Category: My journey

  • 7 things I love about eating a keto diet

    7 things I love about eating a keto diet

    I have been carb cycling in and out of a keto diet for about a month now and here are the things I love about eating keto I easily hit my protein goals. Before starting keto. I struggled to hit my 100 grams protein goal every day. Now I am averaging 122grams of protein a…

  • Fun with Cocao

    I woke up the other day with a deep craving for chocolate. A few weeks ago I made chocolate from a bar of cocao my best friend got me from Peru and I really wanted some more. When I finally got to it, it was early Sunday morning. I had just deep cleaned my kitchen…

  • The Joy of an Imperfect kitchen

    I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t fascinated with cooking. I always say my passion is writing but when I look back my love for cooking precedes my love of writing. I remember being 5 years old and exciting to make brownies in my God sister’s easy bake oven. It wasn’t until this week…

  • Fun With Homemade Popcicles

    My favorite thing to make this time of year is popcicles. I prefer to make popcicles at home because they are delicious and have a lot less sugar and chemicals in it than store bought popcicles plus, no dyes. It’s essentially guilt and worry free popcicles. I usually make them out of 1 of 3…

  • Experimenting With Homemade Yogurt

           I’m starting to find moments of quiet and peace throughout the day. Today my infant went down for a nap around lunch time and for once my toddler is quietly and contently eating her peanut butter and jelly.  I stare out the back window watching the rain splatter on the ground and the clouds…