by ashleysed | Aug 20, 2019 | Food and Kitchen Basics
Sugar is sugar but naturally occurring sugar (that is found in dairy and fruit + veggies) is of course better for you. Added sugars are any sugars added during the manufacturing or consumption of products (meaning added by you!). According to the American Heart...
by ashleysed | Aug 13, 2019 | Food and Kitchen Basics
My name is Ashley and I was a sugar addict!” Like BAD SUGAR ADDICT. Little Debbie Snacks and entire bags of candy on the reg! I truly think decreasing sugar is the #1 change every person on this planet should and could make in their diet to drastically improve their...
by ashleysed | Aug 6, 2019 | Food and Kitchen Basics
I have mentioned before, but when my wellness journey first started over a decade ago, it was simply buying food and cooking instead of eating out. And when I did eat out, making better choices. A few years into that journey, food quality took over. I credit one thing...
by ashleysed | Jul 16, 2019 | Food and Kitchen Basics
No shock to anyone that I love to cook. When I first started cooking, I was fresh out of nursing school and had a bunch of cheap cooking stuff from Walmart because that is all that I could afford. As I started to learn about chemicals that we were likely exposed to...
by ashleysed | Jun 11, 2019 | Food and Kitchen Basics, Kids
I don’t know about you, but my kids love snacks! They love when we have ‘snacky dinners’ and usually want a snack one to two times a day. We try really hard to keep only nutritious foods in the house, knowing that there are plenty of other opportunities out for the...
by ashleysed | May 28, 2019 | Food and Kitchen Basics
Meal planning is truly one of the foundational must haves to keep our family on track and successfully eating at home. Hopefully you are organized and have strategies to be successful with that! Another thing that is pretty high up on the list as well is meal...