I’ve been meaning to make a post about my thoughts on food for awhile now. I talk about food a lot — both here on the blog & in my every day life. It’s a topic that I am truly passionate about. When it comes…
food + nutrition
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Beech-Nut: Real Food for Babies
Read moreI was excited when Beech-Nut reached out and asked us to try out their new line of real food for babies. Beech-Nut has always been one of my favourite brands to feed Roman. Many of the big name baby brands put extra ingredients & additives…
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Recipe: Vegan Kale Pesto Pasta
Read moreIngredients 1/2 cup raw cashew pieces 1/2 cup raw, shelled sunflower seeds 1 cup almond milk 1 cup extra virgin olive oil 3 handfuls kale 4 cloves garlic 1 box vegan pasta (we like: this kind) Directions Boil pasta according to package. Drain and rinse.…
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Good Food Made Simple
Read moreA few months ago, the folks over at Good Food Made Simple (GFMS) reached out and asked us to give their food a try. I am always skeptical about packaged/frozen food. In my experience convenience usually comes at a (nasty!) cost. However, when our sample…
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Toasted Mozzarella Kale & Garlic Sandwich
Read moreOver the weekend, I made this heavenly sandwich — the most delicious sandwich that I’ve ever had. I used grilled vegetables (onions and green bell peppers) but you can use anything as a filler — vegetables, meat, whatever you like. I’ll break the recipe into…
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Immunity Boosting Juice
Read moreThis morning, we broke out the juicer for the first time in awhile and M. made the most delicious juice that we’ve had yet. Typically I have to choke down fresh juice — it can be so bitter and grainy — but this one was…
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Baby Weight, Cleansing + A Breastfeeding Smoothie
Read moreLately so many people that I know have been doing cleanses and I think that it’s awesome! It makes me so happy to know that people are starting to wake up to the horrors of the Standard American Diet (SAD), and become educated about the…
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I Heart Almond Milk
Read moreClearly, we like to play with food in this house. 😉 Jokes aside, it’s not a secret that we take food seriously around here, too. I stopped drinking cow’s milk about three years ago, not coincidentally, right around the time that I watched Food, Inc.…
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Whole Foods: Delicious, Raw, Vegan Recipes
Read moreAfter the last post in my whole foods series, I received another question about eating raw. This time I was asked to share some raw food recipes. When we think about raw food and incorporating raw food into our diets, we typically think of eating…