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Chocolate Banana Bread- No Sugar
Back to school in full swing and the snack monsters are ALWAYS HUNGRY!!! A quick 10 minutes of prepping this and into the oven for 50 and within an hour a yummy, healthy, no sugar snack is on the table! My girls helped crack the eggs, stir, measure, and pour and you know, the more they help, the more they want to eat what they make! Here’s our SIMPLE healthier chocolate banana bread recipe! Wet Ingredients: 2 ripe bananas, mashed 2 eggs 1/2 c unsweetened vanilla almond milk 1/4 c organic wildflower honey 1 tsp vanilla Dry Ingredients: 2/3 c whole wheat or almond flour 1 c…
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Healthy Organic Smoothie for Kids- What is Daily Sunshine?
As a mom and a pediatric nurse, want to hear something that freaks me out!? Today, about one in five school-aged children (ages 6–19) has obesity. The obesity rates in children has TRIPLED since the 70’s. And our children are developing more preventable diseases now than ever before. Their activity levels have declined and their obesity rates have increased. (Read the latest CDC data HERE) And a big majority of that is due to nutrition. We’re failing our children, momma’s and dad’s. And something has to change. Let’s be honest, as a momma, feeding my kids healthy options isn’t always the easiest. Some days we count veggie chips as…
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Texas Caviar- Clean and Simple
We all do it. We have a BBQ coming up. We swear we’re going to plan ahead, find some cute/healthy/fun recipe on Pinterest to make and an hour before we go it’s scramble mode to get it together! Raiding the pantry and trying to throw something together. Fortunately, if you’re like me and have a few things in your pantry and fridge already, this can be a breezy 5 minute recipe! We use this as a salad, a side, a dip for tortilla chips, and to top turkey burgers, burritos, tacos, and really anything! You can swap out several things but here’s a good base!…
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Quinoa Chicken Salad- Mediterranean
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30 Day Countdown to Summer Beach Bootcamp and Bonus Core Challenge (Starts May 22nd)
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Lentil and Black Bean Taco Soup (crockpot)
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Unicorn Bark!
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21 Day Fix + 3 Day Refresh Results
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Spring into Summer- 30 Day Health & Fitness Bootcamp
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