 Hey, guys! I bought a bunch of peppers to make stuffed peppers for dinner the other night, but got lazy and didn't, so this morning I got up determined to make some type of stuffed pepper for breakfast. I got online and began searching recipes and they all called for odd ingredients, most of which I didn't have on hand, nor did I want the complexity of. I just wanted something quick and simple to toss in the oven and forget about it (LOL). What makes these stuffed breakfast peppers even better is that they are keto friendly and if you are vegan, simply omit the bacon (though, I'd add some other type of flavor/spice to replace the yummy taste of bacon) from this recipe. These stuffed breakfast peppers are literally the easiest thing to make. They will take you 35 minutes; 5 minutes to prep and 30 minutes to cook. I put pictures of each step below, but let's start with what ingredients you'll need... What you'll need: 1 green pepper (you can use any color, I just used green) 3 strips of bacon (cooked and chopped) 2 large eggs 1/2 cup shredded mild cheddar cheese (approximately)  First you're going to pre-heat your oven to 400 degrees and apply a thin layer of oil to the bottom of an oven safe dish. Cut your green pepper lengthwise and remove the seeds and membranes.  Next, you will sprinkle some shredded mild cheddar cheese in the bottom of your green peppers.  Add a layer of chopped, cooked bacon over the cheese, making sure to leave enough room for the egg in the next step. (Set aside a sprinkle of bacon to garnish the top once the stuffed peppers are through cooking.)  Crack a large egg, carefully as to not break the yolk, and pour it right on top of your bacon layer.  Place your stuffed peppers in the oven on 400 degrees for 30 minutes or until egg looks fully cooked. Sprinkle leftover bacon bits and shredded cheddar on the top to garnish and serve! Did you try these amazing bacon, egg, and cheese stuffed breakfast peppers? Tell me what you thought in the comments below and subscribe to our blog HERE! Full disclosure: We blog about an array of topics from recipes and our favorite products to small business advice and tutorials. We may receive a small commission from links in our posts to keep this blog running, however, we do not represent any companies or products that we do not absolutely love and stand by 110% because that's not how we roll. The opinions expressed are our own. Our blog is for informational purposes only and any information found on this site is not substitute for professional advice. I cook in my spare time, I make fun t-shirt and accessory apparel for children and adults to pay the bills. Check out Liv & Co. and Blue November . Follow on social media: Blue November Facebook Liv & Co. Facebook Blue November Instagram Liv & Co. Instagram Liv & Co. Pinterest Liv & Co. Twitter
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I've said it a million times and I'll say it a million more -- it can be so difficult to find cute baby and toddler boy clothes!
If you've made it to the Liv & Co. blog, chances are it's because you are super unique and appreciate shopping small, handmade businesses. We blog about a variety of topics from baby shower gift ideas and birthday party themes to recipes and small business tips and tutorials. We cover a lot of topics, so if you want to be alerted to when we drop a new post, subscribe to our blog HERE. Without further ado, if you are having trouble finding a unique boys Valentine's Day outfit, help is on the way! Here are the details on where to get the perfect Valentine's Day outfit for your baby boy.
If You (Mustache) I'm Single Boys Bodysuit & T Shirt
This funny baby boy Valentine's Day bodysuit outfit and toddler shirt is made by Liv & Co. The little man mustache theme has been a favorite in the shop for years! Get yours HERE.
Pants are so unoriginal, right? If you're looking to protect crawling knees, simplify diaper changes, and keep warm, leg warmers are where it's at. Grab these adorable mustache leg warmers HERE.
These baby shoes add the perfect touch to this outfit! They are available in 2 different styles HERE.
If you're using this outfit for a Valentine's Day photo shoot, don't forget this metallic red love balloon! Grab it HERE.
Look below to see how others coordinated this outfit!
How cute is Colton's look? He's rocking our If You Mustache I'm Single bodysuit coupled with an adorable red beanie hat
This Valentine's Day outfit has been a bestseller in our shop for years. This is my son, Hawkins, sporting it 3 years ago and I'm so excited, I even found his mustache pacifier available on Amazon here:
How are you going to coordinate this look?! Let us know in the comments below! Tag @livandcompany on Instagram and hashtag #livandco and #livandcompany to be featured!
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It's pretty safe to say the Woodland animal theme is one of the top 3 trendiest baby nursery and baby shower themes. From dainty deers to friendly foxes, the Woodland theme is great for baby boys and baby girls.
Lucky for you, I've scoured the internet to find you the best woodland baby shower gift ideas with 5 star reviews, at the most affordable prices, so you can shop them in one convenient location - scroll below! I've even provided you with links to them all for easy navigating! Let's get shopping, shall we?! 
In my personal experience as a mother of 3, you simply cannot have enough blankets. You need receiving blankets, swaddle blankets stroller blankets, blankets that act as nursing covers -- the whole 9 yards. This personalized woodland fox baby outfit from Liv & Co. is beyond darling and has the cutest coordinating woodland themed blanket to match.
