Weekly Eats & Organizing

Today is totally gorge out and the rest of the week is looking like total perfection. I think we'll be doing a little grillin every night & I can't wait. We spent all of yesterday outside - powerwashing the deck & patio cushions, getting the veggie garden done & just some overall sprucing.

Here's our menu for this week with links to the recipes if you'd like to give them a try:

M Veggie Nachos & Chunky Guac (perfect while watching Valentines Day)

T Black Bean Quinoa Burgers & Nut Butter Fries

W Veggie Chili & WW Cornbread

Th Broccoli & Leek Soup

F Tofu Parm & Angel Hair

*Visit Org Junkie for more recipes*

And while you're in the organizing spirit, check out this great little article on how the perfect mom stays organized. There's a few good tips in there and a sprinkling of that totally unachievable feeling :)

We're Home!

Goodnight Florida....

Goodmorning cold Ontario!

We're home from Florida and that will be it for the travels for quite a while. To think that between Colorado & 3 Florida trips - Chloe has spent 2/3 of her first year traveling!!

Mr Swell had an early wakeup call at 1230am last night when we arrived home...but he was so excited to see us and even bought us beautiful blue flowers to welcome us home:

I'm feeling pretty exhausted this morning & have nice little list glaring at me begging for some attention:

So I am starting today off with a little of this:

and a boatload of water because I feel like a dehydrated, wrinkly prune. It's amazing how much an airport can suck out of you. Despite bringing along some healthy snacks (almonds, carrots & granola for me, buttered toasts & Mum Mum's for the Chloe) I always feel so bleh.

Well...I better get crackalackin so that I'm that much closer to a lovely dinner at my Mom's & a little home spa treatment tonight after putting Chloe down. I'm thinking that a lavender bath with face masks, Crest whitestrips & a fresh coat of nails will be just what the doctor ordered!

P.S - I loved reading all of your comments to my recent running post. It's super inspiring to hear about all of the ways you guys are focused on leading healthy lives & I'm glad you enjoy these kind of posts. I'll keep em comin'!

Check these out!

Okay, so I have to share 2 websites that I recently came across that are too awesome to keep all to myself.

If you have ever found yourself stressed out by the major decision making that has to take place around meal planning, then you need to check out Plan to Eat.

This site is super user-friendly and will seriously add hours back into your week with a little planning. The coolest features are that you can upload all your fave recipes from online websites or you can easily input them by hand. Then you select which recipes you want to use for the week and the site puts all the ingredients from your recipes into a neat & tidy shopping list.

It is a paid service but I think it's definitely worth it. There is a free 30 day trial which I'm playing around with right now.

And the second coolest site of the day is called Dailyplate. It was created by the one & only Lance and it's a super easy & free way to track your daily calories & workouts. Literally every food item under the sun can be found in their drop down menu with the correct calorie count. You must check this out if you are looking to get serious about your health! And did I mention it's totally free?

Okay so now it's time to share the love....what are you favorite sites?