Teaching, wellness, recipes and how to balance it all
Every lunch, my coworkers tease, “what did you bring today, Lemm? Another soup?” and shamefully, my answer seventy percent of the time is yes. Anyone that knows me well knows I love a good soup. They are so convenient, simple, make enough to feed an army and are always tasty. However, you know what makes …
This week, both Tyler and I wanted to challenge our cooking skills by going vegetarian. When we went to the store and bought our meal ingredients, I really had the intention of making vegetable soup when I realized I was getting ingredients for Minestrone soup for our first meal. With new soups, I usually like …
Well guys, I am ten days into Whole30, and I wanted to update y’all as I trecked through the weeks. For those of you who don’t know what Whole30 is, check it out here and become enthralled by the restrictions. Whole30, while it has a lot of benefits, is meant to be an elimination diet. …
If you are like me, you have loads of ripened, old bananas chilling in your kitchen (because who can eat that many bananas?!) In college, I fought this scenario with making banana bread, really really unhealthy, buttery, carb-loaded banana bread, and dang- was it good. As I began my health journey, I continued to make …
Podcast Alert–> The P r e t t y Filter Last week, I was honored to be a guest on The Pretty Filter Podcast again to speak about my weekly routine regarding the food I eat! The podcast episode included my meal prepping routine, grocery list every week, and how to habitually eat a wholesome …
At this time of year, I am constantly looking for fast, easy recipes that are also healthy and prepare a lot of food. The prep time for this meal was easily ten minutes, and it provided food for six portions! The chicken can easily be marinated if you want it to be more flavorful, and …
In one of my previous blog posts, Prep for Success (& Your Lunch), I talk about how I meal prep, and what my Sundays looks like every week. Grocery shopping is a huge component as to what I eat weekly, and surprisingly, I receive a lot of questions about my routine. First of all, when …
I was over at my best friend’s house one night when her mom mentioned to me that she was doing The Whole 30. I rolled my eyes as I do with every diet fad, and she handed me a pamphlet with all of the requirements, they read as follows: No added sugar No alcohol No …
In my last post, I talked about my experience doing the Whole30. Figuring out what to cook was the hardest part of the thirty days, and so I am now sharing with you my favorite quick and easy recipes that I still make to this day. Thanks to some very creative bloggers, I was able …
Every Christmas Eve, we would finally use our formal dining room area. We would set the table properly, light the taper candles, and fold the cloth napkins just right underneath the forks and knives. As we sat amongst the candlelight, we would feast on all of the flavorful foods that my mom would spend all …