Luckily, it is multi-purpose and can be utilized for any of the previously mentioned uses above. This darling outfit is available as a set or pieces are available individually and *BONUS*, it's extra special because it's handmade in the USA by a small business. Shop this adorable set HERE. 
There is no other word for these fox socks that can top ADORABLE! Pair these gems up with the adorable outfit above and it's a match made in woodland heaven! Shop them HERE.
Is it even a complete outfit without these fox baby shoes, though?! I mean, how adorable are these?! Shop them HERE.
For babies, every month is a milestone. Don't forget to mark them with these adorable monthly milestone stickers and take pictures each month. Grid them together at one year to see how much baby has grown! Get them HERE.
Sensory development is crucial and the earlier the better. This Taggies soother toy is perfect for attaching to the car seat or stroller. Get it HERE.
A cute bathrobe is essential + it makes bath time a little more fun. Shop this cute fox baby robe HERE.
Dr. Seuss Fox In Socks Book:
Sprinkle some learning and nostalgia with your gift giving and add this Dr. Seuss classic to your woodland baby shower gift set. Grab the Fox In Socks book HERE. 
This cover boasts 6 different uses! It multi-functions as a car seat canopy, nursing cover, shopping cart cover, high chair cover, stroller canopy, and stylish infinity nursing scarf! View all of its uses in action HERE.
Another thing you cannot have enough of is teether's. It's always nice to have several teethers handy when baby starts cutting teeth. This food grade silicone, FDA approved fox teether is BPA & Phthalates free and absolutely darling. Check it out HERE.
That's a wrap for our Woodland fox themed gift guide. Which products are you getting? Tell us in the comments below!
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If you know me, you know I am frugal as all get out. I started waxing my own eyebrows 10 years ago to save money at the salon and I took off my acrylic nails around 5 years ago and started doing my own.
My daughter asked me to take she and her friend to the nail salon not long ago and I just CAN'T. DO. IT. The last time I took her to get a manicure at the nail salon with her friend I ended up leaving $46 poorer and wondering how a $7 manicure turned into $46, but anywho... This last time I was like, "I can do your nails. I'm better at it than the salon, anyway." (LOL) 
So I took to my trusty Silhouette Cameo (the best die cut crafting machine on the market and it's currently on sale for $100 off if you click HERE) and sized some hearts to 0.30x0.30 and loaded up my metallic gold Oracal 651 vinyl , set my settings to a blade 2, speed 8, and thickness 9 and cut the hearts. Although, if you don't have a Silhouette Cameo cutting machine you can click HERE to buy some super cool ones on Amazon.
I applied an Orly rubberized basecoat , which is the best basecoat on the market. (Ask me how I know ;) ) ... Well, funny you should ask -- you see, when I first began painting my own nails I went through like, every nail product brand the market has to offer trying to figure out why my polish kept clumping, smudging, chipping, etc., and all those issues came to a halt when I began using this Orly basecoat. Truth be told, I've had the same bottle for almost 2 years and I still haven't run out yet. #winning ! 
After allowing plenty of time for the basecoat to dry, I applied Insta-Dri Go For Gold nail polish to all fingernails except her ring fingernails and I applied Insta-Dri Red Red nail polish to her ring fingernails and let them dry completely. I cannot stress enough how important it is to let your nails dry completely in between coats.
Ask me why I use Insta-Dri.... Thank you for asking, don't mind if I do... I use Insta-Dri almost exclusively for 3 reasons. #1.) It is a one and done polish. You only need one coat and you're done. Other polishes may *say* they are single coat nail polishes, but Insta-Dri truly is and you can tell the instant you apply it. #2.) The brush size. The brush is the perfect size to where you only need to apply one or 2 swipes of polish, as opposed to the typical nail polish brushes that that you have to apply 4-5 swipes to cover the whole nail. #3.) It dries SUPER fast. When I say super fast, I mean it. 
After allowing her nails to dry, I applied a Sally Hansen no chip top coat to the gold nails only. We aren't going to apply a top coat to the red nails until after the hearts are applied.
Now to the fun stuff... Let's apply those hearts!
I took my trusty tweezers (these gold precision tweezers made in Germany are my favorite), 
gently peeled the gold metallic hearts from the backing, and slowly applied them to where I wanted them on her nail. We decided to place them in the corners with a little slant (cute!). You want to be careful to place them exactly where you want them the first time and try not to touch any other part of the nail...
Once you've finished placing the hearts where you want them, apply your Sally Hansen no chip top coat and let that dry. Voila! Valentine's Day heart nails! **EDITED TO ADD: Everyone wants my pink nail polish color in the last picture. It is Poptastic by Color Club. It's the only non- Insta-Dri color I use and I have literally used it almost every single time I paint my nails for the past 10 years. It used to be called Pink Flame. I'll add it to the linked products below!
