This recipe is perfect for those who love creamy pasta dishes, but are trying to avoid, well... creamy pasta dishes. Substitute these homemade sweet potato noodles for the pasta and this roasted red pepper sauce for the creamy, and you'll be on your way to a delicious dinner that everyone at the table will enjoy! Preferably, you would use a spiralizer for this recipe. You can find them online for as low at $20.00 or you could shred you veggies instead. Spaghetti squash works

This recipe is from one of my favorite cookbooks, The Food You Crave, by Ellie Krieger. Adding a summer spin and a cool crunch to your traditional guacamole, this salsa is perfect for a dip, tacos, or even a simple side on your summer salad! Cucumber Avocado Salsa 1 medium English cucumber, seeded and diced 2 medium firm-ripe avocados, peeled, pitted, and diced 1/2 red onion, diced Juice of 2 limes Salt to taste 1/4 cup fresh cilantro 3 jalapeno peppers, seeded and finely ch

“You, yourself, as much as anybody else in the entire universe, deserves your love and affection.” -Buddha This past weekend, I went to my cousin's baby shower. We played all sorts of games related to babies and parenting. For example, guessing baby animal names (a baby tiger is called a whelp...who knew?), estimating how much yarn it would take to go around mama's belly, not saying the word "baby" for the entire afternoon (way harder than it sounds!). Out of all the games w

When I was 3 years old, my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Through chemotherapy and radiation, she managed to come out the other side. Then, she was diagnosed again 11 years later, and again 6 years after that. Today, she is fighting for the 4th time, and her reoccurrence rate is so high that her doctors have her receiving chemotherapy every 3 weeks... indefinitely. It has always seemed counter-intuitive to me to try to heal the body with poisonous chemicals, but