EASY Plant-Based Lunch Ideas for School and Work

EASY Plant-Based Lunch Ideas for School and Work

Does packing a lunch make you want to pull your hair out? Keep you up at night the week before school starts? We all know that packing lunch will generally save us money while eating healthier, but the process sometimes feels like torture. One of 

10 Fast & Easy Plant-Based Dinners to Save Your Summer

10 Fast & Easy Plant-Based Dinners to Save Your Summer

Make sure you pin this one for later! These are 10 of our current go-to dinners. My kids like them, they come together with minimal prep time and they don’t require a hot oven heating up the kitchen. Summer is the time I pretty much 

My Secret Weapon for Surviving Summer with Five Boys

My Secret Weapon for Surviving Summer with Five Boys

Maybe surviving isn’t the best choice of words. Recently I’ve had a few people ask if I enjoy having my kids home during the summer. Of course I don’t want to say no.  I really do believe it would be great if they didn’t spend 

Lessons Learned from the (Mostly) Unmedicated Birth of My 10 lb Baby

Lessons Learned from the (Mostly) Unmedicated Birth of My 10 lb Baby

Baby boy, affectionately nicknamed Cinco, is here! We could not be more grateful he came early, especially because he was originally scheduled to be induced during a blizzard! While I am not generally one to share a lot of details from my personal life online 

How We Stay Out of the Doctor’s Office During the Winter and All Year Long

How We Stay Out of the Doctor’s Office During the Winter and All Year Long

In early 2011 we got to know the student health center pretty well. While my husband was in his last semester of his graduate program, we visited the health center for an ear infection or other significant illness every week for about two months. All 

What I’ve Done to Make my 5th, “High-Risk” Pregnancy My Best

What I’ve Done to Make my 5th, “High-Risk” Pregnancy My Best

Author’s Note: I am sharing my story today of transitioning to a plant-based diet on Discovering the Word of Wisdom as requested by Author Jane Birch.  The Word of Wisdom is the revealed health code adhered to by members of The Church of Jesus Christ