You can purchase all products used for this blog post below.
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Love is in the air and Valentine's Day will be here before you know it! It may seem like a long way away, but us mom's know how quickly it sneaks up. Lucky for you, we are here to prepare you for the holiday of hearts with fun Valentine's Day crafts to do with your kids and must have Valentine's Day shirts and accessories to celebrate the day in. Let's get started.... 
Craft idea #1: Red slime.
If you have older kids, chances are they've already started messing around with slime recipes. The problem with slime recipes online is the constant trial and error -- it gets expensive! You have the slime that gets too sticky, slime that falls apart, and it's just hard to know which slime recipes are going to deliver the perfect consistency, so we went ahead and took the guesswork and headache out for you and found fool proof slime! This slime kit on Amazon allows you to make slime in just 3 easy steps! We upgraded to the 4 count + activator so we'd have green for St. Patrick's Day! Subscribe to our blog HERE to be notified for that blog post release + our YouTube video. Subscribe to our YouTube channel HERE. You can purchase the kit we used below.
Craft idea #2: Mini heart cakes.
I cannot even contain my excitement about these mini heart cake pans. We searched all the local craft & grocery stores and just couldn't find what we were looking for, but of course, Amazon had them for us! Click below to get yours! 
Hawkins and I made these mini heart cakes last year. We like to customize them and give them to neighbors, friends and family, like people do with cookies and such at Christmastime.
Last year was a sloppy mess because we used cookie cutters to pour the cake batter in to and it ended up leaking off the sides and I had to cut around them to form the cakes and so on, so this year, I simplified things for us and grabbed these amazing cake pans. I'm going to use them for mini breakfast casseroles and more, so make sure you subscribe to our blog HERE. Stay tuned for our YouTube video making these this year and subscribe to our channel HERE. Purchase the cake pans HERE.
Is it really even Valentine's Day without the perfect Valentine's Day shirt? Shop the Liv & Co. Valentine's Day collection HERE.
Craft idea #3: Heart Shaped Crayons.
As a kid, one of my favorite parties at school was the Valentine's Day party. After having kids, it's even more fun decorating Valentine boxes together and making Valentine's for their classmates. We are all about recycling and big on not being wasteful, which makes this craft perfect, because it's an excellent way to recycle broken crayons. I don't know about you, but I'm OCD, so those broken crayons that lay in the bottom of the bin -- I can't throw them away (because, wasteful), but we also can't use them, so imagine my excitement when I get to finally clean the bottom of the bin out and the kids have fun stuff to color with! I'm also that mom that is always looking for a sugar/ candy alternative, so these heart shaped crayons are perfect for that as well. As you can see, we are winning all around with this craft idea! What you'll need: - Silicone heart mold (this one is my fave):
I love this mold for its affordability and multi-use features. We use this for ice cubes too, but that's a whole other blog post!
- A sharp knife (this one is my fave?):
- And you'll need about 50-100 crayons depending on how many heart crayons you need to make.
Instructions:
Craft idea #4: Heart shaped paper cutouts.
I love this paper heart cut out craft because it is great for all ages. It's great for younger toddlers because mom / dad / caregiver can cut out the heart and have your child color or decorate the heart, and for older toddlers that are familiarizing themselves with scissors can cut out the heart with adult supervision and decorate it themselves. This is a very versatile Valentine's Day craft idea because these heart cut outs can be used as Valentine's Day cards, you can use a hole punch and tie a string to them so they can hang, so many ideas! What you'll need:
These awesome pipe cleaners come in all sorts of colors so you can use them to craft every holiday!
This is, hands down, the best washable paint for kids. It is water based and non toxic for worry free crafting!
Instructions:
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Let's talk bedding (I told you I blog about EVERYTHING, didn't I?!) I have been deprived, y'all. Summer is over, fall is here, and winter is upon us, and I will never be switching my sheets out for the sake of seasons now that I've discovered jersey knit bed sheets. I've been buying standard cotton bed sheets for years, completely oblivious to the fact that there are way better options out there, and the best option, in my humble opinion, is this jersey knit sheet set!
