After receiving an entire box of artichokes last week from Ocean Mist Farms, I was determined to use them in as many different ways as possible. There are so many ways to use artichokes. You can steam them, grill them, roast them, or use them for soup. My favorite way to eat them is the simplest. Steamed with garlic butter. Here’s how you do it. Give your artichokes a nice…
I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother’s Day! I can’t wait to share my special morning with you tomorrow. For now, let’s focus on the lunge of the week! This week we are challenging our balance yet again with a diagonal lunge. Make sure to watch the video below to learn proper form. Only 2 weeks to go until the end of our challenge! I want to give a huge…
Dear Mom, Thank you. Thank you for your unconditional love and sacrifice. Thank you for teaching me to be strong. Thank you for not letting me settle for less. Thank you for teaching me how to be a good friend, wife and mom. Thank you for being an amazing grandma to Joe and Leila. Thank you for our phone chats and craft projects. I can’t wait for you to…
I wrote this post as a participant in the Eat, Play, Love blog carnival hosted by Meals Matter to share ideas on positive and fun ways to teach children healthy eating habits. A list of other registered dietitians and moms who are participating in the carnival will be listed at the bottom of this post or can be found on Meals Matter. One of the biggest lessons I have learned as a mom…
Just for fun, I wanted to share a video of Joe getting his groove on. My favorite part is right at the 37-second mark. Definitely a move he learned from his dad.
Credit As I drove to the gym today, I just wasn’t feeling it. Usually I am excited, ready to get my sweat on, be kid-free for a couple hours. Today I was tempted to just skip the workout and hang in the cafe instead, but I knew I would regret it later. I went up to the cardio room and did a quick warm-up on the elliptical. Then I headed…
Happy May Day! We are heading into the home stretch of our challenge. If you have been with us from the beginning, you have completed 3000 lunges and have 900 to go. If that’s you, please let me know in the comment section. I would love to give you a virtual pat on the back!! I hope everyone enjoyed last week’s “back to basics” lunges. I added some weights to…