The Best Kind of Biscuits

Morning! How are you? Hope your Monday is off to a great start ๐Ÿ™‚ Thank you so much for the cleaning tips- Iโ€™m excited to see if I can get the beastly water stains outs ๐Ÿ˜‰ The grillmaster DID make an appearance last night ๐Ÿ˜€ Burgers and veg  ๐Ÿ™‚ For the veg, I used asparagus,…

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Get to werk

Hi friends! How are you? Hope youโ€™re having a great weekend so far <3 [Just in case you ever wanted to know what an entire head/thing of garlic looks like after cooking in black beans all day, there ya go.] It was one of those days where I had to wake up, get to work…

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Protein fluff

Hey hey hey ๐Ÿ˜€ Happy Friday! [Bell says โ€œWhat up?โ€] Anything fun planned this weekend? I work tomorrow, and then have a bridal shower to go to before the football game. Should be a blasty. After our trip to the madreโ€™s last night, where the Pilot feasted on chicken and waffles, we hung out with…

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Reader’s Request: Fave Quinoa Uses

Morning! Itโ€™s almost the weekend! Kind of stoked ๐Ÿ™‚ The chipotle black bean soup was actually a success, even though I went a little cray cray with the chiles. [Recipe is in the Canyon Ranch Nourish cookbook. I added 2 chipotle chiles instead of 1/2 t, and also a whole head of garlic.. because if…

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Rookie Mistake

Hi friends <3 How are you? Hope youโ€™re having a wonderful day. Thank you so much for your awesome feedback on this morningโ€™s post. I wasnโ€™t sure if this would happen, but I did end up getting a handful of comments that were political in nature. I do not discuss politics or religion on the…

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Will twirl for chicken

Morning <3 Howโ€™s your day going? Hope itโ€™s been lovely so far. Last night for dinner, I made something quick and easy since it was cookstravaganza here all weekend: Lemon and garlic asparagus (with garlic powder, sea salt, pepper, a little cayenne, olive oil and lemon slices) Quinoa was goat cheese, walnuts and dried cranberries…

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The Easter Egg

Hi friends! Happy almost-Friday! What are you up to this weekend? We still have a lot to do around the house before our weekend company arrives and housewarming party, and #1 on my list was tackling the Easter Egg: Our guest powder roomโ€ฆ with purple walls and a green ceiling. I thought it would be…

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When to break up with your trainer

Morning friends! As much fun as we had in Philly, it feels so good to be home ๐Ÿ™‚ Miss Bell almost shook her tail off her body last night. This morning sheโ€™s back to pouting, though. Iโ€™m hoping she gets used to the new place soon :/ It was also nice to have a kitchen…

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Plane Pet Peeves

Hi friends! Hope youโ€™ve had a wonderful Monday so far <3 Iโ€™m sky blogging again- itโ€™s been a long day of traveling, rude cab drivers, and on-the-go food so it will be nice to get home and back in the swing of life. We had a great last morning in Philly, though ๐Ÿ™‚ After sleeping…

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It’s [not] always sunny

In Philadelphia ๐Ÿ˜‰ Heyyyyy ๐Ÿ˜€ Howโ€™s your Sunday treating ya? Weโ€™ve been exploring Philly, eating sweet [gf] treats and getting stuck in the rain. Itโ€™s been a very good day ๐Ÿ™‚ I started off the morning by heading over to the HLS brunch to say โ€œsee ya laterโ€, brought some almond butter back to our…

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On the fly

Heyyyyy ๐Ÿ˜€ How was your day? Loved reading your feedback and thoughts on the Tone It Up plan! If you have a request for a future Focus On post, please send it my way ๐Ÿ™‚ Today has been pretty bueno. I worked all day, taught a stretch class and a cardio/weights class, and came home…

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At-home Workout Options

Morning friends! Happy Monday <3 What are you excited for this upcoming week? Itโ€™s our anniversary (Thurs) and Friday we leave for the Healthy Living Summit, so it should be a good one ๐Ÿ™‚ I busted out the Vitamix for bfast this morning: -almond milk -frozen organic cherries -1/2 frozen banana -1 T raw cacao…

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