So what IS the difference with these sheets compared to other bed sheets? First -- stretch. They offer a ton of stretch. Why is this important? Have you ever put your standard cotton fitted sheet on every corner, then gotten to the last and find yourself needing superhuman strength to stretch it over the last corner, fearing the entire time that it's about to give and rip? You won't have that problem with these jersey knit sheets. That alone was enough to sell me on them. Next -- They don't wrinkle. You know how a standard sheet wrinkles, and if your face is unfortunate as to find those wrinkles in the middle of the night while you are sleeping, you may even wake up with those wrinkle indentions on your face in the morning (which by the way, the older you get, the longer it takes for those to go away. Ask me how I know! Haha!)?! Not a problem with these jersey knit sheets! A lot of people swear by silky satin sheets, but I find satin sheets aren't very warm for the cool of fall and winter months. Jersey knit sheets are the softest sheets I've had the pleasure of sleeping on and are available at the most economical price point for their quality. My set is available on Amazon for just $36.99 and there are only 8 left in stock! You can purchase them here in 4 different size options and 5 different color options: Well.... Did you buy these sheets? If you did, do you love them? Tell me in the comments below! Tag #diariesofadomesticateddiva and #livebetterwithliv on Facebook and Instagram! Disclaimer: We blog about an array of topics from recipes and our favorite products to small business advice and tutorials. We may receive a small commission from links in this post, however, we do not represent any companies or products that we do not absolutely love and stand by 110% because that's not how we roll. The opinions expressed are our own. Our blog is for informational purposes only and any information found on this site is not substitute for professional advice. Love our tees? Follow us on social media everywhere to keep up on the latest Liv & Co. and Blue November new releases, sales, and giveaways! Blue November Facebook Liv & Co. Facebook Blue November Instagram Liv & Co. Instagram Liv & Co. Pinterest Liv & Co. Twitter If you'd like to keep up with our blog posts, you may sign up via the sign up form directly below this paragraph. The sign up form at the bottom of the page is for our Liv & Co. t-shirts & accessories.  If you're a boy mom and find it difficult to find cute boy clothing, then bookmark our page, subscribe to our email list and come back to check out our new outfits of the week, each week, on our blog. This black and white buffalo plaid checkered boys set is simply the cutest. Perfect for fall festivities, the Christmas holiday season, and gift ideas for baby boys! Click below to shop these pieces! Buffalo plaid baby swaddle and receiving blanket Personalized deer antler baby bodysuit Tree baby legging jogger pants Checkered plaid soft sole baby shoes (use code BYMINDY to save 10%!) Pine tree forest hat Disclaimer: We blog about an array of topics from recipes and our favorite products to small business advice and tutorials. We may receive a small commission from links in this post, however, we do not represent any companies or products that we do not absolutely love and stand by 110% because that's not how we roll. The opinions expressed are our own. Our blog is for informational purposes only and any information found on this site is not substitute for professional advice. Love our tees? Follow us on social media everywhere to keep up on the latest Liv & Co. and Blue November new releases, sales, and giveaways! Blue November Facebook Liv & Co. Facebook Blue November Instagram Liv & Co. Instagram Liv & Co. Pinterest Liv & Co. Twitter If you'd like to keep up with our blog posts, you may sign up via the sign up form directly below this paragraph. The sign up form at the bottom of the page is for our Liv & Co. t-shirts & accessories. Did you purchase this outfit? Tell us about it in the comments below! Tag us in pictures on Instagram and #livandco and #livandcompany . 
Calling all Grease the movie fans! This theme is a popular choice each Halloween and since it is right around the corner, I decided to do John Travolta as Danny Zuko in the basketball tryout scene as our baby and toddler outfit of the week! It's only fitting since this is what I'm dressing my 4 year old as this year. Get a head start on your child's Halloween costume and shop these pieces before they sell out by clicking each item above!
Stay tuned for our Pink Ladies and T-Birds picks next week!
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So picture this: You open your Etsy shop and everything is going great. You're power seller status. This is your full time income, then BOOM -- light's out. Etsy shuts your shop down. What is your first thought? Probably, "How am I going to keep in touch with all of my previous customers that loved my shop? You'd probably scramble to update your profile page on Etsy so people will flood to your social media or to your standalone website, but the fact of the matter is, they aren't going to come. That's too much work to hunt a shop down.
Now, that is just a worst case scenario example of why you NEED an email list, but it is a very real reality. You can be shut down at any moment on Etsy and you need to prepare yourself for that from the get-go.
There are plenty of other reasons you need an email list. An email list is a direct line between you and your customers that love your shop the most. You have to capitalize on that. It takes far more effort to gain a new customer than it does to gain repetitive sales from an existing customer. 
Lucky for us, there's Aweber. Aweber is the best email marketing tool out there, in my opinion. They currently have over 100,000 small business clients worldwide and are growing. What's even better is you can integrate Aweber to your Etsy shop almost effortlessly. Aweber is SO easy to use! I run 9+ social media platforms, 2 standalone websites, 2 Etsy shops, I design and manufacture all of my own products, and on top of all that, I'm a mom and a partner. I needed something that was going to be easy to learn and easy to implement because obviously, I don't have a lot of time to burn (haha!).
Aweber isn't just for Etsy shops, it's an essential tool for all types of websites, including ecommerce and blogs. Basically, if you want to stay in touch with your following - you need an Aweber email list. What can you do with Aweber?
