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Crunchy Ranch Chickpeas and Fertility Foods Cookbook Review

November 13, 2017 2 Comments

November is one of my favorite months. It’s the month I start listening to Christmas music, the month it actually starts to cool down here

Last Minute Healthier Halloween Ideas

October 30, 2017 2 Comments

As much as I’d love to say I’m not a procrastinator, that’s terribly far from the truth. I can be about as last-minute as they

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10 Fun and Creative Ants on a Log Recipes

September 11, 2017 14 Comments

Duda Farms Fresh Foods is a brand I enjoy working with, but this is not a sponsored post. I’m just excited to share fun ways kiddos

7 Layer Mediterranean Dip

May 13, 2017 22 Comments

By posting this recipe I am entering a recipe contest sponsored by Sabra and am eligible to win prizes associated with the contest. I was

Avocado Deviled Eggs

March 22, 2016 10 Comments

This month will be my first time participating in a little something called Recipe Redux. I couldn’t be more excited to join other fantastic and

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Over here enjoying my favorite smoothie bowl and l

Over here enjoying my favorite smoothie bowl and latte sent with love from truly the best company to ever lock arms with. Thank you @beautycounter for not only boldly paving the way in the clean beauty industry but loving on your consultants so well. I've never been more proud of my work - it's a priceless feeling to be able to help and empower others while also providing for my family via educating others about the importance of using safe personal care products. Talk about a dream job I never saw coming🙏🏼💞!
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Wrapping up this weekend's leadership conference with a special Q & A session with @greggrenfrew, @lindsay_dahl @christy_coleman this morning and I'm just overwhelmed with gratitude💝.
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Stay tuned for more thoughts and details from this weekend- I can't wait to share!
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*Clara’s birth story is finally live!* * It is a

*Clara’s birth story is finally live!*
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It is a true gift to get to write this story. It’s not lost on me how many Mamas and Mamas-to-be are yearning to write their story that has yet to happen. I’m immensely grateful I’ve been able to experience two births. I don’t think they could be any more different from each other, yet I’m still so incredibly pleased with each one, and that too, is such a gift.
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Clara’s birth story is in the link in bio or you’ll find it on the homepage of kissinthekitchen.com.
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A huge thank you to Megan with @rootedbirthsatx for helping me have this beautiful and empowering experience, for letting me be bossy and for taking all these pictures❤️.
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I swear I JUST did this. * Tag a pumping Mama beca

I swear I JUST did this.
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Tag a pumping Mama because she’s a rockstar!❤️
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Sweet, savory or both?! * Was feeling ALL the crav

Sweet, savory or both?!
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Was feeling ALL the cravings yesterday and split the difference by noshing (translation = scarf down standing up and likely with one hand... #momlifebelike) on half a PB + nanner and half a turkey + 🥑 + mayo on some delicious @udisglutenfree bread!
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Breastfeeding has me all kinds of hungry and thirsty and when a craving happens to be something super simple to whip together, that makes this Mama extra happy!
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So tell me, what’s your sandwich of choice?! Sweet, savory? Give me all the details because I have a loaf of GF bread that needs to be loved on with delicious sandwich toppings!
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Bonus points if most everyone was fed. #expectatio

🎶 Every day I’m jugglin’ 🎶 * These days

🎶 Every day I’m jugglin’ 🎶
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These days that juggle is done with pajamas, a mom bun and a hefty helping of dry shampoo but this fun shoot I got to do (almost 2 years ago...where does time go!?) with @wayfarerphotography_ captures just how much I love my work❤️.
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It’s National Registered Dietitian Day and I will forever be thankful that I was blessed with a profession that I absolutely adore. It’s also filled with colleagues that are the best of the best. From NICU dietitian to pediatric private practice owner to media dietitian, food blogger and even an advocate for safer personal care products (truly the biggest surprise blessing of my career believe it or not!), I would have never guessed all the things I would get to do as a dietitian. And I’m thankful for all of them!
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Wishing all my fellow colleagues a very happy RD Day and hoping you all are embracing the opportunities you maybe never saw coming and are carving a path you’re proud of💛.
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Let's talk milk supply and a low risk, potential h

Let's talk milk supply and a low risk, potential high reward option!
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At some point I'll share more details on my own journey with low supply (still doing a deep dive with lab work, etc. to try and get some answers and also still just processing/coping with it all), but this isn't my first rodeo. With Joy, I did ALLLLL the things... including some very HIGH risk, potential high reward options. But at the end of the day if there are certain low risk, potential high reward (think nourishing foods that at a minimum will offer you some healthy fuel, aside from impact on milk supply) foods that you can easily enjoy... why wouldn't you want to give those a try?
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Check out my latest post (linked in bio) all about galactogogues (food/substances that increases milk supply) and grab the recipe for these easy-peasy delicious power balls. And if you're not currently breastfeeding/pumping but just want a delicious snack, you can enjoy these too (just cut the brewer's yeast out if you want!).
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⚡️Unpopular opinion coming in hot! Cue the sha $⚡️Unpopular opinion coming in hot! Cue the shadowban and decreased engagement🙄. * If you’ve been following me for any length of time, you know I do not get political on here. I share my faith but not my politics and this post is no exception. * I do just want to quickly rant that it’s a darn shame when I share something with a heavier faith tone or choose a Christian song for a story, IG censors it. Literally never fails- I could be sharing the most captivating stories and then if the next one has a praise & worship song, it’s only shown to a fraction of you who were engaging with previous stories. That’s pretty unfortunate. * Today is International Women’s Day. I can’t wait to see all the posts celebrating women today. Our strength, accomplishments and tenacity should be celebrated. That being said, I’m personally convicted that what matters far more than our achievements is our attitude. More than our strength, is our service to others and our family. More than our tenacity, is our tendency to get on our knees when things get hard and rely on God’s strength to get us through. * I find this to be especially true in these hard newborn days where sleep is rare and the to-do list is never ending. But it’s the position of our hearts that matters. As a Mama of two young girls, I fully intend to raise them to be go-getters and changemakers, but more than that- I want them to know it’s okay to have weakness- His power is made perfect in our weakness. Their accomplishments will no doubt be impressive but when our plans don’t align with His plan, those efforts are in vain. And may these two precious girls grow to learn that what we do in the walls of our home and behind closed doors is even more important than the accomplishments of the world. 📸 @melissasanchezphotography * * * #KISSintheKitchen #internationalwomensday #iwd2021 #proverbs31women #raisinglittles #satxbloggers #sanantoniomoms #KISSblog$

