I’ve tried just about everything out there to lose weight but could never stick with anything long enough to lose that weight. Then a year and a half ago, I started what I thought was a weight-loss program, but ended up being something that changed my life.
Slow Cooker Pesto Chicken
I love to use pesto for salad dressing, veggie dip, mixed with mayonnaise for a spread and a topping for chicken. This pesto chicken is one of my favorite uses for pesto. And it comes together in the slow cooker, which just makes life better in general.
Essential Kitchen Tools for Healthy Eating
If you’re making the shift toward healthy eating, consider adding these supplies to your kitchen.
Healthy Slow Cooker Chuck Roast
Few things are as comforting on a busy day as coming home to the smell of a roast in the crock pot. Throw some whole wheat bread in the bread maker as well and the comforting smells are right up there with world peace. Plus, using a slow cooker always makes me feel like someone […]
Food labels: What means healthy and what doesn’t?
My kids hate grocery shopping with me. Why? Because I can’t just walk through the isles and pick up a bottle of mayonnaise or a box of cereal and be on my merry way. I have to thoroughly read the labels and ingredients before picking. I like to think I’m being a good example to […]
No Sugar Chocolate Banana Muffins
Every morning my son’s breakfast includes a mini muffin. This is my way of cramming a bit more protein and nutrients into him in an unprocessed way before sending him off to second grade to solve the world’s great problems. I always look for muffin recipes heavy on nuts and/or eggs and low on sugar. […]
10 Sugar-Craving Cures
When people ask me the number one thing I’ve done to make myself healthier I always respond with, “give up sugar.” The automatic response is, “I could NEVER do that. You just don’t understand how much I love sugar.” Oh believe me. I get it! I get it more than most people. I LOVE […]
My Favorite Healthy Subsititutions
This weekend we made some delicious pulled pork for a luncheon after my son’s baptism. The next day after everyone left, I was craving comfort food. In the past, that meant crappy, processed food that made me feel guilty and emotional for eating. Food shouldn’t do that to people. We should feel happy after we […]
Goals: How to Set and Keep Them
In just a few days, we begin 2016. Is it just me, or do the years seem to be going by faster and faster?! I feel like I just got over mourning the end of Christmas season and here we are again! I have to admit, while I am not a fan of January as […]
The True Meaning of Christmas
Merry Christmas! Watch this video as a family and have a great day!