You'll be able to track the results of your emails and even zero in on specific email addresses and the content that makes them click so you can optimize further emails geared just towards their clicking habits to optimize conversions.
Perhaps the greatest thing of all about Aweber is that you can try it for free for 30 days. I started with the free trial myself and noticed it's worth almost instantly. You can try it for free HERE.
If you've been on the fence about opening your Etsy shop because of the listing fees, you can use my referral link HERE to receive 40 FREE listings so you're not out anything to try it.
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 So, I've always used Brand Reps and YouTuber's for my business. I've worked with the best in the industry and I love them dearly. There is definitely still very good reason to work work with Brand Reps and Ambassadors because they do things that mock-ups can't, like promote your brand and help drive traffic and bring awareness to small shops that otherwise drown in a sea of big corporations. You can view some of the Brand Reps that I've worked with on my Liv & Co. Instagram page. On the flip side of that, I have spent TONS of money purchasing blank products for my Brand Reps making my products, paying for postage, and waiting to get pictures in return. To help ease the burden of cost and speed up time to get new releases out, I went on the search for other ways to creatively express my t shirts, because I'm not the type of girl that likes regular ole photos. That's when I came across PlaceIt. Be ready to take your small business to a whole new level! Not only does PlaceIt have the best mock-ups for t shirts, they also have mock-ups for hoodies, long sleeve tees, muscle tanks, tank tops, hats, coffee mugs, beer mugs, cell phone cases, bags, pillows, Facebook Ad videos, sale templates, computer screen mock-ups, presentation mock-ups, and much more. There are mock-up options that have people modeling your products or plain mock-ups with just a shirt or cell phone screen, etc., like the one below with our "Darlin' go make it happen." tee.  You may be thinking "Mock-ups? Ewe.", because originally, I did, too. I'd see these HORRIBLE mock-ups that just laid a word over top of a shirt that was all wrinkled up and you could tell the design wasn't really on it. Not with PlaceIt. Your designs flow with the template you apply them to. Like t shirts, for example. If the t shirt the model is wearing has wrinkles or is pulled a certain way, the design is applied to flow with it seamlessly. See below with these two girls in our Girl Power and Hippie Heart tees.  In addition to the financial aspect of having Brand Reps, I had a hard time diversifying my social media platforms and my website photos because I never had POC apply to be on my rep teams, even when I'd put a heavy emphasis on specifically looking for diversity each time I'd launch a search. PlaceIt has made this a non issue for me! There are people of all ethnicities, ages, styles, and sizes in all sorts of settings to choose from. If you need to add some diversity to your social media and/or product photos for your website, you need to get addicted to PlaceIt like I am!  At first I just ordered my photos individually, which was silly, because I was ordering so many and the monthly subscription is only $29 to download UNLIMITED mock-up photos AND mock-up videos (see the one below of our Girl Power tee!)! I was paying $8/ photo. After downloading just 4 photos I would have been at the membership cost. Since purchasing the membership I've downloaded hundreds of pictures in a matter of days for just $29/month! This way I can keep my social media flowing at a steady pace, filling in with these mock-ups while I'm awaiting Brand Rep pictures to come in! I bet you thought you needed Silhouette for Business to do amazing mock-ups for product photo's, but the good news is - you don't! Below I'm going to show you the 3 step process that takes less than 3 minutes to convert your files! This link will convert your .studio3 file from your Silhouette Cameo to an .svg file. Once you've uploaded your Silhouette design and converted it to a .svg file you will need to convert it to a .png so it will have a transparent background. You will need to visit this link to upload your .svg files (you can upload and convert multiple at a time), then select what you want want to convert them to, which will be .png. It will ask you an email address to send your converted images to. From there, you'll download those to your computer, go to PlaceIt, select one of the mock-ups you like and click "upload image". Size it to fit the way you need it to and explore the site options! Once you download your finished mock-up, it will email you when it is ready. From there you can download the photos to your computer or phone and share all over the place! Haha! Did you use PlaceIt? If so, tell us what you think in the comments below! Check out my other blog posts for small business tips and more! Love our tees? Follow us on social media everywhere to keep up on the latest Liv & Co. and Blue November new releases, sales, and giveaways! Blue November Facebook Liv & Co. Facebook Blue November Instagram Liv & Co. Instagram Liv & Co. Pinterest Liv & Co. Twitter Disclaimer: We blog about an array of topics from recipes and our favorite products to small business advice and tutorials. 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 Spaghetti Squash Spaghetti.
