This post is sponsored by the National Peanut Board. I received compensation, but all opinions and content are my own. Fellow peanut butter lovers…welcome to your new favorite breakfast! I decided to use my all-time favorite sandwich, peanut butter and jelly, as inspiration to create a baked oatmeal recipe. This baked oatmeal is not only [...]
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20 Things I’ve Eaten Recently
May 26, 2019 { 9 comments }Clearly it’s been a minute since I shared recent eats with you because after sitting down to edit photos this afternoon, I ended up with 20 of them! I have tons of meal ideas for you today. Let’s jump in and go in reverse order. My grandmother used to have a framed cross-stitch in her [...]
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Day in the Life at One Year Old
May 23, 2019 { 5 comments }The list of things that I want to blog about is a mile long. The number of emails and texts that I need to respond to is embarrassingly high. The projects and work that need to be done around the house are innumerable. I didn’t even get to starting laundry or vacuuming today…ahhh! Between a [...]
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Eats + Trader Joe’s Trip
May 13, 2019 { 6 comments }Happy new week! I’m here to talk food as I am overdue a recent eats round up and I’ve had Trader Joe’s shopping trip photos edited for over a week now. So hopefully this post can serve as inspiration to to make this a great week on the eating front. :) RECENT EATS Cottage cheese [...]
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Secret Ingredient Scrambled Eggs
May 1, 2019 { 9 comments }Welcome to the fluffiest, tastiest scrambled eggs of your life. Oh, and they also pack an extra punch of protein. If you’ve been watching my Instagram stories, you probably know what the secret ingredient is. If not… It’s cottage cheese! Trust me when I say that adding cottage cheese to your scrambled eggs makes them [...]
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13 Things I’ve Eaten Lately
April 28, 2019 { 3 comments }Hold onto your hats people! I have a recent eats post for you that does NOT include smoothie bowls or turkey sandwiches. I’ve been mixing up my breakfasts lately and you’ll even find waffles in the rotation! And there are lots of sandwiches, but some fun and different combinations. So here are 5 breakfasts, 5 [...]
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Catching Up: Eats + Workouts
April 13, 2019 { 8 comments }Whew, I have a lot to catch you up on when it comes to my weekend but before I get into that…let’s rewind a bit. It has been a few weeks since I shared recent eats so I have some highlights for ya. I’m also doing a quick recap of last week’s workouts along with [...]
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Everyday Uses for Plain Greek Yogurt: From Breakfast Bowls to Dressings to Desserts!
April 9, 2019 { 10 comments }This post is sponsored by FAGE; however, all thoughts and opinions are my own. Back in January I shared five ways to use FAGE Total Plain 5% Greek yogurt to make creative yogurt bowls. And today, I am going to show you how I use FAGE Total Plain 5% in a variety of ways, all day [...]
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Kiss Me, I’m Irish + Last Week’s Eats and Workouts
March 17, 2019 { 5 comments }Good morning and happy St. Patrick’s Day. Fun story. My high school mascot was Lucky the Leprechaun, we were the Fighting Irish and our colors were green and gold. Needless to say, St. Patrick’s Day was always a big deal in our town and we had all sorts of events themed around it all month [...]
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Last Week’s Eats & Workouts + A Descending Interval Workout
March 10, 2019 { 8 comments }I am fully aware that daylight savings time happens every year but it never ceases to make me say, “I can’t believe it’s still light outside.” Totally changes the feel of the day. More about that in my weekend recap. For today, last week’s eats and workouts along with a descending interval workout that I [...]
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Sad Recent Eats + A Plan to Improve
March 2, 2019 { 18 comments }Hi there. I hope your weekend is off to a great start. Finn is down for his morning nap so I’m popping in quickly to share recent eats. This is probably the saddest recent eats that I have shared in a while. I was talking to my mom last week about how much I’m struggling [...]
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What I Ate Sunday + Last Week’s Workouts
February 24, 2019 { 5 comments }This weekend was perfection but I’ll have that recap for you in the next post. For now I wanted to quickly share everything I ate today (Sunday) + last week’s workouts. I do tons of recent eats posts but not a lot of “this is everything I ate in a day.” Hopefully this is a [...]
