healthy recipe links

April 9th, 2012 · Debbie · baby friendly recipes, health, health, recipes One comment

you may remember this post about the changes I decided to make for a healthier diet. This past week we started strong and I tried a lot of new recipes that we loved, here are the links to them:

this healthy granola recipe is absolutely delicious and makes a whole bunch! I added some dark chocolate chips when the granola was cooling. It makes a great breakfast with milk or yogurt or even a snack for the road.

our favorite breakfast recently is spinach and potato frittata it’s a great way to get some healthy spinach into the kids diet. I usually half the recipe for me and the kids.

I made a double batch of whole grain morning glory muffins this week so that I could freeze a batch for when the baby gets here. I substituted the sugar with palm sugar to make them a little healthier.

we tried this massaged kale salad for lunch this week, I added chicken and avocado and it was delicious!

I’ve been enjoying some of the Engine 2 Diet Recipes, especially this oil-free hummus recipe that is also vegan. I used it as a spread in my healthy lunch wrap.

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project 52: week fourteen

April 6th, 2012 · Debbie · project 52 One comment

family is…letting them fly

We are at a really strange (for us) stage with our first born. He is turning 5 in the fall so he’s really getting into this ‘big boy’ phase. In some ways it’s hard to see them grow up and start to get their independence, but then again I love it. I love that he is starting to be brave enough to do his own thing, his personality is developing including his likes and dislikes. It’s an exciting stage! This week he was picked to film a short commercial for a local company. As I was with him at the shoot I made a conscious effort to step back and just be there. It was kind of painful to not jump in as the mama and give him direction or make sure he was doing the right thing. But in stepping back and just letting him do it I found an amazing thing. He did it. He took direction from other adults, he had a good attitude, he had a great time and every so often he looked over at me for some reassurance. It actually makes me kind of teary eyed thinking about it now, sometimes it’s so hard for me to not see him as my little baby still and he surprises me all the time. I think that it’s so important as a family to just let our kids fly, to let them test the waters and see what they are capable of because when they do that they will find confidence in who they are.