March 22, 2016

Cheesy Turkey Meatballs {+ Printable Meal Planner}

March 22, 2016/ Courtney Nielsen

I came home for lunch the other day, starving. I looked in my fridge… and found practically nothing in edible form. Fortunately, I was armed with a few ingredients, modern technology, and an idea.

The resulting Cheesy Turkey Meatballs that I pulled out of my oven about 20 minutes later are actually quicker, healthier, and more delicious than just about anything I could have gotten elsewhere at that moment. Plus, now they’re ready to grab for a meal or snack any old time I need it!

Easy meal prep is so fun.

I’m sure you’re with me – making healthy food should not be hard! These days, we no longer have to hunt down a wildebeest, coax a sweet potato out of the earth, make a clay pot, or start a fire in a cave during a snowstorm.

I’m not saying you can’t do those things if you really want to, but… it’s really not required.

February 04, 2016

32 Kickoff Recipes for Superbowl Sunday!

February 04, 2016/ Courtney Nielsen

It’s hard to believe it’s Superbowl time again! Some things, like the big game, always come around and make you wonder where the time has gone. And yet, so many things can change in that time!

If there is one thing I’ve learned over the past year, it’s that life will surprise you. We can plan all we want for a future we hope for, but in the end, the outcome of our decisions can go any which way.

January 12, 2016

Spoiler Alert: My Cookbook is Out!

January 12, 2016/ Courtney Nielsen

Ever get that feeling of being totally owned by your schedule? Kind of like being tied to the back of a rampaging gorilla that’s really not cool with you being tied to its back?

Sometimes this feeling occurs to me. It probably means I need a self-help book on time management.

Anyway, this is the part where I announce to you the wonderful reason I’ve been so terrible at posting anything consistently for a while…

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am so very pleased to announce that today marks the official date that my very first cookbook is released!

YAY.

I know I’ve been talking about it a bit, but this is kind of a lifelong dream come true here! And I can tell you, it’s only the first big thing I’ll do this year.

(Also – today 1/12/16 is the last day… but you can still enter to get my book FREE through this page here!)

November 12, 2015

Broccoli Power-Salad

November 12, 2015/ Courtney Nielsen

'Tis the season for family gatherings and good food! Unfortunately, for many of us, it’s also the season for sniffley noses and baggy eyes… Precisely the time for a bit of a nutritional pick-me-up.

I’ve personally been noting the seasonal transition by the number of people around me with colds and the increasing difficulty of getting out of bed at a “reasonable” time. It doesn’t help that I’m overcompensating with caffeine to the point that I can’t sleep properly at night, simultaneously exacerbating my problems with getting stuff done and avoiding the plague that the masses keep bringing around.

My schedule also just hit the fan. I just picked up a brand new job, a 100-mile (two hour) long drive from my other one…