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Today we are celebrating something special - this is my 100th blog post!  Thank you again for joining me in this journey! I am excited to share a fabulous pizza recipe, originally inspired by my lovely mom.  Hers was covered in carmelized onions, which I'm sure would be good.  But dear hubby HATES onions.  Really, hate is a nice term for his overwhelming loathing of the sometimes smelly vegetable.  Dear hubby and I have been married for almost 8 years, but each time we're at my parents' house I have to remind them of his dislike hate of onions. 

I started off my long weekend right with some serious exercise!  Afterall, I have some new goals to hit.  And in order to hit them, I need to focus on healthy clean eating and moving MORE! Since I was by myself with Babycakes, I didn't get many pictures of ME doing the exercises, but I did get a lot of cute shots of Babycakes copycatting mommy :)  Here she is trying slightly elevated pushups --->   So cute!  My workout started with a 2 mile run, followed by strength training at the playgr ... Read more » about Running, Playground Strength Training & Lunges, oh my!

Happy Monday y'all :)  As I mentioned on Facebook this weekend - (are you a fan yet?  If not you should be! Click here.) I spent a lot of time writing a guest post for a friend about my struggle to get pregnant.  I poured a lot of myself into the post, and I can't wait to share it with you later in the week. ... Read more » about Go-To Meal: Mango Salsa Chicken

When I became a mother…to a daughter, that’s when I decided I needed to live a healthier life.  I had “talked” about losing weight, for literally YEARS.  But I never did anything about it.   It obviously wasn’t something that was really important to me then, or I would’ve made better choices and gotten my weight in check sooner.  But all of a sudden, I had this other person counting on me:  Counting on me to teach her how to live a healthy happy life.   I wasn’t doing this myself, so how could I teach her? ... Read more » about Motherhood + {Peanut Butter & Jelly Pancakes}

Evidently since finishing my Reboot, five days of juicing, and hitting my initial goal, my body has been craving carbs.  I mean a LOT of them.  Holy carbs, batman!! I've made breads, muffins, and pancakes like I'll never be able to eat them again in my whole life!!  At least I load them up with Chobani yogurt, my newfound love. ... Read more » about Holy Carbs + {CHO Chocolate PB2 Banana Pancakes}

As you may know, my folks are in town for Mother's Day weekend.  My mom and I spent the entire day yesterday being pampered, and it was heavenly.  The massage and facial really were worth every minute and every penny.  Ahhhhh.  More about that on Monday!  I knew I wanted to make my dad some of my Honeydew Caprese Salad during their visit.  It was, afterall, inspired by his own bruschetta recipe.  Mine just has about 80% less oil and 100% less sugar, as I use the honeydew to sweeten as well as really r ... Read more » about Blend Swag Put to Good Use + {Parm Chicken CousCous}

Yesterday I declared my love for Blend, the blogger retreat officially sponsored by Chobani.  If you happened to miss the recap of this amazing weekend, be sure to check it out!  Today I am excited to share my newest Greek Yogurt bread recipe with you - Cinnamon Apple Bread - along with my newfound love for Chobani.  Growing up I never liked yogurt, and now it's a part of my daily routine fuel.  I love that it is so low in sugar, is super c ... Read more » about Chobani Love + {Greek Yogurt Cinnamon Apple Bread}

Remember Lauren, from Oatmeal after Spinning, who shared this week about 3 essentials to a happy healthy life?  Well, I had the honor of doing a post for her blog which went live yesterday!  By the time you read this, she and I will have had many an hour to chat in real life, photograph our food together (ha!), and just relax at the Blend Retreat in beautiful Boulder, CO.   This weekend, this break, is really exactly what I needed.  So if you didn't get a chance to see the post on her site yesterday, please po ... Read more » about {Peanut Butter & Jelly Pancakes}

This is a bit of an anticipated recipe post - as I made this delicious bread like 3 days ago.  But life has gotten in the way a bit.  Like I said yesterday, when I said "no," work has been absolutely crazy: the hardest most stressful week in 3 years.  Even tonight I found myself working on my laptop rather than blogging.  Yuck!!  On top of that I picked up a sick Babycakes from school today.  When it rains, it pours.   She was so sweet and miserable tonight.  I really hope she feels A HECK OF A LOT better by ... Read more » about Greek Yogurt Orange Cranberry Clove Bread...DELISH!

Pizza is my hubby's favorite food.  If there was only one food left in the world, he'd want it to be pizza.  He's not what I'd call an "emotional eater."  Most of the time, he'd probably be ok with just taking a "food pill" instead of eating, if it saved him time.  BUT, pizza literally makes him happy.  If he's had a hard week (which he often does lately) the stresses slowly melt away as he takes a few bites.  It's like a signal that he can start relaxing.  The weekend has arrived.  So what better way to embrace this desire (need) than to officially declare ... Read more » about Friday Tradition + {Beer Crust Pizza}