Wellness Mama Weekly Meal Plans!

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Day One of the Wellness Challenge! Are you excited? I am! This week’s mini-challenge is to dial in your nutrition and get a solid foundation in place so you’ll be ready to tackle the other challenges over the next six weeks! Getting your nutrition optimized is one of the most important steps you can take [...]

Healthy Green Bean Casserole

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Green Bean Casserole is probably my favorite Thanksgiving dish of all time. Unfortunately, cream-of-mystery-franken-foods-soup is not healthy, nor are the deep fried onions that typically grace the top of this casserole. (Note: real onions do not turn crispy when fried by themselves… I tried… they burn) This was one of the top requested recipes, and [...]

Wellness Challenge Week Two [and Winners Announced!]

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I’m back in town and back to regular posting! I’m also enjoying catching up on all the forum activity and reading all the Wellness Journals.  Long story short… you guys are awesome and I’m really enjoying getting to “know” you all through the journals! To keep things from getting too cluttered, I’ll be posting at [...]

35 Easy On-The-Go Lunch and Snack Ideas

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I’ve gotten several emails lately asking for some easy options for lunches and snacks on the go. I admit, this isn’t my strongest area since my kids are still pre-school age and my husband is often in and out of his home office around lunch time, so I’m able to just prepare food at home. [...]

Zucchini Lasagna

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Are you grain free now, but sometimes wish you could indulge in a pasta dish without the insulin spike and “brick in the stomach” feeling? My husband had been requesting pasta for a long time, and I’ve been meaning to experiment with a good grain-free lasagna recipe. Thanks to reader Desiree for the inspiration! I [...]

Stocking A Real Food Kitchen

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Keeping a well-stocked kitchen is essential for sticking to a real food lifestyle. If you’ve got healthy foods at your finger tips all the time and no processed foods to fall back on, you won’t be tempted to reach for the cereal on a busy morning. For me, keeping a kitchen well stocked and meal [...]

Grain Free Meal Plan

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Here’s what I’m cooking this week at our house. What are you cooking? My strategy this week is to cook a large amount of meat (a turkey) early in the week to have for use in omelets, stir frys and salads throughout the week. I’m also using the turkey bones to make stock for a [...]