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What Can Heat Do For Your Health?

Chocolate Milk + Fish Sticks

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Hi, guys! Happy Hump Day! Did you see that I just launched a new FALL-INSPIRED macro offering ?! It includes all sorts of delicious, macro-friendly seasonal recipes (i.e. apple, pumpkin, squash) along with your own personal macro goals. It doesn’t include one-on-one coaching, but it’s great for someone who just needs a little kick in the butt and motivation to get back on track. It’s perfect for post-Labor Day! If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out! Ok, so onto our day so far – which, for Quinn, started with chocolate milk and fish sticks . Apparently, he was hungry before bed last night (or just planning breakfast for the next morning like his Mumma does) because he said he wanted them “after his nap.” Quinn woke up more than ready for his chocolate and fish sticks this morning, so that’s exactly what I made him – and he ate and drank them right up! Please note (again): The abandoned Pull-Up on the coffee table. Haha! I assume they’re not that comfortabl

Why Babies & Toddlers Hate Vegetables (and what to do about it!)

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This post might be a rude awakening for some parents and it’s not meant to be a slap in the face, but I think it’s important to share the truth about foods that are marketed towards babies and toddlers. Especially since eating a processed food diet is the #1 reason why kids don’t like vegetables. When my daughter started eating solid food, I didn’t buy any jarred baby food. I never bought a single jar of pureed peas, pureed bananas – or any of those other jars of pureed baby food. I also didn’t blend up pureed fruits and veggies at home to make my own homemade “baby food”. When I tell some people that, I can tell they are confused and wonder what in the world I fed my daughter when she first started on solids.  There is an entire industry dedicated to selling jarred and pureed baby food and parents are led to believe that this is what you are supposed to buy for your baby (unless you make homemade pureed foods). Yet in my experience, babies can start  with small soft finger foods

A Sardine-Packed Trip To NYC

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You may have caught on Instagram that I took a quick trip to NYC on Monday and Tuesday! On Monday night and Tuesday I attended a Culinary Workshop with the  Cans Get You Cooking  program put on by the Can Manufacturers Institute. I took a super early flight on Monday so I could spend the day with my little niece Emerson! I was up at 4 am for the flight and got to NYC in time for breakfast with my sister and Em. (PS. My doctor told me I could fly until 36 weeks, but this was my last trip!) We walked to Stumptown Coffee where I got a delicious cappuccino. I had toast with almond butter at Larbs’s apartment. We went for a long (hot) walk along the Brooklyn waterfront. Our walk ended at a food hall in downtown Brooklyn where Larbs and I shared two delicious dishes: an arepa with avocado, plantains, and cheese that was SO GOOD! And this tapas plate, which we barely touched because per usual we ordered too much food. (The lighting down in the underground was fantastic…not.) I w