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My Journey with IBD & Pregnancy

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I’ve partnered with the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) to bring you this blog post. Read on to learn more about a new resource that was just launched today to help women navigate IBD and pregnancy . Until my early 30s, I wasn’t really a “kid person.” I never really played with dolls as a kid. I didn’t babysit younger siblings or cousins. And, honestly, I had very little interest in other people’s kids. When Mal and I got married having children was always part of our plan, but it wasn’t a priority for us. We got married kind of young (we were the first of our friends), so we weren’t in any kind of rush. Plus, we were enjoying life with just the two of us, so the kid stuff wasn’t a topic of conversation for many years. But, then, things with my health changed. I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis at 31 years old, totally out of the blue. (Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) along with Crohn’s disease.) I was 100% healthy pr...

Clean Eating Butternut Rice Casserole Recipe

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This clean eating butternut rice casserole is a delicious side dish, or even a plant-based main meal! I’ve had a butternut squash sitting on my counter for a while now and I knew that if I didn’t use it soon, it would be going in the trash. Well I’m not one to waste food, so I decided we were going to have it for dinner. But truth be told, I’ve made butternut squash a million different ways this season and I was bored with every single one of them. I wanted something hearty, filling and somewhat on the creamy side. But since I don’t eat dairy, I figured I’d substitute with cashew cream. So I decided on this clean eating butternut brown rice casserole. It was perfect for dinner and I was able to eat off of it for a few days! WHAT IS CASHEW CREM? Cashew cream is a wonderful dairy-free substitution for anything you would usually want to make creamy. In fact, one of the main takeaways from my plant-based culinary program was that I should ALWAYS have a bowl of cashews soaking in the ...