was sending me photos of his trip. My wanderlust set in and
e just got back from almost two weeks abroad. We went to northern Italy and ended in Paris. Out of the entire trip there were two meals, TWO, that were just “ok”. Both countries LOVE their carbs. Breakfasts there aren’t like here so getting smoothies or eggs isn’t the norm. But croissants are! Then
fter being in Europe for two weeks and eating croissants for breakfast, pasta for lunch, pasta for dinner, cheese on everything or by itself and drinking wine we needed a reboot. While these meals sound great (and taste fabulous) this “lifestyle” probably isn’t great for your waist line. However, yes you walk EVERYWHERE and
ast year when we returned from our Europe trip we thought that one might have been our last trip for awhile. We are not getting any younger so we figured that if I got pregnant we probably wouldn’t be taking Eurotrip 2017. So we did our last trip big, we stayed in some nicer
rganic is often used to describe the food we eat. I went from eating organic to turning it into a lifestyle. My co-workers used to tease me that I was a hipster and now they call me a full fledged hippie. They know if they have a headache that I am going to give
pril showers brings May flowers colds. Ughh! I have been hit with the change of season bug. And let me tell you it is not fun. The only thing that has sounded good the past week has been a really brothy soup. But I guess the April showers also bring ramps. Ramps (otherwise known
pring is finally here with summer right around the corner. I love all the good fresh vegetables that start to pop up. The other day I found a pack of heirloom cherry tomatoes that looked so good. So I knew I had to put them to use somehow. Tomato, basil and mozzarella (caprese) salads
veryone would ask “how’s married life going” after we got married. My answer was always “amazing”. Several people have told me that the first year of marriage would be the hardest. I couldn’t disagree more. My first year of marriage truly felt like an extended honeymoon. But the second year?!?! That’s a different story.
