It's January and it's the same old thing year after year. You're promising yourself that you are going to be better this year, stay on track and eat right. But, its tough. You're busy, you could spend hours filtering through all of Pinterest's amazing foods, but lets face it, you really don't want to. I feel ya. I'll go on these binges of wanting to make new, healthy meals for dinner, but then I wind up going back to my same taco or pasta recipe because I'm just overwhelmed t

Okay, yes, we all know that Starbucks has the world's best pumpkin spice lattes. But do our wallets think so? Or our pants for that matter? I would love to save you from the incredible disappointment, but I think I need to prove a point here. If you don't know what a pumpkin spice latte is (SHAME on you!) Starbucks claims its an "espresso blended with the unmistakable spices of Fall" complete with "steamed milk, topped with delectably sweetened whipped cream and pumpkin pie s

AUTUMN IS FINALLY HERE + I AM ONE HAPPY BASIC WHITE GIRL! With all of the amazing autumn recipes out there, I thought I would share some of my current favorites. 1. Pumpkin Muffins 2. Peanut Butter Sweet Potato Smoothie 3. Taco Stuffed Butternut Squash 4. Spaghetti Squash Pizza 5. Pumpkin Alfredo 6. Apple Stuffed Chicken 7. Gnocchi With Mushroom Pumpkin Sauce 8. Carrot Cake Smoothie 9. Roasted Pumpkin Apple Soup 10. Roasted Apple Butter 11. Pumpkin Spiced Waffles (Obviously s

There are coffee people and there are tea people. Well, I am both. And when asked what one I would choose, I honestly couldn't tell you. Coffee is great for that jump start of caffeine, but I love the way that tea relaxes me. When I wake up I will have a cup of coffee to get me going. But, the drink that I have recently discovered is apple cider vinegar. In the winter my hair and skin get so dry, so I started googling various ways to help this problems. Apple cider vinegar

Our trip to Hawaii and running in the Honolulu Marathon. Aloha! As you all may have seen the 29137842 photos that I uploaded while on vacation, I am just getting back from my first trip to Hawaii! My goodness I can’t say enough about the island. From the friendly people, to the amazing local, organic food, to the endless opportunities of adventure, I fell in love with this place. Mike + I went to Oahu because his sister was running in the Honolulu marathon and asked if we wa