The Stoked Momma

 Since you last saw us, we were two peas in a pod… welp, we’ve added another!! 

I've been on a muffin kick lately. It's my little guy's FIRST BIRTHDAY on Saturday so I'm playing with recipes to find the perfect one. I think I've eaten so many muffins in the last two weeks that I may have given myself a muffin top. Not kidding. Not really funny. Still working out. Not to be fit but to be able to keep up with Lucas as he gets older and more mobile.  L's slightly allergic to eggs so it needs to be egg free. He seems to like chocolate but not enough to make it a chocolate cupcake. (Learned that after I ate essentially all the chocolate cupcakes I made because he didn't really love them that much.) I'm trying to find a muffin that he will love flavor and texture-wise but that I will love ingredient wise. Not too much sugar, hidden fruit, maybe heart healthy grains... First up we have the delicious, chocolatey gluten free, egg free, dairy free muffin. Sounds super healthy and unpalatable, right? It's not. This was my favorite but L di...

In my former pre-baby life, I always loved cooking for my parents and extended family. I loved the look on their faces when they tasted homemade fettucini alfredo, chomped into some fresh falafels or physically swooned over warm pound cake. I obviously still cook for my baby and I, but they are very baby friendly meals, usually consisting of somewhat easily mashable fruits, veggies, grains and proteins. (We're on that BLW train over here!) These days, balancing a baby and all the duties that come with, working full-time from home, trying to start up a small art/sticker business and seemingly cleaning the same messes over and over, I feel like I rarely get to browse new recipes- let alone try to make one. My partner actually frequently complains that I never cook dinner for everyone...as if I have spare time throughout the day to do so (and as if they aren't already super picky) - but I digress.  Recently, I have found that as Lucas gets a little older, I have been able to find ...

 Hey Mamas! My name is Lorena. I'm 30 years old, live in Arizona and I'm a new momma to a beautiful 10 month old baby boy, Lucas.  I have, for a long time, wanted to be a Momma but becoming one wasn't exactly something I had planned yet. One thing led to another and here we are. Motherhood is tough but amazing. Nothing could have prepared me for this amazing journey that is motherhood. No book, no magazine, no videos.. nothing! I'm stoked to share with you my triumphs but also my blunders as I navigate through this exciting but crazy thing called motherhood. Follow along, comment, share your stories and let's all be stoked mommas!