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Keep the love alive during quarantine with these 12+ Date Night At Home Ideas that will help you feel closer, and provide a break from the stress. We’ve been in quarantine or practicing social isolation since mid-March. Being locked in the house together with our loved ones, means couples have to find creative and intentional ways to spend quality time with one another. I am stressing quality time. You and your partner are around each other constantly right now, and once the kids are in bed, probably all you want to do is crawl into bed. A date that might require your to shower or shave or make or do something does not sound all too tempting. I know. Still, after the first week of quarantine, my husband Scott suggested we do a date night every Friday and I loved the idea. Here’s why. I feel we need to be reminded that as partners, we’re also a…

Coronavirus quarantine with kids: Here is a list of activities, a survival guide, if you will, for parents who are quarantined at home with their small children. Now that I’m home all day with my jackals, I had to come up with a healthy quarantine-friendly daily routine for the kids! I have worked from home for years, but since I had Storm I’ve had a nanny from 9 am -3 pm four days a week. Now that we are essentially quarantined due to coronavirus, our daily routine has changed quite a bit. First let me say that we take this very seriously. We are not going to local playgrounds, we’re not having family over and we’re not visiting with friends. No playdates, no social interaction outside of our family aside from chatting with our next-door neighbors across the fence. In doing so, I’ve had to get creative with our routine! And keeping…

Eating healthy under quarantine is doable! Here’s my quarantine meal plan with simple, healthy and isolation-friendly recipes your whole family can eat. Low-carb, paleo & gluten-free. This quarantine is the perfect time to stay home, cook healthy meals and boost your immune system with nutritious food! Start with this healthy quarantine meal plan! These are trying times, ya’ll! We have to be mindful of the elderly and vulnerable in our society, and stay the fuck home! The best way to mitigate the spread of coronavirus is to limit your exposure to other people as much as possible. For me, this meant one huge grocery haul last Friday – and we haven’t been out since aside from walks around the neighborhood. And I’ve cooked every. single. meal. I thought it would be exhausting, but honestly, it’s been fun and feels super nourishing and healthy. If you’re also on lockdown right now – it’s the perfect time…

This Asian Ground Beef Bowl with veggies is so delicious, hearty and healthy you wouldn’t even guess it’s gluten-free and paleo! A protein-packed bowl that is on the table in under 30 minutes – totally meal prep, budget, and family friendly. Asian Beef Bowl – Budget Friendly, Paleo and Ready in 30 Minutes! I have been making this Asian Beef Bowl or a variation of it for years. If you want some Asian inspired healthy comfort food that comes together in a snap – this is it. Even my kids gobble it down. I switch out the veggies for avocado for them, easier to chew. Add this Asian Beef Bowl to your Lunch Meal Prep Routine! Another thing I love about this Asian Beef & Veggie Bowl is that it works for both lunch and dinner. This makes it perfect for meal planning! To make this ahead of time, you can brown the ground beef…

Is eating a salad for lunch everyday healthy? Here’s the low down on lunch salads plus healthy lunch salad ideas that are quick and easy to make ahead. If you follow me on Instagram, you know that I have a big ass salad for lunch almost every day. So many people get caught up on lunch. They don’t bring food to work and then end up ordering out or eating food in the office – neither of which is as healthy (or cheap!) as simply packing your own salad. Why you should have a lunch salad every day: It’s cheaper. Many people find themselves at the local cafeteria, coffee shop or ordering PostMates for lunch. Buying lunch daily seriously adds up. Statistics vary, but the average cost of buying lunch runs around $12. That’s $60 per week. That’s $3,120 on lunch alone! Now consider that making your own lunch salad…

A Gluten-free Guide to traveling to Tulum as a family with small kids with tips on accommodation and activities as well as the best gluten-free restaurant options in the Mexican beach town. After bugging my husband to go to Mexico for a solid two years, we finally took our gluten-free family trip to Tulum! I’ve been wanting to go to Tulum for about four years. I first found it when searching for places in Mexico that had yoga and meditation spaces. And let me tell you – Tulum has a lot of that. And while I had lofty ideas of checking out several yoga studios, hitting up a meditation or two and checking out all of the gluten-free restaurants, reality hit when we got there. I’m a mom of two kids three and under – so we didn’t get to do quite as much as I had hoped. Even so,…

Beneficial bacteria & balanced blood sugar are two huge factors for mitigating anxiety. Here are some examples of what I eat in a day for anxiety management! Anxiety has long been something I’ve dealt with in my life. With two drug addicts for parents, I’m not sure if it was clinical anxiety or just good sense. Either way, I’ve spent the last several (maybe ten?) years delving into every topic imaginable trying to overcome it. I now know that diet is one of the most critical factors so today I’m sharing what I eat in a day for anxiety management. I’ve written a lot about anxiety over the years (you can check out those articles here). It’s something I’ve struggled with on and off and I’m finally at a place where I feel like I’ve overcome it. I’ve overcome it in the sense that while it will never be completely…

The ketogenic diet is hugely popular and with good reason; it’s been shown to reduce inflammation, improve depression and anxiety, curb epileptic seizures and help people lose weight. It can be incredibly healing, especially for those with diabetes, mood disorders, Alzheimer’s and gut infections. However, in following along on social media and seeing the huge explosion of this way of eating, I’ve also seen a lot of ways people kind of botch it. I’ve decided to share five things people do wrong when going keto because I’m seeing these mistakes repeatedly. NOT ENOUGH VEGGIES I see so many people avoiding vegetables on keto. Here’s the thing: keto can be a very healthy and well balanced diet. But you know what the backbone of keto is that people don’t realize? VEGETABLES. Veggies should make up the bulk of every ketogenic plate of food. Vegetables are loaded with so many vitamins, minerals…