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Summer Pizza On The Grill

One of our favorite things to do in the summer is make pizza on the grill. It is quick, easy and fun to have your children get involved and build their own. This meal will forever be a family tradition at our house. At least until we get an outdoor...

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Meal Prep Breakfast Burritos

These meal prep breakfast burritos saved my life. Life has been really demanding lately and nothing like starting your day with a breakfast burrito to start the day off well. I have slowed down a bit, but the demands of motherhood continue. Motherhood has been the greatest joy and challenge....

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Vegetable Bolognese

This Vegetable Bolognese recipe is perfect for a weeknight dinner at home. It has been a weekly go-to recipe for our family. After becoming a working mother, I now understand the need for quick and easy meals! I work until about 6:00pm three nights a week and I am not...

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Healthy Honey Banana Bread

When I was a competitive swimmer in college, I use to bake (eat) a lot of banana bread. It all started with my lovely roommate, swim captain, queen bee, dietitian, baking machine and best friend who made banana bread nearly every Wednesday. To put it more simply, her nickname is...

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Cacao & Date Truffles with Maldon Salt

It is a new year, often the hype around it is the first few days, maybe month, and then you begin to get use to typing and writing '2016' and then, days just seem to go back to routine. Some days you will ask me what my goal is for...

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Braised Leeks with Lentils, Sunflower seeds and Hazelnuts

Since I have been teaching less yoga, I actually have become more of a student again. When I taught yoga as one of my main sources of income, I felt like I had to teach so much in order to make a living. Then, you are teaching so much that...

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Cauliflower & Yukon Potato Mash with Mushroom Gravy

In just a few days it will be Thanksgiving believe it or not. With the hustling and bustling of the holidays approaching and the presser our email inbox is spamming us to consume and buy it is challenging to stay grateful for what you have and to truly believe it...

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Vegan Caesar Slaw with Hempseed “Parm” and Roasted Smoked Paprika Chickpeas

Not sure if this absence from blogging should be called a sabbatical... but for the purposes of keeping it sounding interesting, let's call it sabbatical. Life has been incredibly busy, and as I write this I am drinking tea, nibbling on a salad on my brief lunch break in the...

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Chickpea, Carrot, Sweet Potato + Kale Stew with Brown Rice

These last few weeks have been seriously overwhelming around here. We started our exterior construction project, Graham had reconstructive knee surgery and I started a new full-time job. In addition to it being the most anxious seasonal shift for Minnesotans... summer to autumn! I think things are finally starting to...

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Roasted Tomato + Collard Green Pasta

This is one of those recipes I have been making for a few years and just love. It is a go-to recipe we enjoy almost weekly, Roasted Tomato Green Collard Pasta. Graham likes to call these recipes, “Ella Classics” (HA). It is so fast to pull together and does not...

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