As I’ve mentioned, Saturday morning is my favorite morning to experiment with breakfast! With gestational diabetes, most of my favorite breakfasts are a no-go, and I’ve been trying to get more protein into all of my meals lately. When my husband suggested we try to blend cottage cheese, I was extremely skeptical. But I’ve got…
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GREEN Smoothie for St. Patrick’s Day!
Started my day off right with a paleo, gluten free, clean eating, DELICIOUS, GREEN smoothie! Yum, yum, yum! I started with 1/2 of an avocado…. 1.5 small apples, cut into chunks 1 cup of spinach 1 cup of coconut water Tossed it into my Ninja to-go cup and voila. A lovely grab and go breakfast!
Paleo Coconut Pancakes with Strawberry Syrup (Recipe At Bottom)
On TV, the pregnant lady gets to eat what she wants. She gets to have cravings and demand late night ice cream runs from her husband. This pregnant lady has been diagnosed with gestational diabetes. Which essentially means a very restrictive diet where I count carbs, measure my blood sugar four times a day, and…
Turkey Sausage & Apple Skillet
Today is Foodie Friday, a link up hosted by some great ladies, which you can find out more about here. Apparently, this is National Apple week, which has inspired me to share a recipe I created years ago that uses apple and apple cider! The picture isn’t exactly the most amazing ever, but the meal…
You Can, Tuesday!: Hydrate with Infused Water
Today, I am working from home and drinking pints! Pints of infused water, that is! Hydration is important at any time, but I am finding it is especially important: 1. during the summer when it is hot, hot, hot 2. When exercising, especially outdoors 3. When taking medication (like pain meds) that dehydrate you! That…
Mojito Fruit Salad
So two things have been happening lately: 1. It’s hot as Hades here in Saint Louis. 2. I love sweets, but the idea of eating like a brownie when it’s killer hot makes me feel sick. So I have a great recipe to share that can satisfy that desire for dessert, but still taste light,…
Alysha’s Crispy Chicken Thighs & Veggies
So this fine specimen of dinner is a creation of Alysha’s – and boy was it tasty! And simple. So I am going to share it with you: Ingredients: (Makes 2 servings) 2 chicken thighs, skin on 2 cups brussels sprouts, washed and halved. 2 onions, sliced 1 teaspoon coconut oil 2 tablespoons Tony Chachare’s…
Spicing Up That Salad
I like to poll my facebook friends for ideas, suggestion and advice. I usually get an assortment of types of answerers – close friends, acquaintances, former classmates, people I forgot were even on facebook…. but this post was one of my most popular posts in awhile (popularity, of course, being judged by the number of…
Better Breakfast
The word breakfast literally means to break one’s fast. A fast is a time of not eating. So breakfast is literally the time of day where we give our bodies the nourishment that it has not received during our slumber. You can argue that our bodies need less energy during the night, to which I…
Work day nibbles!
I thought I would share an example of the food I am taking to stay full and away from the vending machine all day at work! What we have pictured for today is: Half an avocado Salad with romaine, cucumbers, bell pepper, homemade peach vinaigrette, and a sliced hard boiled egg Almonds Cherries Cucumber, jicama,…