The Chirping Moms

Monthly Meal Plan: 30 Days of Whole 30 Meal Ideas & Recipes

Monthly Meal Plan: 30 Days of Whole 30 Meal Ideas & Recipes

By: Kristin A few months back, my husband and I decided we wanted to do a little “reset” in terms of what we were eating. We aren’t the unhealthiest eaters, but knew we could be doing better. I was determined to find a plan that wasn’t a “fad diet”; rather, one that I knew I could stick to and maybe… Read More

Patriotic Recipes: A Fun Summer Drink for Kids

Patriotic Recipes: A Fun Summer Drink for Kids

This is a sponsored post for Juicy Juice, all thoughts and opinions are my own. We love making red, white and blue food and drinks for Memorial Day and 4th of July. Each year we make a few old favorites and like to try some new patriotic recipes too. This year we realized we never have patriotic colored drinks to… Read More

Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins Your Kids Will Love

Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins Your Kids Will Love

My kids would eat a bag of Entenmann’s chocolate chip mini muffins every day if I let them. Actually, they’d probably each eat two bags if I let them, which they couldn’t even do because the box doesn’t come with enough bags for each kids to get two (I’ve broken up fights over this fact). For a while now, I… Read More

Halloween Snack Mix: Easy Halloween Treat Recipe

Halloween Snack Mix: Easy Halloween Treat Recipe

My Star Spangled Snack Mix and Bunny Chow have become my easy “go-to” desserts to bring places in the spring and summer. I figured it was time to make a super spooky version for Halloween. So here’s our Halloween snack mix which is about the easiest Halloween treat recipe around. We call it the Spooky Snack Mix and it makes… Read More

In the Swing of Things with NEW Juicy Juice

In the Swing of Things with NEW Juicy Juice

This post is sponsored by Juicy Juice.  It’s October… we’ve been in school for exactly 2 months, fall sports take up the weekends, along with Halloween outings and parties. I finally feel like we’re in the swing of things. Two things that always take me a while to get back in the swing of things is with packing school lunches… Read More

Summer Meal Planning: Farmer’s Market Meals

Summer Meal Planning: Farmer’s Market Meals

By: Andrea Westervelt Farmers markets are back open around the country, and while it is so exciting to have access to fresh local produce and hand-crafted foods, sometimes it’s overwhelming to know how to turn that food into an actual dinner! My family shops at a LOT of farmers markets doing delicious research for Farmspread.com, so I have several go-to… Read More

My 4 Healthiest Habits From 2018 (that you can do too!)

My 4 Healthiest Habits From 2018 (that you can do too!)

By: Lexie Allman of Lexsentials  Today I’m sharing healthy habits that you can do – almost all of them right at home. 2018 was the year that I made many drastic changes with noticeable effects for my health. I learned A LOT about myself after going through the functional medicine testing and program at Integrative Wellness Group which you can… Read More

Monthly Meal Planning Calendar: January

Monthly Meal Planning Calendar: January

By: Andrea Westervelt HAPPY 2019! After the business of the holidays, it’s time for some regular cooking. I’ve kept my January meal planing calendar pretty realistic: healthy the first week, and then I sort of slide into our regular semi-healthy fare.  I love winter cooking: easy stuff to assemble and bake in the oven or cook in the crockpot. I… Read More