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Weekend Chill Playlist + Florida Eats
February 23, 2019 { 7 comments }It is currently pouring down rain outside and Finn is down for a long morning nap. I can’t blame him…it’s perfect napping weather! We have ZERO plans on our agenda for the weekend, which I’m really happy about. We may go check out a new ALDI that opened close by and maybe do some baking [...]
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Overnight No Go + My First Batch Box
February 16, 2019 { 22 comments }Oh friends. I have had so many experiences with the TSA and overnight oats over the years. While I have had to do my fair share of explaining what they are and talking through it with the TSA agents, there has only been one time that I’ve had to throw them away…until Friday. I think [...]
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Recent Eats + Workouts: PB & Chocolate Love
February 11, 2019 { 10 comments }I hope that Monday was kind to you. While my weekend in Hershey was a million times more amazing than I ever could have dreamed, it was still the best ever to be home with my crew this morning. We enjoyed a very low-key day that included lots of snuggles, a long walk and a [...]
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Moving + Eating
February 3, 2019 { 13 comments }Happy Sunday! We’re having a great weekend over here and I’ll recap it for you tomorrow but for today I wanted to backtrack to last week and cover off on both eats AND workouts. I can’t remember the last time that I shared a weekly workout recap with you and that’s mostly because there hasn’t [...]
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Recent Eats Part 1: Things in Bowls (That My Dad Wouldn’t Eat)
January 24, 2019 { 11 comments }I missed writing a recent eats post last week so I have quite the backlog of photos to share with you. I decided to break it up into two parts and part one is all about meals in bowls. As I was assembling some of these bowl creations, all I could think to myself is [...]
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5 Ways to Fage: Creative Greek Yogurt Bowls
January 13, 2019 { 8 comments }This post is sponsored by FAGE; however, all thoughts and opinions are my own. I am thrilled to be partnering with one of my favorite brands to bring you some healthy meal and snack ideas! I keep a container of FAGE Total 5% Greek yogurt in my fridge at all times. It is hands-down my favorite [...]
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The Chicken That Keeps On Giving
January 11, 2019 { 10 comments }Hi friends. I hope the first full week of 2019 was kind to you and that this finds you enjoying the weekend. I am in Tennessee for our FINAL weekend of yoga teacher training! Finn is fast asleep in a pack and play next to me as I type this post. The hotel I always [...]
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5 Ways to Add a Boost to Your Smoothies
January 10, 2019 { 7 comments }This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Bolthouse Farms® Plant Protein Milk. The opinions and text are all mine. Most of you won’t be surprised to hear that if I had to pick one favorite breakfast, it would probably be a smoothie or smoothie bowl. They always sound appetizing to me [...]
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Welcome Back Sushi
January 5, 2019 { 4 comments }Oh my goodness. This year is off to a crazy start. I haven’t stopped moving since I arrived back in Charlotte on Tuesday…and I’m writing this to you from a hotel room in Tennessee. I’m here to lead weekend 7 of 8 of our 200-hour yoga teacher training. I can’t believe we are almost done! [...]
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Holiday Week Eats
December 30, 2018 { 3 comments }Happy Sunday (at least I think that’s what day it is…they all blur together this time of year). We are enjoying our visit to Florida and my nieces just arrived last night so there is lots more fun to be had! :) Here is a collection of things I’ve been eating throughout the course of [...]
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A New Winter One-Pan Dinner to Try + Recent Eats
December 23, 2018 { 5 comments }I hope this post finds you full of holiday cheer and Christmas cookies. I’m really looking forward to my Christmas Eve and Christmas Day plans with my friends and then seeing my family the day after. I wish I could say that I was done with shopping but I’ll definitely be out in the craziness [...]
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What I Ate + How I Moved Last Week
December 16, 2018 { 16 comments }Last week at this time it was snowing, icy and there were trees falling down in my neighborhood. Today, it’s 60 degrees, sunny and Finn and I just returned from a beautiful four-mile run. It is very nice to see the sun today after days and days of gray and clouds. Definitely puts a little [...]
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Recent Eats: Overnight Oats, Curry Cauliflower Soup, Frozen Pizza + More
December 9, 2018 { 17 comments }Well, I’m back in Charlotte after a whirlwind trip to Tennessee. Due to the winter storm, I made the call with the studio owners that I should drive home after we wrapped our training on Saturday evening. I left around 6:30 p.m. and took a longer route that took me around the snow and rain. [...]
