Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Spinach & Red Pepper Frittatas

I'm currently on my second week of the Whole30. I wanted to do a reset after the holidays, but was traveling in January and then ended up getting the stomach flu (and the hubs and kids too...ugh). So, I started February 6th. So far it's going well! I'm not having my kids or husband do it with me, except for dinners, because I'm not making 2 separate dinners! In an effort to not spend hours in the kitchen everyday prepping food for myself, I decided I would have the same breakfast every day during the week, do something different on the weekends, and then just have either leftovers or mason jar salads for lunches. This way, except for dinner, I wouldn't really have to turn on the stove or oven during the day! It worked out well the first week, and hopefully I can keep it up.

I thought I would share part of my weekday breakfast, since it has become my favorite meal of the day. Having these things prepped and ready to go for the whole week has been a HUGE help. These are completely Whole30 compliant (no grains, no legumes, no dairy, no added sugar) but if you aren't on the whole30 you can switch out ingredients for whatever you like!

Spinach & Red Pepper Frittatas
(Makes 12)

What you need:



  • 10 large eggs, beaten
  • 2 Cups baby spinach, chopped
  • 1/2 Cup red bell pepper, diced
  • 1/4 Cup green onion, sliced
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • 1/4 tsp pepper
  • Cooking spray



Directions:

- Preheat oven to 350

- Spray a 12 cup muffin tin with cooking spray and set aside

- Add the salt and pepper to the beaten eggs and set aside

- Divide spinach evenly among the muffin cups



- Add the red pepper and green onions



- Carefully add the beaten eggs, leaving a little room at the top




- Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the eggs have set



- Allow to cool completely, and store in an airtight container in the fridge



- Microwave for 1-2 minutes when ready to eat







This is my favorite vegetable combination, but you can of course change it up to your tastes! Broccoli, mushrooms, tomatoes, kale and meats like bacon & ham would be great too! And of course, cheese if you aren't dairy free! Enjoy!

 

Thursday, January 5, 2017

VanLue Holidays

This year, we were in Orlando for Thanksgiving and Peachtree City, GA for Christmas. Josh was VERY into Christmas this year and asked non-stop when it would be time for Christmas. This was also Lylah's first holiday season and it was so fun creating memories with her.

We spent Thanksgiving with my mom, dad, sisters and grandma this year at my parent's house. It was a low-key, non-stress day of good food and lots of laughs.

Making the traditional "bacon babies"

Wubba and his "gahgin"

Going for a walk

Big girl!

Showing off his craft he made with Grandma

Love my goofy guy

My favorites

We made acorn cookies and candy turkeys

Playtime!

Thanksgiving table


The spread!

Playing games with Grandma

Best game ever!



Happy Thanksgiving!
Love my little family


In early December we made our way out to Disney for our annual trip to see the gingerbread houses. I love this tradition! You can explore most Disney hotels for free, but we usually try to have a reservation to eat somewhere as our way "in". Josh especially loved getting to ride the monorail and boats to all the different locations...and LOVES riding elevators :) My little engineer boy!

Lunch sillies (At Wilderness Lodge)

Eating gingerbread cookies with cousins Caroline and Mollie

Beautiful tree at Grand Floridian


Mimi and Gray with the grands (minus Cade who was at a bday party)


The week before we left for GA, we had "Christmas" with my family. We had everyone over to our place for pizza and presents and had such a great time! I love when our family spends time together.
Getting lights up on our house!


Good job boys!

Pizza dinner
Mei Mei and Wubba

The kiddos...all smiling! 

Presents! 

Stocking from Mimi and Gray

So excited!
New book (that he then proceeded to read himself)
New sunglasses for our fashionista

Mimi is an awesome stylist

Josh loves his Mimi

Jon's favorite new socks

New game...Pie Face!






Building a gingerbread house


And so begin the many years of putting toys together

New kitchen!

Gray and his girlie