Spiralized Carrot Salad

The deep winter CSA share was great, but left us drowning in carrots.  Which meant I was scrambling for ways for us to eat them because raw-carrots-dipped-in-ranch was getting bor-ing.  And one can only eat so many maple roasted carrots.  As spring arrived I…

What We Eat…a meal plan share

Meal planning takes time, for sure.  But I’ve come to see that it is always time well spent.  I try to take some time on Mondays to plan out our week of meals and snacks (at least for me and the hubs; the kids’…

One Skillet Cabbage and Beef

Confession–I’ve only come to love most vegetables in the past 10 or so years.  Before I met my husband I was a peas and carrots and corn kinda gal. As my hubby pushed his favorite veggies on me (asparagus, broccoli with cheese) I began…

My Fitness Story (Part 2)

If you haven’t caught up on the beginning of my story, you can do so over here. Because this is the part of the story where real change happens.  And it was scary for me. I had tried to do other fitness programs and workout…

Kale and Sweet Potato Salad

It’s Fall in New England and the eating is…not easy.  My body brain keeps telling me to cook and eat fattening comfort foods.  I’m desperately trying not to listen to it, because my body knows that it doesn’t need it. There are some great comfort…