This morning Roman & I took a little trip to the farm market to stock up on some fresh, local produce. We are so lucky to be a quick drive from so many wonderful farms. Today we ventured to Pennings so that we could shop…
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thoughts on weight gain in pregnancy
Throughout my pregnancy, several women (both pregnant + not pregnant) gave me advice or asked for advice about pregnancy weight gain. For some women, it was about their discomfort with their pregnant bodies, sadness or embarrassment about “getting fat.” For other women, it was about…
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Recipe: Quick + Easy Stir Fry
Here is a quick, healthy + easy stir fry recipe for you. You can use any grain that you have on hand like rice or pasta. I used a leftover quinoa and wild rice mix that I had from the day before. You’ll need: broccoli…
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Recipe: Easy, Nutritious Peanut Butter Balls
This weekend I made nutritious, delicious, peanut butter balls. These are so easy to make and you can use any ingredients you’ve got around the kitchen. They taste healthy so you don’t feel guilty about eating them – – but they’re also just the right…
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Recipe: Vegan Stuffed Peppers
This weekend we watched two documentaries that reminded us how important a plant-based, whole foods diet is. (Forks Over Knives and Vegucated.) It’s back to clean eating in this house. (And luckily, my pregnancy nausea has finally subsided enough that I have a choice about…
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Health + Beauty Review: Natural Soap & Lotion Bar
Products: Lavender Vanilla Soap and Jasmine Lotion Bar. Core Ingredients: Soap ♥ Fruit & vegetable oils ♥ Homemade beer ♥ Goats milk ♥ Essential oils Lotion bar ♥ Shea & mango butters ♥ Bees wax ♥ Essential oils From the Velvet Soaps Etsy shop: As…
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From Farm to Fridge
Eating clean and green is not easy—don’t let anybody fool you!—but there are things that you can do to simplify. After we picked up our first CSA box, I went straight to work. Cleaning, peeling, and cutting oh my! I made it fun, put on…
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Community-Supported Agriculture
Yesterday we picked up our first CSA (community-supported agriculture) share of the season. Have you heard about CSAs? Community-supported agriculture (in North America sometimes known as community-shared agriculture) is an alternative, locally-based socio-economic model of agriculture and food distribution. A CSA also refers to a…