It's Day 4 of Smoothie Week! Today's recipe features another potentially unexpected ingredient... but don't knock it til you try it! The combination of strawberries + dates + cottage cheese (yes, cottage cheese!) tastes like you are drinking strawberry cheesecake- it's my latest obsession! Of course, you can always replace the cottage cheese with vanilla protein powder-- but it's not the same, trust me! I love cottage cheese as one of my favorite inexpensive protein powder-free ways to get in...
almost 2 years ago • 1 min read
It's Day 3 of Smoothie Week! Today I'm featuring a smoothie with one of my favorite warm-weather fruits- peaches- and TWO veggies-- spinach and zucchini (yes, zucchini!). I love to freeze zucchini that might be wilting a little in the fridge- it makes your smoothie creamy (without adding a whole banana) and adds a fiber and nutrient boost! I call this one Peaches n' Greens (you know, like Peaches and Cream... you get the gist 😉). Peaches n’ Greens: 3/4 cup frozen peaches 1/2 cup frozen...
almost 2 years ago • 1 min read
It's Day 2 of Healthy Mama Smoothie Week and I am SO excited to share this one-- if you're a fan of chocolate, RUN, do not walk to try this smoothie! I love using avocado in my smoothies! I freeze them when they're ripe and I'm not sure if I'll be using the other half- they're a perfect healthy fat source for smoothies and they make them ULTRA creamy. Now, if you don't love or have avocado- almond butter works, too- I just add a few extra cherries so it blends well. Dark Chocolate Cherry...
almost 2 years ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader! If you've been following along over on Instagram you know I am deep in the middle of moving (side note- why is moving so hard?!)- but even in all of the craziness, we have eaten delicious meals- simple, but still delicious-- and you know why?? Cooking delicious meals doesn't have to be hard. It doesn't have to feel overwhelming or take a ton of time. And sure, sometimes it's fun to grab a glass of wine, turn the music and cook slowly- while the kids are asleep (or with grandma!),...
over 3 years ago • 1 min read
Does cooking meals and getting food on the table feel a little more like 😬 or 😁to you?!If you're a little like 😬 (or you love to cook, but the actual act of getting meals on the table still feels overwhelming), let's chat!! I chat with people in my DM's over on Instagram every week who say things to me like, "I wish I could learn to cook (more interesting/healthier/different) meals but I just don't have the time," ... "I never really learned to cook and I don't even know where to start now,"...
over 3 years ago • 2 min read
Have you heard of seed cycling?I'll be honest, I've known about seed cycling for YEARS but never really tried it. I wasn't really sure how to incorporate the seeds at different times in my cycle in a way that didn't feel like I was chomping on a handful of bird food every day. Funny enough, when Dr. Heather Rhodes and I got together to start brainstorming for the Nutrition for Happier Hormones bundle, this was ALSO an area she hears is a struggle from her clients! So obviously, I took it as a...
over 3 years ago • 1 min read
If you read last week's email or you've listened to my hormone balance journey podcast episode, you know my journey to hormone balance has been quite the- umm, adventure. But not the fun kind of adventure where you don't really know where you're going and you just want to enjoy the journey. I had a destination I wanted to get to (feeling energized, not having crazy PMS, getting rid of my forever cystic acne, regular cycles, stable weight, balanced mood- it was a tall order, I know) but I had...
over 3 years ago • 2 min read
Let's talk hormones.If you're new around here, this might feel a little out of the blue- but if you've been around for a while, you know my hormone balance journey has been long and winding and it's something I LOVE to talk about from time to time, because balancing my hormones has been a GAME changer (to put it lightly) in living a balanced life.My hormone balance journey started, like most of us, way back in Middle School, when my hormones first starting shifting- a lot earlier than some...
over 3 years ago • 3 min read