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Thoughts on Asparagus + Recent Eats
December 2, 2018 { 23 comments }I came to the realization this week that I really don’t like asparagus. It’s never been one of my favorite vegetables but I buy it from time to time when I am wanting to switch up my veggies or it’s on sale. I bought some last week because it was on sale at Whole Foods [...]
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Recent Eats: Stuck on Turkey Sandwiches + The Best Spaghetti Squash Casserole
November 17, 2018 { 11 comments }Hello, hello. I am sitting in the lounge of my hotel in Kingsport, Tennessee enjoying some dinner and downtime after a long (but wonderful!) day of yoga teacher training. I still have to pinch myself every weekend that I’m actually leading my own 200-hour, and at such an amazing studio with such kind and loving [...]
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Last Week’s Eats + Lots of Veggie Lasagna and Chocolate Cake
November 10, 2018 { 5 comments }I’m doing my favorite hotel room activity…watching HGTV in bed. I’ve been here since 7 p.m. after a long day of yoga teacher training! :) Lots of photos to share today, mostly of recent eats. BREAKFAST I had an empty peanut butter jar so I decided to bring back an old favorite…overnight oats. This was [...]
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All Over the Place Recent Eats
November 4, 2018 { 7 comments }Happiest of Sundays to you guys. It’s a sunny and gorgeous day in Charlotte. Our afternoon includes some fun activities like a picnic with a friend and a play date with another babe. Although I have to say that I am not looking forward to darkness at 5:30 p.m. This is going to majorly impact [...]
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Recent Eats + Dog Mom Guilt
October 25, 2018 { 14 comments }Hi friends. We arrived back in Charlotte tonight and I’m doing a quick re-pack and then heading out tomorrow for a teacher training weekend in Tennessee. Within 15 minutes of arriving home, I had these two leashed up and we went out for a long walk. It’s been hard to travel so frequently on the [...]
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Recent Eats: Keeping it Simple
October 13, 2018 { 6 comments }I’m spending my Saturday night on my laptop in a comfy hotel room bed in Tennessee after a long day of teacher training. Finn is sleeping, I’m watching Dateline and I just forced my hand out of a bag of Boom-Chicka Pop. It’s pretty much perfect! I have put together a collection of last week’s [...]
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Last Week’s Eats
October 6, 2018 { 14 comments }Hi. I’m back in Charlotte after a whirlwind 24 hour trip to Cincinnati for Wanderulst 108. I got in bed at 8:30 tonight (wild and crazy Saturday night!) because I am so wiped out. I’m going to type up this post and then Netflix for a bit. When it comes to recent eats, I’m happy [...]
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Pumpkin Apple Bread
October 2, 2018 { 23 comments }Forgive me for posting another quick bread recipe right on the heels of my Chocolate Zucchini Banana Bread but if you love sweet quick breads as much as I do, hopefully there isn’t much to forgive. I know you are going to love this Pumpkin Apple Bread recipe and I’ve received so many requests for [...]
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Recent Eats
September 29, 2018 { 8 comments }Hello, hello! It’s 9:30 on Saturday night. I’m going to type up this post and hopefully be lights out by 10. I was in teacher training all day today and we start again tomorrow morning at 7:30 a.m.! I will recap the weekend for you guys on Monday. For now, a collection of recent eats [...]
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Recent Eats + When You Need to Gain Weight
September 23, 2018 { 51 comments }Hey guys. Just a head’s up that I’m going to be talking about food and weight in this post so if that’s a trigger for you, check back in with me tomorrow for an awesome fall yoga flow. <3 In the food, fitness and health space a lot of the focus is on weight loss. [...]
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What I Ate In a Day
September 19, 2018 { 10 comments }This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Silk. The opinions and text are all mine. Eating with a baby can be quite the challenge between finding the time for a meal, prepping the food and sitting down to eat it. This bouncer seat is a huge lifesaver! I keep it in [...]
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Home + So Much Good Food
September 11, 2018 { 27 comments }Finn and I flew into Charlotte on a 6:30 a.m. flight this morning. It definitely gave me pause to fly on September 11. It’s a date that so many of us will never forget. My heart is full of gratitude for a long weekend spent with my family in Florida. We spent a lot of [...]
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Recent Eats: 3 Months Postpartum + Easy Dinner Options
September 2, 2018 { 4 comments }It’s been a busy but unplugged Labor Day Weekend, which has been really nice! My nieces have been here visiting with me and our days have been full of adventures. Getting in bed tonight with my laptop felt like a luxury vacation after a day of baby + energetic nieces + running all over Charlotte [...]
