If I could do a repeat of this weekend, I would! We had friends visiting us and we did all things fall. After starting Saturday off with a yoga class and wandering around the local farmers market, I made us all breakfast. I made loaded scrambled eggs with pumpkin spice protein pancakes and it was delightful! We then went to a local apple orchard to get our caramel apple fix and pick out a couple pumpkins. Caramel apples are a must in the fall. I even have a homemade Paleo Caramel Apple recipe that you can get here! We ended the day by going to a haunted house. I absolutely love haunted houses but have a hard time finding other people who will go with me. So when my friends were open to it, I jumped on the opportunity! On Sunday we took our friends to my ultimate favorite breakfast spot to this local restaurant where there are tons of healthy and gluten free options. Checkout my instagram to see some of their fabulous breakfast options! After breakfast our friends headed home and the rest of my Sunday was spent getting a workout in, recipe development and working on my new website. I cannot wait to launch my new site! Stay tuned as I will be launching it very soon! Any weekend that is full of friends, fun activities, delicious food and working on the blog is a good weekend!
Now it is time to keep that motivation going and get things done this week. I get so many questions about weekly meal planning and prepping so Thursday I will be hosting Healthy Happy Hour: Meal Plan Edition! If you are in the Eau Claire area (or want to make the trip!) I will be joining forces with a couple other lovely ladies to bring you a night of education and meal planning. You will walk away with a full month of planned meals and have the tools to continue meal planning for months to come. If you’re looking for the best tips and tricks on how to make eating healthy easier all week long, join us this Thursday!
Speaking of meal planning, this would get a great recipe to add to your weekly meal plan! Once everything is in the crockpot you walk away and come back 8 hours later and have a delicious and healthy dinner! Now that it is cooling off and winter is upon us, I will be using my crockpot weekly. There is just something comforting about having a hot stew, soup or chili on cold nights.
- 1.5 lb beef stew meat
- 1 8oz container baby bella mushrooms
- 2 cup Yukon gold potatoes, cubed
- 2 cups carrots, peeled and chopped
- 2 cup celery, chopped
- ½ yellow onion, chopped
- 32oz beef broth
- ¼ cup tapioca flour
- 2 tbsp coconut aminos
- 1 tbsp parsley
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- Add all ingredients to a crock pot and mix well. Cook on low for 8 hours.
- Enjoy!