•1 squash cut in half. •1\\4 lb. 90/10 ground beef. •1 cup Newman's Own Tomato Basil sauce. •6 oz. mozzarella cheese. -Cut squash in half and bake open side up on 460° for 35-45 minutes. -Bump oven down to 350°. -Fluff with a fork to make sure it's coming up easily, appearing like spaghetti noodles. Remove seeds. Scrape edges until you have what looks like a bowl of spaghetti. -Top each half evenly with beef, then sauce, then mozzarella cheese. Bake an additional 15 minutes (until cheese is completely melted. Serves 2. C/23 F/26 P/36 Total calories per serving: 444 (and it's a HUGE serving. A serving of regular spaghetti this size would be 1,000+ calories.)  Let me set the scene for you. You've just started Keto and you're ready to jump ship because you realize you can't have pizza, and you're just looking for someone to give you one reason to stay.
Have no fear, that reason is here! This Keto pizza tastes almost like the real deal and what makes it even better is that you've probably got all the ingredients you need in your house already! You don't have to be on Keto to enjoy this much healthier rendition either! Let's get this party started Pre-heat oven to 400° •4 eggs. •1 cup mozzarella cheese. •3 tablespoons red sauce. •1 oz. diced onion. •1 oz. cooked hamburger. (You can use whatever toppings you want.) -Mix 4 eggs with 6 oz. mozzarella cheese and pour the mixture on to a parchment paper lined baking tray. Bake for 15 minutes (until it looks like a crust). -Bump oven up to 450°. -Spread sauce, burger, & onion evenly and sprinkle remaining mozzarella cheese over top. -Bake an additional 10 minutes on 450° or until cheese is melted. Serves 6. Macronutrients info: C/2.4g F/12.2g P/14.5g Calories per slice: 174  One of the tastiest lunch options you could ever eat on a Keto diet, but this dish is a great for any diet. With only 1 gram of carbs and packed with a whopping 24 grams of protein, you cannot go wrong with this dish. What makes it even better is you can batch make it and guilt free snack on it for a week!
Protein Packed Pink Salmon Egg Salad Lettuce Wrap. 👇 •3 5 oz. cans boneless, skinless pink salmon (wild caught, in water), drained. •3 large hard boiled eggs, chopped. •4 tbsp. vegan mayo. •2 tbsp. spicy mustard •1 large piece of lettuce. Combine all ingredients in a medium sized bowl. Mix well. Store in fridge for up to a week. When preparing to eat, I like to drizzle a little extra spicy mustard and wrap mine in the lettuce like a wrap. Serves 4 (1/2 cup portions). Total calories per wrap: 242 Macronutrients: C/1g F/16g P/24g  If you are struggling to stay on the Keto diet or any other healthy diet, for that matter, struggle no more. Bake up this easy peasy, extremely tasty, low carb egg white breakfast casserole, throw it in the fridge, and chow down on a slice a day for the week! With recipes like this, there is no reason to fall of the wagon. How can it get any better than bacon, eggs, and sour cream? It can't. Egg White Breakfast Casserole Ingredients: •9 oz. (18 tbsp. egg whites). (I use AllWhites.) •8 oz. sour cream. ( I use Daisy brand.) •6 oz. shredded cheddar cheese. (I use Kraft brand.) •1/4 lb. (6-7 slices) bacon, cooked & all but 2 pieces crumbled. •1/2 cup broccoli, cooked & chopped. I love to chop mine with my handy, dandy Pampered Chef Food Chopper.) •1/2 tspn. salt. •1/2 tspn. pepper. -Grease an 8x8 round or square pan. -Preheat oven 350° -Blend eggs, sour cream, salt, & pepper. -Layer 1/2 the cheese, then the crumbled bacon, then broccoli, then the rest of the shredded cheddar. Top with the remaining 2 pieces of bacon and pour egg + sour cream mixture over top of it all. Bake on 350° for 40 minutes. Total calories per serving (serves 6): 259. C/3 F/20 P/16 Check out the rest of our recipes HERE. Follow on Instagram and Facebook. Feel free to tag us in any recipes you make and/or let us know how yours turned out in the comments below! Hi! My name is Liv. Truth be told, fitness and nutrition is just my hobby (lifestyle). In real life, I design and manufacture clothing and accessories. Feel free to check our our Blue November women's line HERE and Liv & Co. children's line HERE. Blue November: Liv & Co.:  So, so easy. If you failed at your meal planning for the day, have no fear. This protein packed yogurt bowl is here to save the day! The secret to this bowl is PB2. All the peanut butter without the calories and fat! I'm constantly looking for ways to make greek yogurt taste good without buying the blends that are packed with artificial flavors and added sugars. This recipe does just that. All too often I find myself stuck in the kitchen, wasting money on countless online recipes that promise to taste good AND be healthy and turn out disappointed time and again. Not this time. Not in my kitchen, and not on my blog! I spend hours perfecting recipes and I won't post anything that I don't personally find to be flavorful and downright amazing. I'm obsessed with peanut butter. Anyone else have this problem? The craving usually attacks at night when I have zero self control. Seriously, peanut butter can put on the pounds with a quickness if you aren't careful, which is why PB2 is a flipp'in game changer. This is just 3 simple