OH MY GOSH YOU GUYS!!!!! I went to a BBQ tonight and my mind.was.blown….my tastebuds were dancing…and my waistline was thanking me. Seriously, WHERE HAS THIS IDEA BEEN ALL MY LIFE?!?! I have to start by thanking my friend, Justine,  her husband, and their sweet baby boy for having Tanner & I over tonight and …

So I was stranded without my car keys yesterday for an hour and thought….hmmm…what to do, what to do?! I didn’t want to spend it on the computer, so decided to meal prep some breakfast for next week. I hadn’t been grocery shopping in AGES so had to make due with what I had in …

I’ve been home visiting my family this week, and there’s just something about Northern California and 90 degree weather that’s been making me crave lemonade like crazy. There are a ton of healthy lemonade recipes out there, but my mom had Simply Lemonade in the fridge, so that’s been doing the trick this week!   …

Hiii TIU beach babes! Blue Paddle SUP and I have a very special, fun meet up planned for you!! Two weekends during the month of May, we’re PADDLEBOARDING!!   Blue Paddle SUP private group lessons are normally $45, but Maggie is giving our group ten dollars off per person! Our special cost is only $35, which …

I’m completely honored and humbled to have reached 15,000 Instagram followers this week, so am #celebrating15k by honoring the number 15 all week long!  First up – SEALAND BIRK! An amazing water tapped straight from birch trees in Finland. I’ll be posting ALL about Birk soon, but have a limited time deal for all my …

I used to absolutely loathe eating breakfast because I wasn’t really a fan of any breakfast foods. Since acai and other fruit bowls appeared into my life, brekkie is one of my favorite meals of the day!  I have a LOT, and I mean a lotttttt of different smoothie & smoothie bowl creations [which I’ll …

Birk + Pancake = Birkcake Its been so much fun being an ambassador for Sealand Birk, [ill touch on this in another blog post soon] a USDA organic, all-natural  ‘superwater’ tapped directly from birch trees in Finland. Birk has NO artificial flavoring or additives, and the flavored Birk is flavored with less than 2% organic …

I absolutely LOVE my sister’s pineapple burgers I’ve featured here before, and tonight my ground turkey and crushed pineapples were calling my name. Tanner has been super picky lately (hello, 19 month old who snuck up on me!) so it’s been crucial for me to disguise veggies in creative ways. Tonight was 17283738% a success! …

I love love love zoodles and they are my absolute favorite with a good meat sauce. I love topping them with my veggie meat sauce, but was looking for something a little different tonight. They ended up with a kick of spice, and whole lotta nice 😉 Ingredients: One pound extra lean, organic ground turkey …

Tums & Guns and LYB Week THREE!

WOAH! This week is week 3?! Seriously?! That means we’re already almost half way through the #tiuTUMSandGUNS challenge AND TIU’s Love your Body series! Time to get serious and buckle down to fully commit to the rest of the month, the challenge, and set a positive example for how we’d like the rest of our …