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10 kitchen inspired gifts to give this Mother’s Day

I think you could probably label me as an obsessive purger, a minimalist, or an organization optimizer.  I’m a girl who believes in less is more (except for when it comes to popcorn, that you can never have too much of).  I like my life, and my home, as clean and streamlined as possible (which is almost impossible with four kids).  So when it comes to my kitchen, you better believe that I take it to a whole other level.  I like my countertops cleared off, and my kitchen drawers nice and neat.  So because of this, I don’t have an overwhelming amount of gadgets, utensils, or serving dishes.  Just my few favorites, that I use on repeat.

My kitchen is really only filled with things I LOVE ,and things I USE.  So in honor of Mother’s Day, I decided to put together my top ten kitchen items that I am loving this spring, as inspiration for gifts to give this Mother’s Day.  These are all things that I have, that I love, and that I use.

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Motherhood

Needing more than motherhood

I’m a mother to four young children, but that’s only a small part of who I am.

Before having kids, in my early twenties, I worked in Advertising.  It was high-paced and exciting. You would have thought it would be the perfect career for a 20-something-girl who had little, to no, responsibilities.  But after only a few short years, instead of enjoying those carefree days, I found myself in my tiny cubicle daydreaming about a totally different world.

Instead of becoming a powerful woman in the Advertising world, what I really wanted, was to become a mom.  And not just any mom, a mom who stayed at home, played on the floor with her kids, and baked cookies all day long (the irony here is not lost on me).

A few short years later, I did just that. I got married, left my career, started having babies, stayed at home, and made cookies.  Lots and lots of cookies.

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Appetizer and Snacks

Spring pea and ricotta toast

One of my favorite things about the weather changing is all of the delicious produce that is coming into season.  Spring onions, asparagus and of course one of my all time favorites, peas.  This pea and ricotta toast showcases some of my favorite spring produce, and equally as important, what I love most about cooking; fresh seasonal ingredients left alone to simply shine.  No fancy techniques.  No fancy tools required.  Just beautiful ingredients at their peak, doing their thing!

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Breakfast

Dragon fruit smoothie bowl

Every now and then there is just a dish that comes along that is so beautiful, you have stop and pause.  This dragon fruit smoothie bowl is one of those for me.  Naturally gorgeous with it’s bright pink hue, it’s hard to believe that this succulently sweet fruit is even real.

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Main Dish

Spicy buddha bowl with sweet potatoes & forbidden rice

Eating clean(“ish”) has been a process for me.  It’s something that I’ve slowly, over time, been building up.  Little changes, one at a time.

One of those changes came in the way of how I viewed healthy eating.  I used to think “healthy eating” meant depriving yourself. I looked at it as a diet filled with restrictions.  It’s taken me a while to shift that view.   I now see healthy eating as a diet built on the idea of abundance.   An abundance of healthy, beautiful, seasonal food that is all around us.

Once you open yourself to the idea of healthy, clean eating, you magically discover a world of ingredients that you would have not normally tried.  Creating dishes around simple, wholesome ingredients is one of the ways I stay inspired in the kitchen, and one of the ways I stay inspired to continue to eat “healthy”.

One dish that I turn to the most are grain bowls.  Essentially a large bowl filled with seasonal veggies, a grain of your choice, all topped with a delicious dressing.  In this spicy buddha bowl, I combined some of my favorite vegetables, and topped it off with a spicy peanut dressing.  It’s colorful, simple and as the perfect example of how healthy eating can feel abundant.

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Motherhood

What I’ve learned from feeding four picky eaters

One of the biggest struggles that I often hear mothers talk about is how challenging it can be trying to feed picky eaters. It can feel like such a daunting task, one that I think so many of us can relate to. And it’s easy to see why. Cooking healthy and nutritious meals for our families takes time, effort, money, and a whole lot of patience. It’s no wonder we feel frustrated after putting in so much effort cooking a meal, only to be rewarded with our picky eaters moving food around their plate. It can be enough to make us want to give up.

While I may not be an expert on child nutrition, or even cooking with your kids, I have had the experience of cooking for my own four children for the past nine years, and I’ve learned a few lessons along the way. I’m hoping that some of what I’ve learned from feeding my own picky eaters, may help you feed yours….

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Drinks

Almond milk

With six people living under one roof, our household goes through a lot of just about EVERYTHING.  Bread, laundry detergent, toothpaste….you name it.  But one of the things we seem to go through the quickest these days is milk, and not just any milk, almond milk.

Three out of my four kids LOVE almond milk.  They drink it on its own, use it in their cereal, and then of course in our daily morning smoothies.  Almond milk makes up the base of almost all of our smoothies, and we drink a LOT of smoothies.  So I thought I’d take a crack at making my own homemade almond milk.  Read More

Main Dish

Spicy falafel pitas with homemade tzatziki

When we lived in Chicago JonPaul and I had this Greek restaurant we loved, The Pita Inn (Chicago friends, don’t laugh, you know you love it too). While it may not have been a Michelin star restaurant by any stretch of the imagination, it was soo good.  They made, hands down, the best falafels around.  Ever since our move to the east coast we have been searching for our “Pita Inn”, but have yet to find it.  So, I decided to take matters into my own hands and come up with a falafel recipe of my own.  And I am happy to report that these spicy falafels are just as good, if not better, than what I was hoping for.

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Appetizer and Snacks

Tzatziki Sauce

JonPaul and I can never seem to get enough Greek food.  We love it.  And one of the things we love most about it, is the tzatziki sauce.  There is just something about the cool greek yogurt, the earthy dill and bits of crunchy cucumber.  It’s addicting.  Which is why we love this easy and delicious homemade tzatziki sauce.

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