After a long vacation (that involved a whole lot of pasta) I came home eager to get back to my regular workouts. I feel my best when I’ve got a good exercise routine going. It’s amazing what a good sweat session does for both my body and my mind. While every bit of me is… [Read More]
Strawberry Rhubarb Bars
These strawberry rhubarb bars are sweet and gooey and everything you’re looking for in a summer dessert. Topped with an oat crust and packed with lots of fresh fruit, these bars are perfect for your 4th of July BBQ. Growing up, I wasn’t big on fresh fruits or veggies. I lived on carbs, counted potatoes… [Read More]
How to make your teeth look like you used a whitening filter in real life
Something no one tells adults who get braces: after you get them off, your teeth are going to be yellow. You can’t use whitening toothpaste or products the entire time you have braces on. And if you have jaw surgery, the antibiotic mouthwash they give you after surgery is known to cause tooth discoloration. The… [Read More]
BBQ Jackfruit Tacos
A delicious and healthy recipe for vegetarian BBQ jackfruit tacos. These tacos are perfect for summer and taste great with a cold margarita! We are entering one of my very favorite seasons. I like to call it: lay by the pool and drink margaritas and eat tacos season! It’s a pretty self-explanatory season and it… [Read More]
7 eco-friendly products that help support the environment
If I’m being honest, I’ve been feeling a bit bummed out by the news lately. There are a lot of news stories that make me sad, but the ones that make me feel the most helpless are the ones about our planet. Global warming is real and the fact that we as a society aren’t… [Read More]
Why Lima should be on your travel list
The capital city of Peru, Lima is home to 8.5 million people. It’s a coastal city, located on the West coast of South America but directly South from the East Coast of the United States (They share a time zone. This makes the city incredibly easy to travel to, with many direct flights from the… [Read More]
11 best things to do in Cincinnati
Cincinnati, otherwise known as The Queen City, is located right on the border between Ohio and Kentucky. It’s a city teeming with beautiful architecture, a diverse food scene, Fortune 500 companies, and strong historical ties to the Underground Railroad and mafia gangsters. There are so many fun things to do in Cincinnati, you could easily… [Read More]
Veggie Tempeh Reubens
One of my favorite things I love to do when I travel is to find and taste the authentic food of that area. There’s nothing like eating gooey butter cake in St. Louis or a slice of pizza in New Haven. There is so much good food in this world and I love learning about… [Read More]
What it’s like to get LASIK
A little over a week ago I had LASIK eye surgery on both my eyes. It was simultaneously the scariest and easiest thing I’ve ever done. (Scariest being the days leading up to the procedure when I was worrying about lasers in my eyeballs! Easiest being the actual procedure, how quickly I saw results, and… [Read More]
Weekend Snapshots
It has been a long time since I’ve done a good old-fashioned snapshots post. I thought it would be fun to share our weekend as told through photos. Blogging used to be a lot more of an online diary, and sometimes I miss seeing what everyone’s life is like behind the curated content and Instagram… [Read More]
Supporting local: my favorite Omaha restaurants and shops
I’ve called Omaha home for the last five years now. That both feels like the blink of an eye and a lifetime. When I moved here, I was 22 years old. I had just graduated college and was married two weeks prior. The only time I had been to the Midwest before I moved here… [Read More]