the cauliflower gnocchi debacle

every day in this house is something new. or something old. like dylan not eating. we’re all used to that by now. a stubborn refusal to even so much as sniff the food on her plate before declaring, “don’t like it.” how can you not like it? you haven’t even seen it yet. if i […]

pancakes and detoxes

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confession time: for most of my life i have been a serial dieter. yes, i have been beholden to magazine culture, spending countless minutes and hours staring at my “figure” and wishing this were smaller and that were thinner. just like most women in the western world. what a horrible standard we hold ourselves to. […]

flourless black bean brownies

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you guys… sometimes all i want to eat is chocolate. chocolate and bacon cheese burgers. clearly neither of those things can be considered “good for me” and i’m totally fine with that. although i’m also not totally fine with putting back on the weight i lost since giving birth. {take me to the recipe} here’s […]

make-ahead veg & egg muffins

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i’m lazy in the morning. i wish i didn’t have to get up and breakfast would make its way from the fridge to my tummy, but that hasn’t happened yet. so… we made egg muffins. slap them in the middle of a biscuit or english muffin, you’ve got yourself a breakfast sandwich. the hardest part is making them […]

{lauren’s latest} skinny mini banana muffins

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i don’t know why but i feel like if i make all my food into mini muffin form dylan’s going to eat it. we’ve had banana’s hanging around for days and we loved the banana chocolate chip muffins my sister-in-law made while we were in calgary last month, so … i made followed this great recipe […]