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Cheap meal prep ideas

May 13, 2025

Sharing a roundup of meal prep ideas you can make on the cheap. Hi friends! How are you? I hope you’re having a great day so far! I have a morning packed full of appointments and am looking forward to family dinner tonight. Today, I wanted to chat a bit about meal prep, because it’s…

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Happy birthday, Penelope

And just like that, we have a one year old on our hands. A year ago today, I was at the hospital, snuggling with the newest member of the family. We made it through a challenging 24 hours of active labor together, a room full of nurses sharing our joy, and the biggest smiles on…

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weekend things + happy birthday, pilot

Hi friends! Happy Monday!! I hope you had a wonderful weekend.  (Loving the pumpkins at the Liberty Station Market. I run up to them joyfully in my Hunter boots, latte in hand. #basicfallobsessedpumpkinlover) It was a fun and relaxing weekend, filled with delicious food, including this gluten-free goat cheese and veggie pizza at the LOT:…

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Friday Faves

Hi friends! Happy Friday! Hope you have a wonderful weekend ahead. We are going apple picking (and pie-eating haha), going out with friends, and celebrating the Pilot’s birthday (which is on Monday). It’s going to be a great one. I wanted to apologize for the tech issues lately with the blog. First my baby site…

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harder parts of parenting

Parenting is such a tricky and personal subject. Before I move into the post, I ask you to please consider the fact that different things work for different people, and to please be considerate of others before commenting. I know you’re classy group of ladies (and dudes!) but just wanted to put it out there.…

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Sweet potato salad minus the mayo. A fun and healthy twist on regular potato salad with unexpected seasonings. fitnessista.com

Sweet potato salad + lunch salad trio

Hi friends! How’s the day going?? I have an awesome lunch or side dish recipe for you today. It’s a fun twist on potato salad (using sweet potatoes!) and has zero mayo. (Even though I LOVE mayo, I know some people aren’t on board.) Also, I’m sorry about the blog down time yesterday and for…

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