If you have extra quinoa laying around in your fridge, make these!! My mom made them for me recently and they are delicious! The have just the right amount of sweet. She got the recipe from Dr. Oz. You don’t even need the dark chocolate chips if you don’t want to. First, get all your…
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Homemade Trail Mix
Have you ever made your own Trail Mix? They are convent to buy but even more fun to make as a family activity! Less sugar in our homemade variety too! We have been having some warmer weather (60’s) this past week, so I decided to get out for a nature walk with the kids. We made…
Salad in a Jar
Who buys lettuce and then it goes bad because you never have TIME to prepare a simple salad during the day? I know I have had that happen many times. I love salads, but finding time to put it together is hard with my busy, always changing schedule with three kids. Preparing meals ahead of…
Spinach, bacon and quinoa power bites
I found this recipe awhile back and cannot remember where. I used it as my pre workout meal to fuel me with energy for my workout. It worked and they were delicious!!! The serving size is 3 power bites, so pretty good size meal and really easy to make. There are just two things you…
Tilapia Tacos
This is another option for a Taco Night filling. You can use it in your homemade tortilla shells or I personally enjoy it on my romaine lettuce boats. It is a meal you leave feeling satisfied but not stuffed. It is such a light simple meal that the whole family will enjoy. Mine does! You…
Taco Veggie Bowl
This is a meal that I threw together one day because it was getting late, I didn’t want a lot of clean up and it was stuff I had on hand. It has now become one of our favorite meals!! Super easy, quick and pretty healthy with all the veggies. If you have a Trader…
Kale Marinated Greens
I found this recipe in an issue of World Health News. With the many ingredients it is a very healing dish for your body. Everything is raw but when marinated takes on such a great flavor! This batch lasted me about 3 days with a side salad for my lunch. You will need kale greens,…
Christmas Pancake Ideas
We are a weekly pancake eating family, so we love getting creative for different holidays! Here are a few ideas we have done for the Christmas Holiday. I will add as we do more but here are a few you can share with your family. Before I share our families creations though, I wanted to…
Say goodbye to Jelly!
It all started when I ran out of jelly one day. I started making the kids sandwiches for school that morning, when I noticed I was out of jelly. There was no time to run to the store, so I got creative. I decided to slice up some banana to go along with my daughters…
Shakeology gave me the energy I was lacking!
After having my third child in 2013, I was struggling with my energy and nutrition. I was grabbing anything that was easy to eat. I felt so BUSY and exhausted all the time, I literally was crashing halfway through the day needing a nap at 3pm. Once I started working out regularly, I also started…