Dear Single Mama, I see you doing everything – literally everything – with all your heart and all your will… Photo by Erica of EBC Photos Nursing all night or warming up bottles. Doing each diaper change, outfit swap, kitchen cleaning, toilet scrubbing, meal prepping and cooking, lunch box packing, dog walking and pooper-scooping (little human(s) and fury …

When it comes to side dishes, who else votes they all need a delicious glaze?! 🙋🏼‍♀️ Growing up, I’d always request cooked carrots for holidays (who am i?!) but quickly, i got bored of just buttered carrots, so as i grew up and needed to bring sides to festivities and potlucks, i brought cooked carrots …

When you think of summer, you think of warm cozy nights, camping, crickets chirping, BBQs, and watermelon. So. Much. Watermelon. Which is a wonderful thing.  My mom is the ultimate watermelon lover, and I’ve never been overly obsessed with it until this year. And I attribute that to all the beautiful local produce we have …

Ingredients: 1 can black,  pitted olives 1 cup cherry tomatoes, either whole or sliced in half 2 cups whole wheat or gluten free pasta, cooked 1 red bell pepper, chopped 1 bundle of asparagus, ends discarded and chopped 2 medium zucchini, peeled and chopped 3 carrots, peeled and chopped 1 tablespoon minced garlic OPTIONAL, 2 …

Hiiiiiiiii oh my gosh, has it been forever or has it been forever since I’ve posted a new recipe?! The last few months with looking for a new place to move into, then moving, then unpacking, led to awful eating habits and abandoning the kitchen almost completely for almost three months. Seriously – my body …

Asian Citrus Salad with Sweet Sesame Dressing

In the past, a few of my Instagram followers asked me to post some of my favorite salads, and most recently, I was asked to share some of my favorite clean salad dressings. I absolutely loved this idea, because salads are such a staple in my weekly menus. In fact, I’m eating one right now …

Clean Cornbread

I have been searching for a clean cornbread recipe, and haven’t found one I’m totally over the moon about yet. So when I don’t find something, I make it. I literally can’t stop daydreaming about pairing this with my chicken tortilla soup. I’m adapting Taste of Home’s “Buttery Corn Bread Recipe” into a clean version….because I’m …