And just like that we are one week from Thanksgiving! Time is absolutely flying by. I can’t believe just a year ago I was on maternity leave, baby A was not even 3 months old and we were gearing up for our first holiday season as a family of 3! I haven’t been this excited…
Desserts
Strawberry Banana Brownie Chunk Sherbet
Happy Monday! I hope all the mom’s out there had a great weekend celebrating YOU. I celebrated my very first Mother’s Day and it was perfect. My husband surprised me with a necklace with Avri’s name and birth date on it. I absolutely love it and never want to take it off. We spent all…
Carrot Cake Muffins
Welcome to a brand new week full of brand new opportunities! Let me be real honest with you, I did NOT wake up this morning with this opportunistic attitude. Nope. My day started at 3:45am with baby girl fussing in her crib. She has been sleeping through the night for the last month so I…
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Happy April! I can’t believe it is April already. Where is time going? I always love the first of each month because I get to look back and see which recipes you all loved the past 30 days. This months featured recipe are these Lemon Blueberry Vanilla Collagen Protein Balls! It’s always fun to see…
Raspberry Lemon Bars
Happy love week! Valentine’s Day is on Thursday and if you are in a committed relationship or enjoying the single life, it’s still a day to celebrate! Even though I believe you should show your loved ones each and every day that you love them, Valentine’s Day can still be fun to show a little…
2018 Top 10 Most Popular Recipes
Happy first full week of 2019! Did you set a resolution this year? Last week I chatted about New Year resolutions and how I am not much of a fan of them. BUT, I shared a health and fitness resolution worth making this year. There is no detox, juice cleanse or rigid workout schedule involved….
Egg Free Peanut Butter Cookies
Happy Monday to you all out there! How is it that Christmas is in just a short couple weeks? I have yet to do any Christmas shopping. I have ideas though so that sort of counts, right? I am going into my second week of being back at work. And man, it’s a lot of…
Caramelized Pears with Ice Cream
I never used to dread Mondays, until today. Today is my first day back to work since having Avri… Three amazing months home with her every single day soaking up all the smiles, snuggles and playtime I could get. And that’s all I am going to say about that before I turn into yet another…
Sweet Potato Banana Bread + The Missing Link to Fat Loss for the Busy Mom
Happy Monday friends! The sun is FINALLY out and it feels oh so good! Just over a year ago I was asked to write an article for a local magazine called 5ive for Women. The article was for one of their summer issues and I wrote about staying fit inspired during the summer. Check out…
Pumpkin Spice Peanut Butter Bites
I have always been a planner and flying by the seat of my pants isn’t one of my strong suits. I always thought of myself as a pretty proactive planner. I get things done in advanced (for the most part), I pre plan our meals for the week before going to the grocery store, I…