ingredients. Mix them together and you have lunch or a snack in under 5 minutes! Ingredients: -1/3 cup all natural, nonfat, Fage greek yogurt. -1 tbspn. Nestle Toll House dark chocolate morsels, crushed. (I like to use my Pampered Chef Food Chopper.) -2 tbspn. PB2 mixed well with 1 tbspn. water. Stir ingredients together & mix well. Enjoy! P.S. You can also sprinkle some chia seeds on this mixture for added nutrition. Check out the rest of our recipes HERE. Follow on Instagram and Facebook. Feel free to tag us in any recipes you make and/or let us know how yours turned out in the comments below! Hi! My name is Liv. Truth be told, fitness and nutrition is just my hobby (lifestyle). In real life, I design and manufacture clothing and accessories. Feel free to check our our Blue November women's line HERE and Liv & Co. children's line HERE. Liv & Co.: Blue November:  The perfect treat for your high carb days! Healthy Chocolate Chip Muffins • 2.5 cups oats, divided (1.5 + 1). • 2 eggs. • 3/4 cup milk. • 2 tspn. vanilla extract. • 1 cup all natural, unsweetened applesauce. • 2 tspn. baking powder. • 4 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder. • 1/2 tspn. salt. • 1 cup dark chocolate chips, divided (1/2 + 1/2). Directions: -Preheat oven to 350°. -Grind 1.5 cups oats up in a food processor until they look like a flour consistency. -Lightly beat eggs. -Mix milk, vanilla, eggs, applesauce, baking powder, salt, & cocoa powder in with oat flour and blend together. -Pour batter mixture into a large bowl. -Stir 1/2 cup of dark chocolate morsels and remaining 1 cup oats (that weren't ground up) into the batter. -Spray muffin liners with cooking spray to keep from sticking. -Divide mixture evenly among 12 muffin liners. - Sprinkle remaining chocolate morsels evenly atop muffins. Bake for 30-35 minutes. Freeze and reheat when desired. These will keep in a freezer for up to 2 months! Carbs: 19 Fat: 7 Protein: 3 Total Calories: 138 Check out the rest of our recipes HERE. Follow on Instagram and Facebook. Feel free to tag us in any recipes you make and/or let us know how yours turned out in the comments below! Hi! My name is Liv. Truth be told, fitness and nutrition is just my hobby (lifestyle). In real life, I design and manufacture clothing and accessories. Feel free to check our our Blue November women's line HERE and Liv & Co. children's line HERE. Blue November: Liv & Co.:  You guys... it was literally like eating cake for breakfast. This sucker was delish. Get ready to take your peanut butter obsession to a whole other level. Ingredients 👇 ✅1 banana. ✅1 scoop chocolate Designer Whey protein powder . ✅1 tsp. baking powder. ✅1 tsp. vanilla. ✅1 cup milk (your choice). ✅1 cup Quaker gluten free oats. ✅6 tbsp. Jif brand all natural peanut butter, divided. (4 for the mixture, 2 for the spread). ☆THIS SERVES 4 (I originally made it for 2 of us and we could only finish half 🤣)☆ Baking instructions: Melt 6 tbsp. peanut butter before preparing. Once the peanut butter is almost melted, start preparing the rest of the ingredients in a large bowl. Make sure the banana is mashed well. Stir in melted peanut butter. Pour mixture into 4 heavily greased baking dishes (if you want individual servings) or an 8x8 baking pan and bake on 400° for 25 minutes. You can also melt the peanut butter you're using for the spread, but I just put 1/2 a tbsp. on top of each for the spread and it melted from the heat of being baked and was easy to spread within 1-2 minutes. YUM. 👍Total calories per serving: 308 Macros per serving: C/32 F/15 P/15. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. If you decide to try it, come back and tell me what you think about it in the comments below! Edit: I came back to let you know that you can sub unsweetened all natural applesauce in place of the banana if you don't want the banana taste! You're welcome! P.S. Did you know we make shirts and other fun accessories for the family? Now you do! If you want to shop our handmade, unique line of women's apparel and accessories, head to Blue November HERE. If you'd like to shop our family apparel oriented apparel for babies, toddlers, and mamas, head HERE.  First, let me tell you that these fried avocados are amazeballs. I'm not one of those lengthy bloggers, I'm going to give it to you straight; short & sweet. I don't measure the ingredients, I eye it up, but you can't really get it wrong because you just add more to each bowl if you're running out. What you need: •3 bowls •1 ripe avocado (soft & dark) •1/2 cup gluten free bread crumbs (approx.). I used Glutino. •1/2 cup coconut flour (approx.). I used Bob's Red Mill Organic. •2 eggs. •If you don't have a fryer, you'll need a medium sized pan filled halfway with olive oil.  Instructions: -Beat the eggs thoroughly. -Peel your avocado. Skin it? Peel it?... You know what I mean. -Slice your avocado into big chunks. -Turn stove on low to medium heat. -Place the pan filled with olive oil on top of the burner. -Coat your avocado chunks in the flour. -Shake off the excess flour then cover evenly in egg. -Allow the excess egg to fall off in the egg bowl, then transfer mixture to bread crumb bowl. Evenly coat in bread crumbs. -Once they are all coated, add your chunks to your olive oil pan. Fry approximately 2 minutes on each side (until golden) and remove. -Serve with your favorite dipping sauce. I selected Hidden Valley Simply Ranch (no artificial flavors or preservatives), but next time I'm going to try my healthy Southwest Fiesta Ranch Dip.    