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Chocolate Zucchini Banana Bread
August 28, 2018 { 2 comments }I have quite a few recipes for variations on banana bread on my blog. I seem to regularly find myself with very ripe bananas so I either freeze them for smoothies or bake them into banana bread. Today I’m excited to bring you a recipe for my first ever CHOCOLATE banana bread…with the addition of [...]
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This Week’s Dinner Menu, Last Week’s Eats + Last Week’s Workouts
August 25, 2018 { 7 comments }Hey there. Since next week is going to be a “regular” week for me with no travel or company, I wanted to map out my meal plan for the week. It is super helpful in making sure a good dinner happens because evenings tend to be a little hit or miss with Finn. WEEKLY DINNER [...]
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Easy Entertaining Meal + First Bread Bake + Recent Eats
August 18, 2018 { 6 comments }I hope this post finds you enjoying your weekend. Since many of you do food prep and planning on Sundays, I’ve been trying to get a recent eats post up over the weekend to give you some ideas and inspiration. I’m super pumped about the dinner I am cooking tonight for my mom and me. [...]
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Recent Eats: All the Tomato Sandwiches + Bulla Gastrobar
August 11, 2018 { 5 comments }It’s Saturday afternoon and I’m sitting here eating a tomato, avocado and bacon sandwich with lots of mayo and fresh basil. I’ve really appreciated having fresh summer produce around after last weekend’s farmers market trip. Since Finn is napping, I thought it’d be a good time to pop in and share what I ate last [...]
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Fig, Walnut and Tahini Granola
August 8, 2018 { 8 comments }Every time I make homemade granola I am reminded how much better I like it than the store-bought variety but I still slack on baking it on a regular basis. When I was doing my meal planning for the week, I knew breakfast would look like smoothies, smoothie bowls and greek yogurt bowls…all of which [...]
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Florida Family Eats
August 3, 2018 { 22 comments }Hi there. Happy weekend. I don’t really have exciting things to share today but I do have some photos of what I ate while I was in Florida over the last week. To say that it’s been nice to have someone else cooking me dinner would be an understatement. I am SO GRATEFUL to my parents [...]
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What I Ate + How I Worked Out
July 31, 2018 { 7 comments }Many have shared that they liked seeing a full day of eats from start to finish but I know some of you also like the “recent eats” round ups so I’ll try to do a mix of both. My Tuesday got off to an early start when Finn woke up to eat at 4:45 a.m. [...]
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“Doctored Up ” Sweet Kale Salad Kit + Recent Eats
July 28, 2018 { 46 comments }In the last year or so I have found myself really enjoying various kale salad kits. There is something to be said for opening up the bag and dumping the greens in a bowl versus washing, de-stemming and chopping your own (especially with a new baby!). I also like how they typically include other greens [...]
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Recent Eats + All the Ice Cream
July 18, 2018 { 15 comments }I’ve cried some tears today. First over my sweet boy getting shots for the first time. Second over the kindness of other women…this one deserves a post all of its own. Coming soon. Finn has been sleeping on me in the Ergo all afternoon. He’s breaking my heart! Everyone who told me that having a [...]
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Behind the Eats
July 11, 2018 { 32 comments }Blogging is a weird thing sometimes. While I try to be open and vulnerable in this space, I don’t feel comfortable going to the place of “dear diary.” So often, even when I’m really struggling, I just keep going like normal here. It’s mostly a good thing because I enjoy writing and it helps me [...]
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July 4th + Recent Eats: Six Weeks Postpartum
July 5, 2018 { 16 comments }Hey guys! I hope you enjoyed your middle of the week Fourth of July holiday. Ours was quiet but nice. I took a quick trip to Metro in the morning where I squeezed in some treadmill walking, rowing intervals and a quick upper body dumbbell circuit while Finn napped and chilled at the front desk. [...]
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What I’ve Been Eating Lately
June 26, 2018 { 21 comments }Good morning! I’ve been up since 4:15 a.m. with a very cute baby boy. He was having gas pains and then wanted to eat and now thinks it’s playtime. I decided to seize the day and knock out a blog post rather than trying to get him back down to sleep. Soon enough, he’ll be [...]