👀 Peep my labor/postpartum arsenal! There’s a

👀 Peep my labor/postpartum arsenal! There’s a bunch of goodies here and dang it if I didn’t end up using nearly all of them! Not sponsored- all purchased with my own monies and a few gifted by dear friends🤓.
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Clary Sage- a quick Google search will clue you in on the potential labor benefits. I don’t know if it was the clary Sage or the 2nd kiddo thing (my guess is probably more the latter) but I’ll be darned if this kid didn’t come quick and if that wasn’t the most productive labor (especially compared to my first)
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Helichrysum + organic aloe vera - 2 key ingredients in my DIY postpartum padsicles; the video tutorial is saved in my highlights. These were lifesaving for my lady parts.
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@earthleywellness lotions and potions! Not too sure if the potions (milk boosting and hormone balance) have been too impactful but how can one tell in a snowstorm and pandemic? Their breast salve is literally the best thing ever. I had to do a 3 day nursing break after sweet Clara tore my nipples up in the hospital and my LC commented on how healthy my tissue looked after it healed and asked what I used. Hats off to colostrum, fresh air ☀️ and this breast salve!
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Motherhood Grace Guide from @holistickate. Mamas, get you one. Get your friend one, get your sister one. You won’t be sorry!
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@motherloveherb Bath sitz spray- yes, please. Easy to use (can just remove the straw and it easily sprays upside down!) and so soothing. My tear never felt so good for a whole 3 seconds 😂.
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Wishgarden After Ease- postpartum contractions (especially while nursing)- IYKYK. This little potion was really effective at minimizing them or at least the pain associated with the contractions.
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@pinchofsaltpastries lactation cookie mix. I honestly don’t think my boobs respond to any type of galactogue but dang it if those aren’t the most delicious GF/DF cookies I’ve ever sunk my teeth into!
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💕February goals: keep the tiny humans alive. Ev

💕February goals: keep the tiny humans alive. Everything else: doesn’t matter. Basically forgot I had a blog and that this long awaited New Mama Charcuterie Board went live several days ago!
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Hit the save button if you know a new Mama who could use some pampering!
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Filled with all the things a new Mama hasn’t been able to enjoy, this is such a fun way to pamper a new Mama. @plantyoftaste actually recreated this one and brought it over a few days before the storm hit..so thankful we got to enjoy it before our lives turned upside down for a bit!
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Grab the link in bio to check out the deets on this board💕💕💕.
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Several years ago I picked my funeral song. I've a

Several years ago I picked my funeral song. I've always identified so deeply with the lyrics from Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing and soon after picking it, I was flipping through my baby book and learned that song was played during the church service where I was christened as a baby. Love Godwinks like that💛.
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This past week those lyrics (see below) became even more real to me as the song beautifully illustrates how much we need God and can rely on His goodness, sovereignty, grace and deliverance. Don't get me wrong- I've had many a bitter moment and have not been living out the usual gratitude evangelism I usually operate from, but clinging to His promises IS what carried us through. THIS. HAS. BEEN. HARD. But God is in the hard.
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God provided shelter, food, warmth, water and He did so through MANY of you. He is continuing to do so and I'm so thankful He's using so many of you to minister to us. It truly takes a village and ours is even bigger than I realized. Thank you for being a part of it❤️.
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🎶 Come thou Fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
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Here I raise my Ebenezer;
Hither by thy help I’ve come;
And I hope, by thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home...
....Oh to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!
Let thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for thy courts above🎶.
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What. A. Week. * Oh man, postpartum hormones- you

What. A. Week.
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Oh man, postpartum hormones- you sure can do a Mama dirty! Feeling the fog lift a bit today after what felt like the longest few days of sadness. Hopefully this lighter feeling continues but I’ve made sure my people (hubby, mom, doula, therapist, best friend) know that I’m really struggling this time around.
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What I’m working on:
💞Being instead of doing
💞Grace, grace, grace
💞Reminding myself I’m 5 seconds into this whole mom of two thing and I’m not actually supposed to have this all figured out yet
💞Reminding myself AGAIN that just because I’ve done this before doesn’t mean I’m supposed to have it all figured out.
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And on a lighter note, it might be a fluke that I NAILED this @tuckandbundle wrap the very first time I tried, but goodness is it comfy. Definitely my new favorite wrap (not sponsored 😉).
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