• Kids,  Lifestyle,  Recipes

    Organic Smash cake with Strawberry + Beet Icing

    When I began planning Harper’s first birthday, one thing I knew for sure is that my friend Sarah needed to make her smash cake. Sarah is a fellow crunchy mama, a mom of all trades, she makes amazing cakes, creates the best DIY Projects (that she actually finishes), all the while working on her Masters at the University of South Carolina. Her two littles are my children’s friends and we try and spend as much time with them as we can. I told her my vision of Harper’s organic cake and she recreated my idea perfectly! I think the adults at Harper’s smash cake photoshoot enjoyed her cake more than…

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    Two Ingredient Pancakes and Raspberry Chia Seed Jam

    When Nolan started eating actual foods, I was so excited! He could suck down a food pouch in no time! We researched about baby-led weaning and started introducing thicker foods a month or so after purees, and he loved that, too. He started out just holding things like broccoli florets and scrubbing his gums with them and evolved into avocado fingers and banana splits. Introducing him to foods this way has led us to notice a significant difference in him and other children his age who just ate purees. He is not a picky eater and is willing to eat more healthy options than not. Don’t get me wrong, if…

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    Oh kale yes!

    Shopping list: I use all organic ingredients. 2 cups quinoa 2 handfuls of kale, stemmed and chopped into smaller pieces 1 garlic clove, finely chopped 1 sweet onion, finely chopped 1 of each red, orange and yellow bell peppers, coarsely chopped 1 turkey sausage, split length wise and chopped into coarse chunks 1 tablespoon coconut oil Sea salt and pepper to taste Quinoa Recipe: 1- Put uncooked quinoa in a strainer over the sink and rinse with water for 2 minutes. Allow the quinoa to drain. 2- Heat saucepan over medium-high and add 1 tablespoon of coconut oil per cup of quinoa and heat. Toast the quinoa in the oil,…

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    Seared Tuna with Brussels Sprouts and Fries

    When you cook breakfast, lunch, and dinner pretty much every day, you need to look around for recipes that inspire you to make something different so you don’t get stuck in a cooking rut. I am an avid Pinterest addict, and my love for food does not help that addiction at all. I could pin food for hours! I’ve been trying to incorporate new veggies into our meals because I am far too comfortable boiling frozen corn from our garden and calling it a day. Brussel sprouts have always been a vegetable that intrigued me, and this year, I look forward to adding them to my garden because of how cool they…