What Our Family Has Been Enjoying and How We Celebrate Birthdays
A simple family birthday turned into brownie cupcakes, shared around a table full of kids. This post covers our favorite non-toxic baking tools, an easy gluten-free brownie shortcut, and why we aim to be thoughtful about what we bring into our homes—while still leaving plenty of room for joy.
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My Go-To Evening Protein Shake
My after-bedtime evening treat that supports my health goals and leaves me feeling satiated. And it only takes 2 minutes to make! Food tastes better at its simplest with real food ingredients. There's something magical about putting it all together at home that shelf-stable bottle or powdered mix can never compete with.
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A Day in The Life: Our Routines and Favorite Things
What a typical day-in-the-life looks like for us and a few products we use and love sprinkled in along the way. As you're reading, just add in lots of dishes, laundry, diaper changes, toddler bathroom-ing, looking for "your other shoe", some whining and tantrums, correction and instruction, and generally silliness and wild toddler climbing. That's all basically a given.
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Clean Swaps: Food Storage
One of my favorite clean food storage swaps has been using large, all-glass baking dishes I’ve collected over time including thrifted and vintage pieces. Ditching plastic wrap was a small decisions that ended up changing a lot in our kitchen. We figured it out as we went, sometimes confusing guests along the way. I love how often the best replacement for something disposable is simply… nothing at all.
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Honey
Raw, local honey is a favorite pantry staple. I loved learning about honey and honeybees working at a honey stand at the farmer’s market when I was young. Sourcing honey locally is one small but meaningful way we choose nourishment, transparency, and community.
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How I (Don’t) Meal Plan
I quit forcing meal planning systems that never worked for me and embraced a simpler approach instead, leaning into my natural tendencies. How I run our "ingredient kitchen."
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