When I was pregnant with Ezra I read anything and everything I could get my hands on about labor and delivery. I was aiming for an unmedicated birth (which I accomplished!) so I wanted to be as prepared as I could be. One thing I kept reading over and over was that eating dates every day in the final weeks leading up to delivery would have major benefits. This study looked at two groups of women: those who consumed six dates per day in the last four weeks of pregnancy, and th

Fall is approaching and that gets me all sorts of excited for pumpkin EVERYTHING! When we cut out most grains and went Gluten Free, pancakes were one of the things we missed and it can be hard to find a decent gf pancake recipe so when this one turned out AND had pumpkin in it, we were pretty excited ;) This recipe consists of 8 simple ingredients and is high in protein! #winwin It's as simple as putting all ingredients into a blender (or blender cup like I used) and mix! It

Ezra and I spent last Friday in the kitchen whipping up some goodies! He loves to help me cook and I think it's so great to teach our kids from a young age how to cook healthy meals from scratch. It's not always mess free, but it's fun to watch him learn and as you can see he thinks it's pretty neat :) We worked on a few new fall recipes and some back to school snacks (one of which failed miserably- live and learn). Fall is my favorite time of year so I will be experimenting

Hello Friends! I know it's been quite some time since I've published a new blog post, but man oh man has life been busy! I'm now in my final weeks of pregnancy (just about to 34 weeks) and keeping up with our toddler, work, summer, and LIFE has proven to be a challenge- though an amazing, fun, beautiful challenge ;) no complaints here! In the meantime this had taken the back burner temporarily but I'm going to do my best to get some new and exciting healthy recipes and conten