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Other than scrambled eggs with veggies, tacos are probably the meal I eat most often. I eat A LOT of tacos. Shrimp tacos. Crockpot pulled chicken tacos. And my new favorite, paleo pork tacos. Actually all the tacos I eat are technically paleo thanks to Siete Almond Flour Tortillas. I linked to them on Amazon but you can get them at most Whole Foods stores for MUCH cheaper. Seriously, they’re amazing. Sometimes when I try paleo products, it’s obviously that it’s an imitation of the real thing – and a poor one at that. These are not like that. They are delicious, tasty, legit tortillas. I swear I’m not being paid to say this, I’m not an affiliate or anything. This is not a sponsored post. I just really love their tortillas! My one problem is that they tend to break…if you over-stuff them…like I do. So first, don’t do…

I’ve had two babies now and if there’s one thing I pride myself on – it’s my research. Trust me moms and future moms, this is the ultimate non-toxic baby registry.  When I was pregnant, I must have searched for a combined 37 hours for non-toxic baby items to register for. I knew nothing. Flame retardants on the crib? Plastic in diapers? Toxins in baby lotion? I was overwhelmed. I wished someone would write every single thing I’d need, not the frivolous, useless, modern-day stuff (helllooo bouncers and insane light up toys!). So I decided to come up with the ultimate non-toxic baby registry – this is the exact article I wish I would’ve found when I was pregnant and trying to figure out what I’d need and the healthiest, safest products to buy for my baby. There’s a lot of stuff out there and a lot of stuff you…

We rented an apartment on Home Away for our Charleston vacation, which was the cutest apartment ever. Doing this also saved us money in more ways than one: not only was it cheaper than a hotel, but because it had a full kitchen, I made us a healthy breakfast every morning. We went to the local Harris Teeter where I got: organic eggs Kerrygold butter organic black beans white rice (also organic!) organic shredded cheese organic tomatoes Suja juice (the green one with the lowest amount of sugar) And had us a bit of a Mexi style breakfast. After that, we walked all over the city. In total, we walked around 25 miles from Saturday to Wednesday. Charleston is the perfect city to get out and explore. We woke up bright and early, which we actually always do, and headed to the waterfront park. It was cool, uncrowded and absolutely…

I get it. Breaking the soda habit is hard. If you’re like me, you grew up on the stuff. It was at every birthday party, ever soccer game and every school cafeteria. America really sets kids up to be soda chugging adults. It’s time to break the habit with the healthiest soda alternatives – which you can skip to below if you don’t care about all the reasons why soda is bad for you. Seriously. It’s gross. Soda is just a can of empty calories, filled with sugar that’s almost like from genetically modified sugar beets and caramel color – which is carcinogenic. Meaning it’s been shown to cause cancer. Yes. You might literally be drinking cancer-causing sugar bombs. Am I being dramatic? Kind of. But not really. This is the reality of soda. Let’s explore some soda facts. Soda and cancer. Dr. Pepper, Coke and Pepsi contain caramel color.…

This caprese shrimp lentil pasta was SO DELICIOUS. I never knew about lentil pasta either, but yes, it’s now a thing. I’m really loving all the healthy, gluten-free alternatives that are coming out. And while gluten-free alternatives often get a bad rap for being overly processed and full of junk, depending on the brand you get, this lentil pasta contains at most two ingredients: lentil and quinoa, and sometimes just lentil. Both are healthy, whole foods! No additives, no preservatives, no sketchy ingredients. But I have a confession. Until I made this pasta, I didn’t really like lentils. They don’t have a ton of flavor and even though they have a decent amount of protein for a plant-based food, they never had as much (or a complete amino acid profile) when compared to, say, chicken or salmon. So I never ate them. But I was in Whole Foods the other…