Homemade Chocolate Syrup Recipe In our quest to eat healthier/cleaner we tossed many many items into the trash. Chocolate syrup was one of the casualties, which made Emma & Ethan sad kidlets. They are addicted to their chocolate milk every morning. This made my mission even more important to find a cleaner healthier option for their morning pick me up. I found this recipe at Loving The Bike, which went on to mention the antioxidant … [Read more...]
Lemon Lentil Salad Recipe
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Lemon Lentil Salad Recipe Did you know that lentils have the third highest level of protein out of all the legumes and nuts? Health Magazine even selected them as one of the five healthiest foods to eat! I love using the in soups and salads and they take on the flavor of whatever ingredients you use. I discovered this recipe for Lemon Lentil Salad on the Food Network Canada app on my iPhone. It's so simple to make and literally takes only 5 … [Read more...]
Melted Crayon Art | 100th Day Of School Project
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Crayon Art | 100th Day Of School Project Today was Emma’s 100th day of school. The class was celebrating with a 100th Day Art Show featuring the kindergarten class’s artwork. The parents were tasked with coming up with an idea with the child and helping them create their masterpiece. After some web surfing, Emma decided on a melted crayon art project that she saw on this blog. Although she could not complete this project on her own, she could … [Read more...]
Homemade Hummus Recipe | Super Bowl Anyone?
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Homemade Hummus Recipe | Super Bowl Anyone? Hummus has been a staple in our household for several years now. I was very resistant, at first, to try it. I mean seriously... ground up chickpeas? But OH MY HEAVENS it can be SO GOOD with pretzels, carrots, celery... heck any vegetable or cracker really. I’ve been known to have hummus for breakfast with cucumbers. Yep. It’s an addiction. There are many “good” store bought options available, but I … [Read more...]
Clean Eating | Slow Cooker Lentil & Rice Casserole Recipe
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Clean Eating | Slow Cooker Lentil & Rice Casserole Recipe I found this recipe the other day while looking for another soup to share. The original poster intended for this to be a “soup”, but with barely any liquid remaining in our batch... we dubbed it a casserole. This recipe has hints of Indian food without the knock you over spice. Everyone loved it and there were a few “words” over the last left-over. Print 5.0 from 1 … [Read more...]
Juicing | Green Juice Recipes
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I don’t typically make New Years Resolutions, but I like to take the New Year as an opportunity to make smart life changes that impact me, and hopefully my family, in a positive way. We have slowly been making food choice changes over the past year or so, but this year I intend to be more mindful when shopping. Some of my plans include avoiding highly processed foods, more cooking from scratch meals, less eating out at “fast food” restaurants, … [Read more...]
Soup Sunday | Enchilada Soup Recipe
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Soup Sunday | Enchilada Soup I dug into my 3 ring binder of recipes that I’ve been hoarding again this week. This time I found a typed page with only a recipe on it. I, for the life of me, can’t remember where I got this recipe or if it was good. I assumed it was, because I kept the recipe. We were snowed in on Thursday and a warm pot of soup on the stove sounded fabulous... so I went to work. Prep was SUPER QUICK and the soup was a HIT! … [Read more...]
Soup Sunday | Sausage and Lentil Stew Recipe
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Soup Sunday | Sausage and Lentil Stew Recipe I have a habit of ripping recipes out of magazines and tucking them away in a binder. I always have good intentions of someday making them, but usually they sit and gather dust. I am a creature of habit and we typically rotate the same meals over and over again. This week I dug through my recipes looking for a yummy but different soup/stew recipe. I found it from a page I tore out of Rachael Ray’s … [Read more...]
Soup Sunday | Sweet Potato and Peanut Stew Recipe
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Soup Sunday | Sweet Potato and Peanut Stew Recipe I almost didn't have a recipe for you this week. Last weekend was a warm one and soup just didn't seem like a great option for lunch/dinner. After speaking to a few of my readers I decided to quickly whip up a batch for this weeks post. It warms my heart that people look forward to this feature and actually try my dishes! We have been slowly converting to sweet potatoes because they are better … [Read more...]
Soup Sunday | Tortellini Soup Recipe
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Soup Sunday | Tortellini Soup Recipe I found a great deal on Tortellini and decided to dig around for a soup recipe instead of just adding spaghetti sauce. I found this recipe at allrecipes.com which I adapted a smidge for a little more flavor. The entire family was surprised (we had never had Tortellini before) and love it! Print 5.0 from 2 reviews Tortellini Soup Recipe Author: Heather Serves: 4-6 Ingredients … [Read more...]
