Cooking

This post is sponsored by ALDI. Back to school season is HERE! What a weird summer it’s been! We still have a few weeks before Piper starts virtual Kindergarten and I’ve been doing my best to prepare for the busy season that awaits us. I’m still wrapping my head around how I’ll have time to […]

  Today I’m excited to share some of my go-to easy weeknight dinners in partnership with Safeway and featuring Open Nature® products. We always like to have somewhat healthy meals during the week so we can indulge with whatever we want on the weekends — it’s all about balance right? Because I’m usually alone with […]

Sharing the details from Piper’s Valentine’s Day cookie party :)

One of my biggest challenges in the kitchen right now is coming up with dinner ideas that Piper will actually try and enjoy and I can’t wait to test out these recipes that are delicious and healthy for both mama and bebe. Today I’m excited to share 3 original recipes that Kate of Domestikated Life created for us!

Last weekend we had so much fun baking these Quinoa Banana Cookies that on Saturday Piper and I baked again together. I think this will need to become a weekly routine in our house! I loved the book Bringing Up Bébé when I was pregnant (in fact I just started re-reading it) and have been […]

I’ve talked at length about Piper’s picky eating habits and the meals she does like to eat but I thought I’d share a few of our favorite cookbooks that I’ve used since I first started making her food. As I mentioned in her 18 month update, right now I’m only serving her what we eat […]

After starting 2017 sick I’m even more appreciative of our clean eating plan — although I have been under the weather most of the new year my body is thanking me for all the healthy fuels I’m giving it. I’ve been waking up refreshed and going to sleep content and hope to continue this trend […]

If you follow me on Instagram stories you’ve probably noticed I started a clean eating challenge for the entire month of January. I haven’t done any type of diet or restriction in 6 months (remember I went dairy & soy free for a year while breastfeeding) and my routine was in dire need of a […]

I can’t believe it’s been a year that I’ve been living a restricted, dairy and soy free diet. When Piper was a tiny baby she had so many G.I. issues that were eventually resolved as reflux and an intolerance to dairy and possibly soy. This wasn’t just her frequent & abundant spit ups (that came […]

If you haven’t heard smoothie bowls are currently all the rage… I finally decided to give it a whirl last week. After making acai bowls for a while I’ve pretty much decided they are the same thing, but you don’t have to make them with acai fruit. The concept is to make your smoothie a little […]

I have such a sweet tooth and always like to have baked goods lingering in our cabinet shelves to grab in the morning to eat with my coffee (before my green smoothie, of course!). I made these super easy vanilla baked donuts a few weeks back and we ate them pretty quickly as they don’t […]

 Starting the new year I typically have a few major goals I’d like to achieve — like buying a house, and streamlining my businesses — along with several more attainable resolutions.One of the most important of these smaller goals is to make the most out of my mornings with Piper (i.e. less screen time). I’ve become […]