I just finished my first run with the KidRunner jogging stroller (it went super well!), got Finn down for a nap, showered and sat down at my computer with a big bowl of leftover roasted veggies with hummus and goat cheese to write this post. After getting a little deep on Valentine’s Day (thank you for [...]
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Recent Eats: Kale Salad to Peanut Butter Milkshakes (and everything in between!)
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Recent Eats: Loving Perfect Bars, Soup And All The Homemade Sourdough
January 18, 2020 { 6 comments }Good morning and happy weekend friends! I am in Asheville for the weekend to complete a module of my 300-hour teacher training. I can’t wait to tell you all about it when I get back to Charlotte! We don’t start until 10:30a this morning so it’s felt luxurious to sleep in, sip coffee and get [...]
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15 Warm Grain Bowl Meal Ideas
January 15, 2020 { 9 comments }Two things to start this post. First, remember how I said one of my new year food goals was to cook more recipes and eat less throw together whatever I have bowl combinations? We’re 15 days into the new year and so far it doesn’t look like my grain bowl meals are going anywhere. Second, [...]
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All The Eats To Kick Off The Week
January 6, 2020 { 7 comments }Good morning, good morning! I got home from Harrisburg around 9p last night after a great weekend of yoga classes, workshops and trainings. I will share more about the weekend in my next post but for now I want to focus on recent eats. I haven’t written one of these posts in weeks and I [...]
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19 Months + 10 Things I’ve Eaten Recently
December 18, 2019 { 0 comments }Here we are one week before Christmas and I still haven’t bought a single gift. I was talking to my mom a couple of nights ago and she shared that she had also not done any Christmas shopping. We both agreed that we would pass on getting each other gifts this year in favor of [...]
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Recent Eats: Bagels, Soup, Citrus + More
December 6, 2019 { 0 comments }Happy Friday! I got Finn off to preschool this morning, met a friend for a run and am sitting down to write this post before I pack up and head to Tennessee for our last yoga teacher training weekend of 2019 at VIDA Hot Yoga! We’ll have just one more in late January and this [...]
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Recent Eats: Soup Season, Grilled Cheese + Apple Butter, Homemade Brownies and More!
November 17, 2019 { 4 comments }Happy sunny Sunday! It is so nice to see the sun today after a few days of dreariness. Finn and I have had a great weekend that I cannot wait to share with you in tomorrow’s post. He’s down for a nap right now so I wanted to quickly share some recent eats with you [...]
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Really Good Recent Eats
October 28, 2019 { 8 comments }Happy new week! I am confident that this week is going to be more easeful than the last couple, especially since it’s ending in Florida with a visit to see my family. Counting down the days, it’s been a while since our last trip. Let’s start the week on a light and simple note…recent eats! [...]
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18 Things I’ve Eaten Recently: From Reese’s Pumpkins to Kale Salad
October 13, 2019 { 8 comments }I’m enjoying a quiet, cozy Sunday morning in Black Mountain, NC. I’m holed up at my favorite coffee shop, The Dripolator, drinking coffee and working on this post before I head over to Asheville Yoga Center for the last day of training. Lots and lots of recent eats for you today. BREAKFAST Banana cottage cheese [...]
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Recent Eats: Summer with a Touch of Fall
September 20, 2019 { 5 comments }Happy Friday from FLORIDA! Finn and I hopped on a plane yesterday evening to spend the weekend with my family. We can only stay until Sunday so it’s a quick trip but I am THRILLED to be here. As usual, I am behind on recent eats so what I have for you today is from [...]
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Just Eats
September 10, 2019 { 4 comments }Hi friends. Today is a day where I’m going to let the food do the talking, as I don’t have much to add as an intro to my recent eats. Simple is best so let’s get right to it. BREAKFAST Cottage cheese scrambled eggs with sauerkraut, avocado and grapes. I don’t understand this recent sauerkraut [...]
