Can you believe another month has come and gone, *|FNAME|*?June always feels like the real start of summer and we're ready for fun tropical beverages, campfires with smores, and days in the sunshine with summer fruit and our families.What is your favorite part of summer?It’s often easier for us to fall off track with our… Continue reading Announcing my June Summer Strong Squad – Plus! Taste these Berry Protein Pops, download my June Family Fun Calendar & Summer Bucket List
Most popsicles are made primarily of sugar, sugar, and then a little bit more sugar for good measure… but not these! These are the perfect poolside treat … they actually taste GOOD and they’re good for you. What could be better?! For the smoothest strawberry popsicles, you’ll want to blend all the ingredients on high… Continue reading Strawberry Mint Popsicles
One of my FAVORITE ways to get more breakfast food in my life is this mimic of a good skillet hash with my favorite carb... the sweet potato. 🙌☕️ There’s something about a sweet & savory breakfast food dish!
ICYMI: Alara (our youngest daughter) is quite the joiner and anticipates the challenge each year. We encourage her to choose 3 snacks from the recipe booklet for each week that she would like to try, and then we coach her through preparing them at home. Sometimes we take pictures and/or videos of her snacks, and here is one of her snacks prepared for the challenge ;-).
As mamas, we are always looking for healthier ways to serve up kid favorites. So, when I discovered a recipe for healthy Macaroni and Cheese, I decided to dress it up a bit and make it something the kids would love AND I would still approve (and enjoy myself)! The result? A bacon topped 3… Continue reading Healthy Mac & Cheese
Several of you were really interested in seeing how our little project has been going, so Alara and I thought we'd share Alara's fish taco night 😉 Can I just say... my husband is a genius because this has eliminated so many eye rolls, groans, complaints, and reluctance when it comes to dinner time and… Continue reading The Kids Do the Cooking – Fish Tacos
Every Bless-ed Day, I have a version of this Cinnamon Spice Iced Cafe Latte. (Btw.... Can you hear the southern drawl making the word "blessed" 2 syllables)? 🤠🙌🏼 Now, being a Southern Mama usually means we were likely brought up to be good stewards of our hard-earned money, good nurturers to the children God gifted us, and… Continue reading Cinnamon Spice Iced Cafe Latte
I admitted that when you first hear Chicken and Waffles, you're probably not thinking of a healthy dinner :-). In fact you're probably having some 24-hour diner come to mind that fries everything and has no healthier section 2 the menu LOL. You probably are thinking that the only time you could have chicken and… Continue reading Healthier Oven-fried Chicken and Protein Waffles
Last week I shared that these apple banana muffins Donald made were a big hit with the kids, and promised to share the recipe. If you're like me, you're a mom always looking for healthier school snack alternatives that aren't fill of refined sugar , don't stick to dental work LOL, and aren't met with… Continue reading Apple Banana Muffins
Everybody loves fudgy brownies, right?! Oh em geeeee these are good and gluten free! You won't believe how moist and chocolatey they really are! Donald found these on this blog made these the other day and they were gobbled up in 2 days LOL... First thing he says is... don't let the first step fool… Continue reading Fudgy Avocado Brownies
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