Spiralized Recipes To Make This Spring

BREASTFEEDING TWINS. 🤱🏻👶🏻👶🏻⁣
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breastfeeding may look like it comes easy to me, but it doesn't. I've had many visits with lactation consultants, tongue tie revisions, pediatric PT appointments, and I have very large boobs, so I could never just effortlessly latch my babies. there is a lot of maneuvering, holding my boobs in place, and making sure my babies can breath 😅
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I have a strong supply and a fast let down, so my babies take in a lot of milk way too fast which causes gassiness, excessive spit up (like, really excessive), and combined with all of my kids having tongue ties making it difficult for them to handle the flow, it's difficult. ⁣🥺
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needless to say, I really wanted to breastfeed. thankfully, I'm blessed with a strong supply. I'm able to nurse my babies, and I know many women struggle to but can't, so I will never take it for granted. #fedisbest, but I know the emotional toll the pressure breastfeeding can take on a woman and that's something I can certainly sympathize with.⁣ all mamas are warriors 💪🏼👑
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between Luca and Roma alone, I have nursed for over 30 months! 🤯
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with rio and sol, I’m telling myself I'd like to make it to a year. 12 months and then I'm done with nursing forever. phew! as much as I love to nourish my babies, it's a lot on me. I often feel chained down by the nursing schedule, and it's a lot physically on my body.⁣ bottle or breast, it’s a full time job!
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so why keep going? the bond that I've felt nursing my babies is one I will remember for the rest of my life. cradling them, the skin-to-skin, the little noises they make, the way they curl up on me, their little hands touching my skin. the mere fact that my body grew them on the inside and is now growing them on the outside is humbling. it's been an unbelievable experience that I'm grateful to have had. and of course, all of these feelings and bonding moments can be done with bottle-feeding, too 🙏🏼🍼

FYI Lu didn’t want me to post this photo because he said it was too sexual. more to come on that 🤬 ...

a couple years ago, I started taking photos of my weeknight dinners to show what I was cooking for our family and you all loved the realness. 🙏🏼 I don’t know why I stopped (honestly, I think I felt like these photos made my feed look less cohesive, which is a ridiculous thought/care/concern) … so here we are with tonight’s meal: curried lentils with roasted cauliflower, chutney, cilantro and roasted garlic naan 👏🏼 I’m back in the kitchen and it feels so good. like exercise, cooking makes me feel like me again and brings me mental clarity (it’s like a meditation for me) 💓 #whatsfordinner #dinner #whatiatefordinner ...

hi! 👋🏼 just checking in! twins are doing so well, their little personalities are really shining through. and they’re getting so big, they barely fit on my chest together anymore 😭😭 (rio is almost 11 pounds and sol is almost 10!) they’re sleeping almost 5 hours at night which gives me some rest in between nursing sessions (if I’m lucky enough that one of my older kids doesn’t wake up in between that time 🤦🏻‍♀️.) as for me, I’m coming out of the newborn fog 🙏🏼 the hardest part has been dividing my time between all FOUR of my kids, honestly. I’ll never get it right 😏 today I had my 6 week postpartum check up and I guess everything is back where it’s supposed to go 😅 because I got the green light to resume normal life again, but can we be honest…. with twin newborns, I’m in no rush to 🏋🏻‍♀️ or 🍆 , ya know? ...

the soup that broke the internet! 😜🥣haha, just kidding, but after posting this on stories, my DMs were flooded with, "share the recipe!" and then dozens of you made the soup solely based off my story videos (which is why I shared it!)⁣ 👏🏼
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I'm still deep in the newborn fog to take proper photos and build an SEO-friendly blog post (it's an hours-long process), so I'm sharing it here in the meantime - just save it to refer back to! you're going to want to make this alllll winter long.⁣ ❄️
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potato and brussels sprouts white bean soup w/ or w/o chicken sausage⁣ 👇🏼
serves 4-6
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ingredients⁣
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil⁣
1/2 red onion, diced⁣
2 garlic cloves, minced⁣
2 carrots, diced⁣
1 large celery rib, diced⁣
1 15-ounce can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed⁣
1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary⁣
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme⁣
4 cups vegetable broth (I'm using @bonafideprovisions and it's honestly a game-changer! code INSPIRALIZED for 15% off!)⁣
salt and pepper⁣
1 1/2 pound bag creamer potatoes, halved⁣
1 pound chicken sausage, sliced⁣
12 ounces shredded brussels sprouts⁣
shredded Parmesan cheese (I'm loving @foragerproject's vegan Parmesan shreds)⁣
red pepper flakes to garnish⁣
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directions⁣
heat half the olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. add the onion, garlic, carrots, and celery and cook for 5 minutes or until onions are translucent. add the cannellini beans, rosemary, thyme, and stir. add the broth, 2 cups water, and season generously with salt and pepper. bring to a boil and boil for 5 minutes. use an immersion blender to blend the soup. add the potatoes, bring back to a boil, and reduce heat to a medium-simmer and let cook for 10 to 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender.⁣
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while potatoes cook, heat the remaining oil in a large skillet over medium heat. add the chicken sausage and cook until browned. add the brussels sprouts, season with salt and pepper, and cook until sprouts are tender and chicken is cooked through. keep aside. if you're vegetarian, just simply omit chicken sausage.⁣
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once potatoes are done, add the chicken and sprouts to the soup, stir, and serve. top with cheese and red pepper flakes. ...