Liebster Award!!!

HUGE thank you to Laura, the Author of The Wexford House Wife for recognizing us at nourished mommy with the Liebster Award!! The award is an online award given TO bloggers FROM other bloggers, its a way of accepting them into the blogging community! I am SO excited to accept this award & to be able to pass it along to others whom are just starting out like me!

There are a few rules to accepting this award:

• Make a post thanking and linking the person who nominated you
• Include the Liebster Award badge in your post
• Nominate up to 10 other bloggers and notify them in your post
• All nominated bloggers are to have less than 200 (originally 1,000) followers
• Answer the questions posed by your nominator and create 11 different questions for your nominees to answer.  Or, you can repeat the same questions
• Copy these rules into your post

MY QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Why did you start your blog and what motivates you to write?
I started nourished mommy for a few reasons… one being an ‘outlet’, time for ME to just be me! Two being another way to help others with theyre health and fitness goals, offer workouts and fun&healthy recipes! I adore helping people and being around people so the chance to reach out to hundreds of people a day warms my heart!

When do you find time to write in your blog?

That’s a good question LOL! With a 7 month old whose now on the go usually while im having breakfast or while Brayden is napping and I get to sit and enjoy a coffee and some quiet time to myself!

What is your favorite/best part of your day?

Waking up to my little man, always so happy and so full of energy. I don’t remember life before him, my life has done an incredible 360 in the last year and I am just SO thankful – especially in the mornings while I play, cuddle and just take it all in!

What helps you stay sane?

Most definitely my mid-morning workout while Brayden has his cat nap & checking my messages from clients to hear how great everyone is doing, feeling and progressing towards they’re goals!

If you had unlimited funds where would you travel to and why?

ANYWHERE south! Ive been a few places but id love to get out and experience places with my little family. Brian has never left Ontario and I think he would LOVE it! I love everything tropical, and would go crazy for unlimited access to tropical fruits <3<3

What do you love most about the city you currently live in?

I currently live in a very small town -Norwich, Ontario! I wouldn’t say that I love it here, I grew up a few towns away and that’s ‘Home’ to me. I do love my neighbour, she is basically my dog and cats ‘other’ mother and is always trying to help & I love the local foods from all the local farms!

Where is your favorite place to shop (for clothes)?

hmm .. I LIVE in workout clothes, and the other time I try and dress nicely when we go out 😉 id have to way winners is one of my FAVS, sport check and recently Old Navy has become a huge favorite as brayden is growing and they ship to my door within 2 days!!! #winwin

What song puts a smile on your face no matter how many times you hear it?

‘Girls just want to have fun’ EVERY. DAMN. TIME! its just a breath of fresh air, andddd takes me back – waaaay back!

If you could stay a certain age forever, what age would it be?

I think I would stay 23. im LOVING this year of my life! Being a mommy, becoming an entrepreneur and finding just peace and happiness within my life and my little family. I truly don’t know what I would do if things were different, or where I would be for that matter! #thankful.

Who is your biggest fan?

I have an beautiful, loving, hard working mom who always has my back, 2 incredible sisters who are always there when I need anything even if its just a 2 min phone call and my MAN ❤ who goes along with every crazy Idea I have, works so hard but is still so devoted to always making me feel special and setting time out for us, its been such a crazy amazing 6 years, Im so blessed to have him as Braydens daddy & my partner!

What are three things you could not live without?

1.Brayden & Brian
2. Friends & close family

3. my shakeology… literally LOL my body I swear shuts down without it.

AGAIN thank you so much for the nomination, now id like to pass that forward ..

Pumpkin overnight oats

Its fall so I am pumpkin obsessed!

After those cookies I had some pumpkin left over and couldn’t figure out what I could do with it!
now we have pumpkin over night OATS!
SO EASY, perfect rushed breaky and GREAT for on the go!

let me know what you think & be sure to share to your facebook for friends and family to try too!

WHAT YOU NEED

1/2 cup Plain greek yogurt

1/2 cup pumpkin puree

1/4 cup old fashioned oats

1 TBSP sweetener of choice ( honey, syrup, stevia)

1/4 tsp Ground Cinnamon

NEXT

add everything to a jar or anything with a airtight lid!

Stir until everything is combined nicely

store in the refrigerator overnight ( 8 hours)

enjoy

xo

Festive ‘Healthy-ish’ Pumpkin Chocolate chip cookies

Healthy-ish being key 😉 I am all about balance! Training hard, so close to your goal but have an occasion like thanksgiving coming up? I have a HUGE sweet tooth.. or like 10 of them haha so I know that …

Give your rear end a ‘face lift ‘

Here’s a simple, no equipment needed butt workout for while the kiddos are playing!
Lift your tush and kiss that ‘side tush’ nobody wants goodbye 😉

#happysunday

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❤❤

k. xo

‘Healthy’ Crockpot Lasagna!

mmmmm my house smells sooo good!!!
Its the first day of October, scentsy warmers are on, Braydens playing and im preparing some crockpot lasagna to cook while im out running errands! #winwin
it’ll be ready just in time for Brian to get home from work, whom did I mention… thinks this is just regular old starchy high fat lasagna? HEHE!
Today im using ground turkey fresh from the butchers yesterday, sometimes I use ground chicken so do as you please!

you will need…

• 1lb of whichever meet you will choose ( ground turkey) (2 lbs if you have a large crock pot ours is smaller)
• lasagna noodles ( I use ‘Healthy Harvest’ whole grain noodles!!) – he doesn’t even notice the difference!
• 1 Jar of organic spaghetti sauce
• 1 1/2 cup cottage cheese (1% or fat free)
• 1 1/2 cups of shredded mozzarella cheese
• 2 tbsp. of parmesan cheese
  ( DOUBLE everything if you have a bigger crockpot)
• Bown the meat, drain and scoop 1cup sauce into the brottom of the crockpot, mix remaining sauce with the meat!
• place a layer of uncooked lasagna noodles on the the sauce in the crockpot and spread 1/3 meat mixture ontop the noodles.
• spread 3/4 cup cottage cheese over meat
• sprinkle 1/2 cup shredded cheese
• add another layer of noodles, 1/3 of the meat mixture
• the remaining cottage cheese and 1/2 cup shredded cheese.
• another layer of noodles, last bit of the meat, top with shredded cheese and sprinkle the parmesan!

  

   EASY PEASY RIGHT??

cook on low for 4 hours, if cooked too long it does go a bit ‘well done’

let me know what you think!
feel free to share for friends and family

xo