This colorful, fragrant, spicy shrimp udon bowl with mushroom and cabbage is just the dish to spice up your weeknight dinner rotation. Featuring Fortune Udon Noodles, it comes together quickly and easily. Fairly often, my husband and I find ourselves in a weeknight dinner rut. Breakfast for dinner happens occasionally. Tacos or quesadillas are a…
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Cedar Bay Grilling Plank Salmon with Herbed Cauliflower Rice
This Applewood with Orange & Ginger Cedar Planked Salmon with herbed cauliflower rice couldn’t be easier. Featuring Cedar Bay Grilling Plank Salmon and fresh garden herbs, you’ll want to add this nutritious, flavorful meal to your regular dinner rotation! I don’t know about you, but I’ve been trying to incorporate more fish into my regular…
The Only “Diet” You Need for the New Year
The other day, I overheard somebody say in passing, “yeah, I’m feeling ok, just really wanting some of those fats and carbs, you know?” or something to that effect. Immediately I cringed, and mumbled half to myself, half out loud, “That’s NOT how you do it. You need carbs and fats to have energy to…
5 Tips for a Truly Healthy Holiday
You know, some things are just plain weird to me. It’s particularly weird how we treat the holiday season as some panic-inducing few weeks where we must stick to a regimented healthy holiday exercise routine and restrict our food intake so we can “safely indulge” at parties. Sorry, but that’s not even close to what…
Healthy, Toddler-Friendly Carrot-Zucchini Muffins
These healthier, lightly sweet carrot-zucchini muffins are a delicious snack for toddlers and adults. They are sweetened with honey and secretly packed with nutritious veggies so even the pickiest of eaters will enjoy them! Did your Labor Day weekend fly by like ours did? I feel like I was just clocking out at work Friday, looking forward to…
15 Unique Avocado Recipes (That Aren’t Guac)
Everybody knows avocado = guacamole, but if you’re searching for a creative way to use up your leftover Cinco de Mayo avocado stash, you’re in the right place. This round-up of 15 unique, mostly-healthy avocado recipes will make you say, “guaca-scuse me?” If you’re anything like me, you were in your happy place—elbow-deep in a…
World Health Day 2016 – Healthy Hacks for the 9-5 Life
Hello, hello! Did you guys know that today is World Health Day? I didn’t until a few days ago when the fine folks at Cotopaxi asked me to share some of my “healthy living hacks” with you guys. World Health Day, which falls on the birth date (April 7) of the World Health Organization, is…
5 Food “Rules” I Follow Every Day + WIAW
…Not the kind of title you’d expect on my blog, right? Well, I’m not talking about the typical food “rule.” You know the ones: only low-fat dairy no dessert except on weekends if I eat that cupcake, then I have to run 30 extra minutes on the treadmill just one perfectly-measured TBSP of nut butter,…
The Importance of Sleep (Alternate Title: My Life As A Zombie)
I wrote this post over a month ago, but come on. Sleep deprivation is always a thing in this house, so now’s as good a time as ever to share. A while back I read this post on feeling “generally healthy” and it resonated with me. The last few years—particularly during my pregnancy and my postpartum…
Thoughts on Balance: Are We Cheating Ourselves?
Jen at Bagels to Broccoli shared a great post recently, and it got me thinking about my own use of the word balance. In fact, it got me thinking about the term in a way I never have before. Balance is a good thing, right? We all strive for balance, whether it’s the effort we…
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