Easy Vegetarian Asian Noodle Bowl

by Brooke Selb | Sep 23, 2020 | Lunch/Dinner, Recipes, Vegetarian

Create a crunchy and chewy, savory and sweet flavor in this easy vegetarian Asian noodle bowl. It is loaded with vegetables and a flavorful sauce. During the year Rob and I spent in Vietnam, we did a ton of traveling to other countries nearby. One of my favorite...

7 Easy Meals To Get The Whole Family To Eat More Vegetables

by Brooke Selb | Sep 22, 2020 | Easy Family Friendly Meals, Eat More Vegetables, Family, Health Coaching, Health Time Management, Kid Friendly Meals, Meal Planning, Meal Prepping, Mom Life, Nutrition, Plant Based Meals, Simple Meal Plans

Stop stressing about putting vegetables on the table and use this meal plan. These seven easy meals to eat more vegetables will keep the whole family happy. I have tired everything to make eating more vegetables easy. I joined a CSA when I was first making changes to...

10 Easy Ways To Stop Eating Your Kids’ Leftovers

by Brooke Selb | Sep 21, 2020 | Family, Healthy Eating Mindset, Mom Life, Nutrition

Skip the bites of your children’s plate scraps with these 10 ways to stop eating kids’ leftovers. You will get that much closer to your health goals! No matter what kind of dinner you make for your kids, there are bound to be a few bites left on their...

12 Truths After One Year As A Stay At Home Mom

by Brooke Selb | Sep 13, 2020 | Blogging, Family, Health for Moms, Health Time Management, Mom Life, Personal Training

Debating about being a stay at home mom? These are the 12 truths to being a stay at home mom I learned after one year home with three young children. As teachers start welcoming students back into their classrooms, staying late during those first few weeks to make...

Beginner Push Up Workout For Busy Women

by Brooke Selb | Sep 3, 2020 | Dumbbells, Exercise, Gym, Home Workouts, Personal Training, Strength Workouts, Upper Body / Arm Workouts, Workouts, Workouts for Beginners, Workouts for Women

This beginner push up workout for busy women works your deltoids, glutes, core, and chest so you can strengthen muscles to do a push up in 15 minutes. I have every excuse in the book for why I cannot do a push up.  I have been a runner since high school and have...

How To Make Meal Planning Easy For The Busy Mom

by Brooke Selb | Aug 26, 2020 | Family, Freezer Meals, Health Coaching, Health for Moms, Health Time Management, Healthy Eating Mindset, Make Ahead Meals, Meal Planning, Meal Prepping, Mom Life, Nutrition, Simple Meal Plans

Meal planning can be super quick and easy no matter how hectic your schedule is. These 10 excuses show you how to make meal planning easy for the busy mom.  I have been meal planning every week for the past 10 years. Sure, there are some weeks here and there...

Weekly Meal Plan: 7 Beginner Vegetarian Meals

by Brooke Selb | Aug 16, 2020 | Easy Family Friendly Meals, Eat More Vegetables, Health Coaching, Health for Moms, Health Time Management, Healthy Eating Mindset, Make Ahead Meals, Meal Planning, Meal Prepping, Mom Life, Nutrition, Plant Based Meals, Recipes, Simple Meal Plans, Vegetarian

If you are testing out being vegetarian these seven recipes are perfect vegetarian meals for beginners. They are kid and husband friendly. When Rob and I decided to try being vegetarian for a full month, my meal planning tendencies went into overdrive. I could finally...

9 Ways To Learn To Love Cooking

by Brooke Selb | Jul 29, 2020 | Family, Health Coaching, Health for Moms, Health Time Management, Healthy Eating Mindset, Mom Life, Nutrition

Cooking does not have to be a dreaded task. Instead you can learn to love cooking. These 9 tips will help make your time in the kitchen fun and interesting. This post contains affiliate links.  It has taken me a long time to learn that food can be fun.  I...

22 Minute Mom Brain Compound Workout

by Brooke Selb | Jul 20, 2020 | Compound Exercises, Dumbbells, Exercise, Gym, Home Workouts, Lower Body / Leg Workouts, Personal Training, Strength Workouts, Total Body Workouts, Upper Body / Arm Workouts, Workouts, Workouts for Intermediate, Workouts for Women

You have got that mom brain going strong these days, so you need compound moves to maximize your time. This 22 minute mom workout is perfect for busy days. When Zoey was born at 36 weeks and 6 days weighing only 6 pounds, the doctors told us we had to wake her up...

11 Reasons To Freezer Cook (Besides a New Baby)

by Brooke Selb | Jul 4, 2020 | Easy Family Friendly Meals, Family, Freezer Meals, Health for Moms, Health Time Management, Healthy Eating Mindset, Make Ahead Meals, Meal Planning, Meal Prepping, Mom Life, Nutrition, Postpartum Health, Pregnancy, Simple Meal Plans

There are many reasons to freezer cook. Whether for a newborn, for a friend in need, or for those busy nights, you will be glad you have a full freezer. Before I taught myself how to actually cook, there were usually only two things in my freezer: alcohol and ice...

11 Easy Ways To Eat More Vegetables

by Brooke Selb | Jun 16, 2020 | Easy Family Friendly Meals, Eat More Vegetables, Family, Health for Moms, Healthy Eating Mindset, Increase Energy, Kid Friendly Meals, Make Ahead Meals, Meal Planning, Meal Prepping, Mom Life, Nutrition, Plant Based Meals, Recipes, Simple Meal Plans, Vegetarian

Eating vegetables does not have to be hard or mean more time in the kitchen. These 11 easy ways to eat more vegetables will have you munching in no time. Rob agreed to do something I have been wanting to try for a long time this past month. He agreed to try being...

15 Minute Thigh Tone Supersets Workout

by Brooke Selb | May 26, 2020 | Compound Exercises, Dumbbells, Exercise, Home Workouts, Lower Body / Leg Workouts, Strength Workouts, Workouts, Workouts for Intermediate, Workouts for Women

Skip the hours in the gym and opt for this 15 minute thigh tone supersets workout. You can do this workout at home to quickly tone your legs. I always forget how long it takes to get back to feeling normal after childbirth. Normal in every sense of the word:...