Posts

Salad Love with The Cookbook Club

Image
 Joanne Tracey over at Brookford Kitchen Diaries has started up a monthly cookbook club and the rules such as they are are loose enough that it's easy to follow along and participate.  This month we were asked to look for some sort of healthy living cookbook. I found Salad Love: Crunchy, Savory, and Filling Meals You Can Make Every Day The very beginning of the book David explains that he's not a chef or a cook or anything in the culinary field. His book came about naturally after challenging himself to come up with healthy lunches (at his desk!) for a year. He talks about how/where he stores his tools and foods in the office, why he chose to eat mostly non-processed foods, why his has more of a plant-based focus, and how we able to prepare these right at his desk.  Then the next sections gets into how he assembles his various salads. What he uses for bases, what he uses for proteins, what toppings he adds on, what dressings he's made/uses and goes over the amounts of ea...

Winter Blues with Ageless Style

Image
It's the third Thursday of the month and time for another ageless style challenge. This month I picked  "Winter Blues" for  our ageless style group.  While it was very open to interpretation, I picked it knowing I had lots and lots of shades of blue I could use to pull together a stylish outfit.  I finally settled on using this navy and white striped sweater I had gotten in my last Stitch Fix box. It paired perfectly with a pair of navy pants I already had in my closet.  I just love the detailing on the back!  Amy ~ Amy’s Creative Pursuits Blog  |  Instagram  |  Pinterest  |  Facebook  | Bo ~ Bo's Bodacious Blog Blog  /  Instagram  / Pinterest  /  Bloglovin' Jennifer ~ Overflowing with Thankfulness  Blog / Instagram / Pinterest Joanne ~ My Slice of Life Blog / Instagram/ Pinterest/ Facebook Jodie ~ Jodie’s Touch of Style Blog  |  Instagram  |  Facebook  | Marsha~ Mars...

Weigh- In Wednesday: My Favorite Protein Packed Fruit Dip

Image
After rejoining Weight Watchers, I knew I wanted to reinstate my Weigh- In Wednesdays posts. On the third Wednesday of every month I'll have a new post/party up for everyone to share workout tips, weight loss thoughts and ideas, and healthy recipes to fuel us on our journey to better health.  Just before leaving for vacation I did a quick weigh- in and found I was down a couple of pounds weighing in around 165. I thought for sure I was going to gain those 3 lbs. back while on vacation but I didn't!  In fact, the day we returned home I weighed in to find I was at the exact same weight right down to the 10th of a pound. I was quite pleasantly surprised by that and it has spurned me on to keep working out 5 days a week.  I rarely snack anymore during the day but if I do I try to make sure it's something filling and somewhat healthy. One of my friends mentioned making a fruit dip that combines non-fat Greek yogurt and peanut butter or peanut butter powder.  I happened to...

Throwback Tuesday: Homeschooling for the Long Haul

Image
Originally posted January 4, 2013 when my boys were 5, 6. & 8  I had a few days over our Christmas break where I had a mini anxiety attack, once again thinking we've hardly covered anything this year.  My sister in law is a public school teacher and she pointed out, with much excitement, that the school year is half over.  My heart literally jumped in my chest and I felt my stomach lurch for one fear induced moment and I thought "Oh My GOD!  We're not anywhere near our half-way point in our math curriculum!" Honestly, I think Alec is only on lesson 11 and Ian is at 26 (out of perhaps 150). I had to remind myself that we do so much more for math than just our curriculum.  I was seriously considering not buying any curriculum for next year since we don't seem to follow them anyway.   I also reminded myself that we don't have to follow anyone else's schedule but our own.   It didn't hurt that when talking abou...