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30 Day Shift… Spring Clean Your Mind, Body, and Soul
What Can You Do in 30 Days… As a fitness and nutrition coach, especially this time of year, I’m often asked, “How can I get it together in time for summer?” I have two answers. First, release yourself of the stress of “getting it together” in time for summer. There’s no rule that says we have to get it together. Society puts too much pressure on having a “bikini body” for summer. Want a bikini body for summer? Put a bikini on your body. Enjoy your summer. Goal achieved. Second, focus on daily habits that create an achievable lifestyle and help you to achieve both short and long term results…
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Pesto Shrimp Zoodle Bowl
What’s my favorite kind of lunch? One that takes less than 10 minutes, is packed with flavor, and aligns with my fitness and nutrition goals too. This is one of my favorites. Quick. Healthy. Delicious. And minimal ingredients. The added bonus is that at least one of my kids will eat it too! Today’s lunch (and I made a double batch so tomorrow’s meal too) is one of my favorites for a combination of yummy flavors, is a great addition to any weekly meal prep, or can be a simple dinner for two as well. Zoodles make for a delicious alternative to a heavy carbohydrate pasta. Now, don’t get me…
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Easy Loaded Potato Veggie Soup (Kid Approved)
One of the best compliments I think I’ve ever received came from my ten year old after she took a bite… “Mom! This is delicious! You should open a restaurant and call it ‘Mommy’s Soup Kitchen’ and serve soups just like this!” She doesn’t know I secretly would love to open a little cafe with hearty and healthy soups, gourmet sandwiches, and all kinds of coffee and desserts. But that dream exhausts me to the core thinking about it. And I’m much more content whipping up delicious little family friendly recipes with a healthy twist in the comfort of my own kitchen, and sharing them with friends on my blog.…
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Nutrition Simplified- Achieving Balance and Sustainability
Nutrition is my jam. Now, anyway. It wasn’t always. Yeah, I ate “healthy”. Lean Cuisines and Diet Coke used to be my jam. I paid zero attention to what I was putting in my body, but fully believed that a 1500 calorie salad was a good lunch choice and could nearly eat my weight in steak, baked potato, and buttery green beans at dinner… protein, carb, veggie, right? About 5 years ago I committed to and dove into a fitness and nutrition program that would forever change the landscape of how I approached my nutrition. One that allowed for balance. See, I was always under the impression you could have…
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Spaghetti Squash Taco Lasagna Bake
This is one of those dinners… that satisfies every #TacoTuesday need. There’s something about Taco Tuesday. Every Monday night I get a little excited. Like it’s Christmas. Like the Taco Fairy is going to pay a visit to my house and sprinkle my taste buds with heavenly deliciousness of savory and cheesy and spicy goodness! This recipe is one that I may have dreamed of and woke up on Taco Tuesday eager to create. Yes, I dream about Taco Tuesday. Doesn’t everyone? Healthy. Clean. Lower carb. Super filling. Loaded with protein and veggies. My only regret when I made this was that I ran out of avocados the day prior.…
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Carrot Cake Protein Muffins
When breakfast tastes like dessert… I call that a win. These are quite possibly my favorite grab-and-go muffins that taste heavenly, require a minimum of ingredients, and give you a filling serving of protein, veggies, carbs, and an optional add in of healthy fats too. I am a sucker for carrot cake. When carrot cake is healthier? Even better. When I can have carrot cake for breakfast? I’m in love. As a mother, muffins that pack a protein punch with the addition of my favorite- Vegan Vanilla Shakeology (a powerhouse plant based superfood shake mix that we use as a go-to for baking and to blend into daily milkshakes) mean…
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It’s Back! Annual Health Bet Challenge!
When you bet on yourself, it’s hard to lose… I am soooo pumped to bring you my second ever “HEALTH BET” Biggest Loser style Health and Fitness Challenge! This is a 30 Day Group dedicated to helping you get results and creating healthier habits that last long term. This is a great jumpstart in motivation and mindset going into the spring season. Sometimes that extra motivation is needed. We need a push, a boost, and a reason to work for those results. I’m no stranger to lack of motivation. That was me for a lot of years. I was tired of being tired. Tired of being out of shape and…
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Perfect Instant Pot Beef Stew
Owning and cooking with an Instant Pot is a lot like starting a fitness journey…. You purchase the equipment you need. More often than not you let it sit in the box, in the back of the closet/pantry, staring at you, judging you, silently asking, “When are you going to do this, girl?!” Then one day you decide it’s time. So you drag it out, spend more time perusing the internet than you should figuring out “how” to start, and just decide to tear the bandaid off. You throw some things together, you break a sweat in the process, you take caution to avoid injury, and when it’s all said…
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Summer Sweet Corn Chowder
Harvest is near. Driving home every day we’re surrounded by cornfields and bean fields. I can see them starting to change. Corn stalks turning brown. Bean leaves yellowing after a summer of repeated rain and midwestern sun beating down. And my heart leaps a little bit because it means my favorite season is approaching. One of my favorite things about fall is food. Okay, I lied. I like food in every season. But I LOVE fall food. Crockpots. Instapots. Chili simmering on the stove. Football season food. The smells of cinnamon and nutmeg and pumpkin pie spice. I’m drooling just typing this. With summer is drawing to a close,…
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Superfood Chicken Chili (crockpot)
This soup came to fruition after looking through my fridge/pantry, deciding I needed to go grocery shopping, but with a barfy kid, feeling quarantined to the house, I decided I needed to use up what was left of my previous week’s meal prep/grocery trip first. Enter: Superfood Chicken Chili And let me tell you… this turned out so much better than I imagined! This could easily be done in an Instant Pot too- but I haven’t purchased mine yet! I hope you enjoy. Do me a solid… comment below what you thought of it! I’d love your feedback! Ingredients: 2-3 medium/large chicken breasts 3/4 c lentils, raw, washed 2…
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