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What I’m Loving Lately 76

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Good morning and very happy FRIDAY to you! I still have a few more meal plans to make this week, but I didn’t want to leave you guys hanging on Friday and over the weekend, so I decided to put together another edition of  What I’m Loving Lately . I heard a rumor you guys like these posts! Ok, here we go! Qman asking me to cuddle with him . Oh my heart. Qman knows how much I love to snuggle him (and sniff his hair like a creep), so he’s started to ask me to cuddle, which, a lot of the time, sounds like “turtle.” The first time he asked me to “turtle,” I could not for the life of me understand what he was saying. Haha! We’ve figured it out since! Roasted Garlic & Chive Hummus from Whole Foods . This hummus is so darn tasty and especially amazing in our DTFN Hummus Chicken Salad. Mmm! Trader Joe’s “Ends & Pieces” Uncured Applewood Smoked Bacon . My gosh, it’s delicious. It’s thick and flavorful AND much more cost-effective than their regular strip bacon! This AMRAP 10 

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Diet 101: Whole30

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As a registered dietitian, I’ve got a healthy skepticism towards most diets. Being in private practice for almost a decade will do that to you. I’ve seen clients come in on just about every eating pattern imaginable, from raw-food to paleo and everything in between. With the growing popularity of Whole30, I set out to examine the basics of the diet and nutritional truths behind some of the claims.   What is Whole30? Whole30 is an elimination diet, with shares a similar philosophy with the Paleo trend. Both recommend eating lots of fresh, high-quality foods while ditching anything processed. Specifically, you are removing all grains, dairy, soy, legumes, sugar, certain preservatives and artificial sweeteners from your diet. According to the authors, Melissa and Dallas Hartwig, these foods have been linked to hormonal imbalance, systemic inflammation, gut issues and more, though most of those claims aren’t backed by evidence-based research. Ideally, Whole30 is to be done strictly for

Why Millennials Should All Have To Powerlift

Written by: Kevin Cann This article is not going to be one that beats up on the millenials. In fact, according to Wikipedia the millenials start with people born in 1981 and I was born in 1983. This makes me a millennial. I do feel there are some major differences between those of us born in the early 80s and those of us that were born in the early 2000s. When we were growing up, we were the first generation to experience certain jumps in technological advances. I remember a time when cordless landlines were “the shit”, and the first cellular phones were called “car phones” because they were just that. They were a giant phone in a bag that worked through your cigarette lighter in your car. That is another thing I remember, there were cigarette lighters in everyone’s cars. I went through college without a cell phone or a Facebook account. College was my first non-dialup internet experience, and it was mind-blowing. Now, my 9 year old has her own iTouch and has access to the internet

Winter Date Night With Blue Apron

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This post is sponsored by Blue Apron Thomas is a great cook, and we have loved cooking together as a “get to know you” activity. One of the first meals he made for me was barbecue chicken on the grill. Friends, I got lucky with a man who knows his way around a kitchen! We have been getting Blue Apron meals to make together for a while now (see this post for a recap of some of those!), and they’ve been a really fun activity to do together during these cold, dark winter nights, especially when a sleeping boy keeps us home-bound. Blue Apron isn’t new to KERF – you guys have read about it many times ! (I have an offer for you newbies at the end of this post ) What I love about the recipe delivery service is that everything you need for the recipe comes in a box to your doorstep – fresh real food ingredients and recipes – and you make the meal from scratch in 40 minutes or less (when two of you are working together!) We actually tried a few other boxes this summer, but Blue Apr

Photos from Quinn’s Camera

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Good morning, friends! So, remember when I mentioned that Qman has recently showed an interest in photography ? Well, a reader suggested that I share some of his photos on CNC, and I immediately loved the idea. What a fun idea! And, hopefully, Quinn continues to snap pics on the regular, so we can see how his photography skills improve over time! Quinn took over 100 photos on his first camera roll, so I decided to include the best very ones (aka in focus/not blurry). I love that they give a little insight into his life as a toddler– everything from the subject matter he selected to the angles of his images. I hope you guys enjoy the Qman’s photos as much as we do! Common themes: Dada, Mama, and Murphy (aka “Huffy”). Ok,, well, this photo of Dada is pretty blurry, but it cracked me up! Haha! There were   A TON of blurry Murphy photos on Quinn’s first roll. He loves that little furball so much and just followed him around the house. Of course, Murphy was like: Stop being suc

Clean Eating Spaghetti Pie Recipe

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The Italian dinner table is the epicenter of everything that happens in the lives of the people who sit at it. Often large and welcoming, this table, with all its comfortable chairs, seems to call… Read more → from The Gracious Pantry http://ift.tt/2k6OHIg