I’m a nurse. An exercise lover. A whole foods connoisseur. A health enthusiast. And I have IBS. No need to cue the sappy violin music yet... I’ve found that eating a mostly plant-based diet has allowed me to continue to live and love life to the fullest. Although moderation isn’t something I do well, I’m 100% devoted to giving my body pure, wholesome, quality food. Nutritious and delicious, all the time. Hungry Hungry Hippie is a way for me to share my daily dealings with food, fitness, and everything in between.
Soda Springs is a great place for kids and it’s also pretty close to us in Davis. It’s directly off 80 before you even get all the way to Tahoe, so a quick 2 hours after breakfast we were ready to go! It opens at 10 so we were among the first to arrive and rent gear. I signed P up for a lesson since he’s never done skiing before, so while we waited for that to start we did tubing. After that I got him up on skis and he walked around a bit… Read more >
Friday was an emotional rollercoaster ride. It started off all wrong because BOTH kids were up ALL NIGHT FREAKING LONG and so I don’t think I slept more than an hour. Every time I finished settling one kid, I’d try to go back to my bed, only to hear the other one start to cry or whine. Kyle had an important meeting on Friday so I was trying to make sure he stayed asleep through it all, which meant I was literally running between rooms to keep them from waking up the whole family. I… Read more >
For dinner I made my second Bon Appetit recipe of the day. Also shocking, was that I didn’t use the IP all day. Oh wait, yes I did. I had no veggie planned for the meal, but then remembered I got a 3 pack of artichokes on sale last weekend. Perfect! With only 20 minutes until dinner time I threw them in to steam in the magical lightning fast way that the instant pot does it. Ever since making this chicken and orzo dish, I realized it is the quintessential cozy one pan winter meal… Read more >
I’m delirious. For some reason (slightly unknown to me) Valley monkey was up all night. Not fussy or sick really, just wide awake and not in the mood to sleep. I was so zonked I couldn’t even deal. Kyle and I took turns doing I don’t even know what with her trying to get her back to sleep, but it was like someone had given her caffeine at 10 pm. What the what?! Girl, sleep is good. Let’s all do it. Hopefully it’s not a trend because I am not the kind of person who… Read more >
My Monday started with a very pleasant surprise. Valley waltzed into the childcare before my MOPS meeting and when I asked if she was ready for me to go she said yes and that was the end of it. WHAA!?!?! Amazing! So I celebrated with a donut. And egg casserole and heaps of coffee and other yums. Things got even better for lunch when I made the same bomb salad from Sunday. Let me remind you…as the base, there was kale and brussels sprouts that I sautéed and then topped with a champagne vinaigrette. Then… Read more >