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Recent Eats, Part Two: Dinner + Dessert and This Week’s Meal Plan
September 2, 2019 { 6 comments }Happy Labor Day! I’m sure many of you are off enjoying pools, lakes, beaches and cookouts but I’m keeping it low-key over here and getting some work done while Finn naps. I generally try not to schedule trips to Florida for big summer holidays like Memorial Day, July Fourth and Labor Day because the flights [...]
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Travel Week Eats
August 19, 2019 { 17 comments }I hope your Monday is off to a great start. I’m getting myself settled and ready for my first full week in Charlotte in several weeks. It’s also my first week back to my regular teaching schedule due to a forced four-week break after my toe surgery. You can find my current teaching schedule here. [...]
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15 Things I’ve Eaten Lately
August 9, 2019 { 8 comments }I’m saying hi from Tennessee today and after a quick stopover in Charlotte to repack and scoop up my boy, I’ll be saying hi from Florida tomorrow! I work with a yoga studio here in Tennessee, VIDA Hot Yoga, as their lead teacher. We are gearing up for our second 200-hour yoga teacher training which [...]
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What I Ate Wednesday: Injured Edition
July 24, 2019 { 21 comments }While I write a lot of recent eats round up style posts, I don’t do many “this is what I ate in a single day.” I thought today was a perfect opportunity for a what I ate Wednesday post given that I’m injured and nowhere near as active as I normally am. In short, not [...]
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Ice Cream Every Day
July 22, 2019 { 8 comments }Upon waking on Sunday morning I immediately thought to myself “there is no way I can be home by myself with Finn all week.” First, Finn is on the move and all but running around the house as of late. Second, both my bedroom and Finn’s nursery is upstairs and stairs are definitely the hardest [...]
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Recent Eats + Pimento Cheese + Peach Pie
July 13, 2019 { 8 comments }A few weeks ago I asked if you guys preferred weekly recent eats posts or a bigger monthly recap. The vote was strongly in favor of weekly so I’ll keep going with every 7-10 days like I have for several years now. I’m just happy to hear that so many find these posts to be [...]
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Veggie Packed Turkey Meatloaf
July 10, 2019 { 30 comments }I am on a constant mission to find foods that Finn will enthusiastically eat that are not crackers, cheese, bagels and puffs. And for the record…I never thought I’d be that mom trying to sneak veggies into recipes but here I am, making a veggie packed turkey meatloaf. Finn aside, I am in LOVE with [...]
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24 Things I’ve Eaten Recently (Mostly Dinner)
June 21, 2019 { 20 comments }I’ve somehow gone from posting recent eats on a weekly basis to monthly. My last post was in May when I shared 20 things I had eaten recently. Well, here I am again with 24 more things…mostly dinner. I love sharing these posts with you and I consistently receive feedback that y’all love them too [...]
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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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Nothing Can Stop Me, I’m All The Way Up
April 29, 2019 { 7 comments }Oh what a weekend! Whew, it was quite the whirlwind and this Monday was jam packed. I was wide awake at 5:20 this morning in anticipation of all that is on my plate right now. I feel that I have to continue to qualify that it’s GOOD stress! Just a lot to juggle. :) FRIDAY [...]
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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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Easy and Sustainable Seafood at Home with LoveTheWild
April 7, 2019 { 2 comments }This post is sponsored by Love The Wild. This post offers an opportunity to speak about the importance of keeping an open mind when it comes to diet and nutrition. I will admit that for many years, I was anti farm-raised seafood. I wish I could tell you the specific reasons why, but to be [...]
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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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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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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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A Warm February Weekend
February 4, 2019 { 11 comments }After a very cold week, it was sunny and warm in Charlotte this weekend. We stayed close to home and spent tons of time outside. WEEKEND OUTSIDE The weather was so nice that I wanted to be outside as much as possible. Finn seems to enjoy the fresh air as much as me and the [...]
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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 Two: Eating with a Baby
January 25, 2019 { 21 comments }So much to share. I thought I’d get this post written much earlier today but it was one of those days where Finn wasn’t into napping and wanted as much physical contact with me as possible. Is there an 8 month sleep regression? Because my Google searching tells me this might be a thing and [...]
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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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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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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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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. [...]
