We have been in a rut but to take care of my body means fueling it with what it needs. That’s impossible without having the right food on hand. I plan Monday through Thursday and stay flexible on the day we actually make it. Life happens! All these are out of the skinny taste cookbook!Continue reading “Meals for the week – August 9th”
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Healthy breakfast frittata
I am still on a roll with the inability to follow a recipe, but it’s working out. This is supposed to be a pressure cooker (instapot) recipe, but I don’t have a dish that fits in mine so I opted for throwing it in the oven at 350 for 30 minutes in a 8”x8” pan.Continue reading “Healthy breakfast frittata”
Chicken chili and “1 minute” quinoa
Instapot use #2 and #3 yesterday. The first thing was quinoa. And I was pretty excited because it said it cooks for ONE MINUTE. Quinoa is one of the only grains I eat on the regular so that sounded incredible. Little did I know, it takes a few minutes to heat the instapot and thenContinue reading “Chicken chili and “1 minute” quinoa”
Instapot for the win! Barbacoa beef
Some days, you win and others you just take different! Today was a little bit of both. I told myself yesterday I would be in bed earlier and set goals and pull up my boot straps and knock things out. Today was a day of a million tasks and ending with a feeling that leftContinue reading “Instapot for the win! Barbacoa beef”
The New Year – YES, it’s February
When the new year occurs, everyone decides to be healthy. Okay… maybe not everyone but it’s definitely more than the average amount of people that are trying to be healthy. The gyms are full. Stores carry more protein powder. Active wear sells through the roof. And I’ve jumped on the same trend. The truth ofContinue reading “The New Year – YES, it’s February”
Meals for the week of Aug 26th
The plan for this week is easy! My mom heads home tomorrow and it’s going to be my husband, me (three days post knee surgery with my leg in a straight brace), and our two year old. Our Hungry Harvest options included spaghetti squash this week. Since those can get kinda pricy, I went ahead andContinue reading “Meals for the week of Aug 26th”
Chicken chili
Lately, we have been pretty successful in having homemade healthy and yummy food! This is due to a few different factors. The largest one being that my husband made it a priority for himself and has spent multiple evenings cooking some sort of delicious breakfast and putting it in the fridge for the week (pumpkinContinue reading “Chicken chili”
Hacking the Working Mom 