Popping in to share sweet quality moments I’ve been having with my pre-teen! My oldest son, Baylen, has quite the sweet tooth, and I’ve been cutting back on buying junk food from the grocery store, which means when he wants something sweet it usually comes in the form of a recipe I make. Even though …
Recipes
Easy family friendly recipes my kids will actually eat!
Traditional Greek Salad for Pizza Night
Happy Friday EVE! The weekend is around the corner and I wanted to share a simple salad idea for you to pair with pizza night! Every weekend we have one night when we’ll order pizza delivery or make it at home. Here’s our favorite homemade Detroit style pizza recipe – my brother Jason and sister …
Spinach Bacon Quinoa Muffins
Happy Friday! I’ve been eating these muffins on repeat this week for breakfast, and they are SO good! They are perfect for those of us who want to eat a healthy breakfast in the morning but need something quick to grab and go! I make a batch or two of these before the week starts, …
How To Join Take Back The Kitchen
If you’ve been following me on Facebook or Instagram, then you’ve probably seen Jake and I share about our Take Back The Kitchen Community! This is a brand new branch of our online fitness and nutrition business that we launched in August! We NEVER expected it to blow up at quickly as it has, but …
Cinco De Mayo The Skinny Way
We’re back from wine country, and settled back into normal life. I’ll be sharing a recap of our entire trip soon! In the meantime, I’m excited to celebrate Cinco De Mayo! Since becoming a mom, I’ve learned that celebrating holidays like this is a great way to break up the week and add a little …
Best Ever Banana Chocolate Chip Protein Bars
Most days, in order to get my work done most efficiently, I’ll leave the house for a few hours and land at a coffee shop. We live in Woodbury, MN, where we haveĀ Starbucks and Caribous coming out our ears. Last I counted there were 8Ā Starbucks within a 4 mile radius! You guys know I love …
Kuiper Family Menu: December 14 – 20, 2015
Happy Sunday, everybody! Many of you know that my family and I started on a journey to healthy living in March of this year. Prior to that, we were in full on survival mode, ordering take-out several times a week and eating carbs, carbs, and more carbs. And before bedtime every night? There was ice …
Homemade Pizza Lunchables
When it comes to lunchtime, I’m all about making it kid friendly and easy, because any mom knows that when the hunger comes we have approximately 60 seconds to fill their plates. Popular items on our menu rotation include peanut butter and jelly, Annie’s mac and cheese, Earth’s Best fish and chicken nuggets, and Applegate …
How To Roast A Spaghetti Squash
It’s Wednesday January 15th! I’ve been looking forward to this day for a few months now, because today is launch day for Twin Cities Moms Blog! I mentioned a while back that I’m a contributor, which means I’m on a team with about 15 other ladies from around the Twin Cities who will be sharing …
Sweet Potato Hash Browns
It’s been crazy cold this week, and while I obviously wouldn’t want it to last forever, there’s been something cozy about the past few days as I’ve been holed up inside with the kids. Each morning I hop into my slippers, turn on the fireplace, haven’t been in any rush to get us out of …