am now at the end of my pregnancy (I HOPE!!!!) so spending hours in the kitchen sounds less appealing to me. I get tired so easily just standing these days that I don’t want to be slumped over my kitchen counters chopping and prepping meals. It was a Sunday (so of course – Soup
he past months for me have been eye opening. As most of you know I am nine plus months pregnant right now. My due date has passed. Also for those of you that personally know me, you know that I don’t have a “rest” button. My life typically has been go-go-go. From work, to
n cold winter days sometimes a good meal of comfort food sounds good, even if it’s not as healthy as we normally eat. We were sitting inside during a snow storm tying to plan dinner. My husband suggested lasagna but I didn’t want just regular lasagna. So I sat and thought about how I
t is FREEZING out. As in the air hurts your face cold. While we were home for Christmas it was so cold I didn’t even want to leave the house. Then we came back to Detroit and it wasn’t any better. Even though I feel like I didn’t eat that bad over the Holidays
very year as the year closes out I think a lot of people reflect back on the year and their accomplishments (or lack of sometimes!) and think about what the new year has in store. People make up resolutions to hold themselves accountable. Last year at this time I wrote about not waiting for
ince I was in high school I have always had a fitness routine of some kind. It has changed over the years as to what activities I did whether it was cheerleading in high school, step aerobics in college, lifting weights, training for half marathons, spinning classes and of course, yoga. I can think of
t has been a crazy fall here in Michigan. Normally this time of the year we have a nice crisp breeze which makes staying inside on Sundays to watch football that much better. Not this year. Lately it’s been seventy and sunny out which makes staying in on a Sunday sad because you know
all is finally here. Even though lately in Michigan it doesn’t feel like it. One of my favorite foods of fall are all the varieties of squash. Pumpkin, acorn, spaghetti, butternut just to name a few. The one thing I find though with squash recipes is everything seems to be sweet. I prefer more savory
have been thinking a lot lately about thought patterns and the words we speak. After I found out I was pregnant I had a few thoughts immediately go through my head. The first one was “OMG! We did it” followed by “holy $#%^” and closely followed by “I am going to get so FAT!”.
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
