Ours is a mixed family. My husband is 100% Irish and was raised Catholic. I’m 100% Eastern European, raised Jewish. As a result, we celebrate the major holidays of both religions, albeit agnostic style: a Christmas tree, the menorah for Chanukah, jelly bean hunts for Easter, and a traditional dinner for Rosh Hashana. Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, I reserve for myself—as I’m the only one who cares to fast. Then there’s Passover, a holiday that lasts for seven days and marks the freeing of the Jews from slavery in Egypt. In recent years the Seder dinner, which marks the beginning of the holiday, has been adopted by many faiths as a symbolic repudiation of oppression and a celebration...
Rachel’s Favorite Green Pancakes Happy Spring & Happy Earth Month CRUSHers! While we’re still receiving record amounts of snow here in SLC, I know that green grass and flowers are on the horizon…I hope These bright green pancakes make me smile and they’re also a reminder that brighter, greener days of spring and summer are ahead! Did you know that 90% of us don’t get enough vegetables every day? 90%! Pretty shocking, right? According to the USDA, most of us need between 2 and 4 cups of vegetables a day. But the truth is, most people don’t sit down to eat a big bowl of veggies every day. Veggies usually end up as an afterthought in a side dish. This...
Inside: If your produce goes bad too quickly, find out how to store fruits and vegetables the right way. Plus, get a free printable you can post on your fridge. Fresh produce is too beautiful (and expensive!) to waste. Every buy a bundle of asparagus or pint of berries with the best intentions–only to find them in the depths of the fridge a week later, mushy, limp, and moldy? With a bounty of spring and summer produce coming into season, we’ll all be stocking up. So knowing how to keep your purchases as fresh as possible is key to avoiding waste and saving money. To help, I asked the folks at Yellowbird Foodshed for their best tips on how to store fruits...
Let’s get cooking people!! Tomorrow kicks off my first ever challenge on my fitness app! It’s my 30-day Healthy Habits Challenge which includes 5 daily habits and 2 weekly habits. The habits include eating 5 different kinds of vegetables per day, drinking 100oz of water, eating 100g of protein, getting in 5,000+ steps, and doing 5 minutes of mindfulness each day. AND completing 5 PaleOMG workouts from my app and 10 push ups 5x/week! I’m hoping this week’s weekly dinner menu not only inspires you, but inspires some of my challenge participants! And if you aren’t in the challenge, I hope this inspires you in your meals this week!! Sunday – Mediterranean Inspired Protein – PaleOMG 10-Minute Honey Garlic Salmon...
These Weekly Menu recipes allow you to get out of that same ol’ recipe rut and try some delicious and easy dishes! This week I highly recommend making Grilled Beer Can Chicken, Instant Pot Sticky Gochujang Pork Belly Burnt Ends, and Thai Chicken Pizza. Happy Sunday TKW Family! How was your week? Last week was AMAZING! The Pizza Expo was so much fun and so delicious! We ate, and ate, and ATE yet because of all my walking, I came home 8 pounds lighter! So now I’m looking for another expo – one a week would be great if that’s the weight loss progress from it. LOL Plus it was just so great to get away with Mr. Fantabulous. Even...
