Back in the health game

Recently I tried on a pair of pants that I bought in 2013 and although they [barely] fit over my hips and [reluctantly] buttoned, I was totally uncomfortable. These are some cute pants too so I definitely do not want to get rid of them or worse, buy new, bigger pants. So! Instead I decided then and there that I was going to change my recent eating habits and get back into the healthy eating game. 

Now for those of you who have not read my previous posts, this isn't a diet plan. It's a change-in-eating plan and a healthy cooking plan. I am the one in my small, two-person family who does the food shopping and the cooking so I therefore control what we eat. My longer commute does however make me lazier more often. When I get home at 7:30 on some nights, the last thing I want to do is slave over a stove for an hour just to eat a mean we will scarf down in 10 minutes (as we watch tv).

Yesterday we drove to the Route 10 Farmers market and stocked up on some healthy eats and I spent a few hours in the kitchen prepping my lunch for this week (see next post for recipe) and some snacks and a salad that I found in the Clean Slate cookbook which I bought back in December (yikes! Has it been that long?) Needless to say, I'm ready to eat better and share that journey with you, my faithful, patient readers. 

Here's to a great new year!

Hello readers!

First let me start by apologizing about my lack of posts lately. I know some of you are avid readers of my blog and I really have been slacking lately with my recipes! Work and grad school have been taking up a lot of my time and I resolve to blog more frequently in the new year!

Santa was good to me this year and you, readers, will benefit from it as well! I got a beautiful new toy (aka a food processor) and have already begun experimenting with it. I have also decided, along with my boyfriend and family, to give up all packaged goods starting January 1. (We've started weening off them a few weeks ago.) To be honest this change is not for weight loss but for a healthier lifestyle overall. There are so many added chemicals and unnecessary ingredients added to packaged food and it is my resolution to become more conscious of those things. Healthy eating can be delicious and I am determined to prove it to my family and myself!

My new toy!

I invested in Clean Slate: A Cookbook and Guide by the editors of Martha Stewart Living. I am by no means endorsed by them but I found the guide part informative and some of the recipes definitely look good.

Great info about nutritional
food.

I am also reading The Dirty Life by Kristin Kimball which is a memoir of one woman's journey from city life to farm life and it is extremely eye opening! So readers, I am busy doing my research and it will hopefully inspire some great recipes for the new year. Keep an eye for my posts and subscribe so you never miss one! I promise great recipes but healthier, with no packaged ingredients and a lot more "wholesome".