If you’ve spent any time on Pinterest, you’ve probably seen beautiful pins that show perfect weekly meal prep – a week’s worth of fruits, vegetables, meals and snacks, all perfectly portioned in matching containers, lined up neatly in a clean and organized refrigerator. And those pins invariably link to a [continue reading]
20 Easy and Healthy Family Meals – Free ebook
If you’re a busy mom on the go, and especially if you’re trying to feed a busy family, you know how tempting it is to rely on fast food and prepared meals. It’s hard to come up with easy and healthy family meals when you’re pressed for time – and [continue reading]
Healthy Eating 101, Part 4 – Let’s Get Started!
OK, it’s time. If you’ve stuck with me through the first 3 parts of Healthy Eating 101 – organization and planning, bad news about processed food, and good news about real food – you’re probably giving serious thought to changing the way you and your family eat. (Includes affiliate links) Wonderful! [continue reading]
Healthy Eating 101, Part 3 – 4 Reasons to Eat Real Food
You know that you’re supposed to eat real food, but what exactly is it? I’m sure there’s a formal definition somewhere, but here’s my definition – real food is the food our great grandparents ate. It’s the food everyone ate, back when food came from farms, not factories. Basically, it’s [continue reading]
Healthy Eating 101, Part 2 – Why You Should Eat Less Processed Food
When I started thinking about this series of posts, Healthy Eating 101, I didn’t intend to talk much about processed foods. I wanted to keep the series positive and to emphasize simple changes we can make to improve what we eat. But then the New York Times Magazine published an [continue reading]
Healthy Eating 101, Part 1 – Get Organized and Make a Healthy Eating Plan
Why You Need a Healthy Eating Plan If you’re striving to live a calmer, healthier and sexier life, one of the keys to achieving that goal is feeding yourself well. Your body (and your mind and spirit) craves the nutrients that fruits, vegetables, nuts, whole grains, lean meat and healthy [continue reading]