in an effort to meet my health goals, i have been very intentional about what we eat for dinner.
we cook & eat at home most nights of the week so having a well-rounded list of recipes & meal ideas keeps me motivated & excited!
skinnytaste, a healthy eating blog, is one of my go-to places for healthy & wholesome meal ideas. i love her approach to eating well (cooking lighter – but an encourager of good fats) & her love for vegetables.
she recently posted this stuffed portobello mushroom recipe that looked delicious! after surveying our freezer, garden & pantry, i realized i had most of the ingredients for our tuesday night dinner already on hand. with a quick list, i headed to the store. once at the grocery, i realized the large portobello mushrooms were about $12 for the quantity i needed – well over my allotted budget. i revised & quickly grabbed the carton of small chopped portobellos for just $3.
at home, i made skinnytaste’s recipe, but i revised it to make it more affordable without skimping on health. instead of stuffing each mushroom, i created a mushroom casserole with mushrooms on the bottom followed by the layer of vegetables, marinara & cheese.
it was absolutely delicious & approved by the family! consider this a little nudge to eat well within your budget & add this recipe to your menu plan this week!
friends, what’s on your menu plan this week? please share your healthy ideas! include links to your favorite recipes in the comments section!
love,
natalie
what’s better than a girls’ weekend, my friends?
last weekend my mom & aunt roxie surprised my grandma with a fun girls’ weekend to branson in honor of her first wedding anniversary without grandpa.
you & i both know this, loss is just so hard. in the most ordinary & simple moments, i think of grandpa & fight back the tears. yet in our grief, we are reminded to soak up every bit of life’s goodness so i jumped at the opportunity to spend a weekend with my favorite people.
oh y’all, we shopped! we also treated ourselves to pedicures & enjoyed dinner at the keeter center – an amazing farm to table restaurant at the college of the ozarks. we cried & we equal parts laughed. we made some sweet memories & lordy, we took our share of selfies.
as annie dillard said so well, “how we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
love,
natalie
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| ring by the mosaic butterfly, cuff by mountain girl melodies, paper beads by noonday collection |
currently…
+ anxiously awaiting the start of roots festival – our favorite fayetteville music festival full of all things folk & food
+ loving the cooler weather but mourning the loss of summer
+ dreaming big & choosing fabrics for the winter natalie creates collection of headbands & happy flags. so many fun collaborations & surprises!
+ eating lots of salads (this one is a new favorite!) & getting serious about #nataliegetsfit
+ canning tomatoes like it’s my job
+ soaking up as much pool time as possible before we close the swimming hole for the season!
+ reading for the love & wanting to bottle up every single word.
+ reminding myself to simply breathe.
what are you currently doing/savoring/reading/enjoying?
love,
natalie