Happy October! Halloween is right around the corner! This week for us is filled with appointments, fun and easy dinners! Meal Plan Oct Week 1 2020. What happens when you buy a bag of avocados at Costco!? They all ripened at the same time of course! Hence a heavy avocado week at our house. This…
Favorite Fall Apple Recipes
Fall is here! Apples are here! Time to make apple everything. Let’s talk about our Favorite Fall Apple Recipes. Five minutes from our house is this tiny little orchard. It’s a neighborhood gem. Not a big production, just a family with some land and beautiful trees. They sell eating apples and baking apples and a…
Healthy Kid Snacks: Chickpea Blondies
School is starting which means extra hungry kiddos. I’m excited to share one of our favorite Healthy Kid Snacks: Chickpea Blondies. This super healthy naturally sweetened snack has been a staple this summer! I don’t know about you guys, but my kids do not love pulses. So whatever way I can get them to eat…
Meal Plan – Sept already!?
How is it September already?! For an isolated surreal summer, it sure still went fast! Another short week calls for easy healthy dinners – Meal Plan Sept already!? Getting my CSA box tomorrow with lots of root veggies, the last of the tomatoes and cucumbers and perhaps some new surprises. Another short busy week for…
Eating Plant Based So Far
Eating plant-based so far has treated us well. It has not been an easy switch but we are finding joy in trying new things and eating more plants! Michael Pollan’s advice “Eat food, not too much, mostly plants” is the perfect quote to describe a plant-based diet in my mind. So what the heck is…
Meal Plan Aug wk 4 2020
We have a busy but good week ahead. Keeping all our dinners mostly plant-based on a hot week – Meal Plan Aug wk 4 2020. Here is a quick peak at our meals for the week. I am aiming to finish our CSA box goodies from last week (including tomatoes, zucchini, and cabbage). MONDAY Spicy…
Welcome back friends!
Welcome back friends! Got one kid doing virtual learning, the other playing cars in our kitchen sink and I have my afternoon mama fuel (aka coffee), so lets catch up! I hope you find yourself well, sane and healthy amidst our current global pandemic. We are fortunate enough to say we are healthy, and finding…
Helping Others – Aid for Venezuela (an update)
Despite the global pandemic our mission of Helping Others- Aid for Venezuela, remains strong. Let’s talk about who we help, why we help and how to help. Hi friends Today I wanted to re-share a cause that has been near to my heart and my family for some time. I first introduced our Aid for…
1 Breakfast + 2 Entrees (4.20.20)
Hi friends, It’s been a while. I hope you are hanging in there and doing your best to stay positive. We are still here and doing what we can to isolate, stay healthy, stay postive, and stay connected. Day to day life right now feels calm and slow. For us, having time to enjoy our…
What we are eating this week (stay at home)
Hi guys, Hope you are all healthy, well and staying home. This is stay at home week 1 for the state of Minnesota but week 3 for our family. Last week was a long one for us. Doing the best we can managing ABA Therapy (both virtual sessions and meetings, and therapy run by moi…