I don't know about you, but I have wasted SO much money and so many ingredients on these healthy, macro friendly, protein recipes on line that end up tasting like total crap. I make a protein cake. It sucks. (Edited to add: I concocted my own protein cake recipes and you can find them HERE in my recipes section! Yay!) I make banana protein pancakes. They suck. It's funny because all of these YouTuber's will swear they have THE BEST recipes, but I'll follow them to a T and they still turn out nasty. So I'm over at my friends house doing a photo shoot for Liv & Co. and she offers me this dip and carrots. 2 ingredients. Only 2 freaking ingredients. Who knew?! 1 17.6 oz. tub of greek yogurt (2%- I like Fage brand) mixed with 1 packet of Hidden Valley Fiesta Ranch Dips Mix. If you're anything like me, you're probably thinking, "plain greek yogurt? Ewe..". Ya, I thought that, too. The taste of greek yogurt is SO overpowering that it normally overtakes anything you try to mix it with, but not this dip! We initially used Grimway Farms carrot chips (but any carrot will do) to dip it in (so super healthy), but then we bought some raddish chips, then tried it with broccoli florets, and even Tostitos® SCOOPS!®. If you've ever spent hours slaving away on layered Mexican dips, or spent heaps of money on veggie trays, this will take you 5 minutes to stir up and tastes just as good, if not better, and it's healthy. You can eat the crap out of these guilt free! The dip alone has 23g of protein per serving, not to mention the probiotics and overabundance of health benefits carrots and other veggies have to offer. Now, I always have a tub of this Southwest Dip in my refrigerator to nibble on throughout the day. What an excellent snack to take to work. I even took this to a party recently and made a friend try it before I told her what was in it, and she swore it was sour cream based. Nope! Have you ever had this dip? Did you love it? Tell us in the comments below! My name is Liv. I actually make baby clothing and accessories and own Liv & Co. On the side I dabble in photography and love to blog my recipes, workouts, small business tips, children's fashion, arts and crafts, and I also review products. Check out the rest of my blog HERE. If you're a mom that loves to shop small, handmade businesses, visit my shop HERE. If you'd like to advertise with Liv & Co. head HERE.  Truth be told, I've never owned a DockATot. I know, I know, what kind of mother am I?! My kids are 18, 12, & 3, and boy do I wish I had had one. First impressions are everything, right? You can tell a lot about a company simply by the way they package their products and Dock A Tot clearly takes a lot of pride in theirs. I decided to go with the DockATot Deluxe+ in white because most of the children I photograph are in the newborn - 6 months age range. You're probably thinking, "White? Boring!", but hey, it goes with EVERYTHING. Lucky for you, they have a ton of different fabric patterns to choose from and if you are as ever changing as I am, they have covers so you can interchange them depending on your style and mood that day!   After spending the day photographing and observing darling little Demi, in the DockATot and the ways her mother chose to utilize it, it is an essential for having somewhere to set baby all around the house while tending to your momm'in duties, but I also realized it would be so awesome for so many other reasons, like flying! Worried about taking your babe on a plane? Where will baby sleep? Where will baby play? Am I going to have to hold and soothe my baby on a 5 hour flight? Most certainly not! Your DockATot will save the day! Not only can your baby sleep in it during your flight, but baby can also play! DockATot has an add on feature for toy arch sets that you can purchase in addition to your DockATot.  Although I cannot personally attest to this next statement, I will say that I research products thoroughly before I get behind them, and I have interviewed 10 people that have owned a DockATot that they have used on a daily basis and I have combed through the reviews on their website, and every single person I have talked to, and the general consensus on their website, is that babies are sleeping noticeably longer in their DockATot's than they would without, so sleep deprived mama's, take note! My only regret is not getting the Grand right off the bat. Go big or go home, right? I love the Deluxe+ , don't get me wrong, but it is also recommended for babies 0-8 months old (the baby I photographed above is 5 months old), so it depends on what you are using it for and how long you plan on using yours. Even though the Grand is recommended for babies and children 9-36 months, I would probably go with it from the get-go. {A little flatlay fun}  I would highly recommend this product to new and expecting mother's. On a grading system of 1-5 stars, 5 being the greatest, I would give this product a 5 because of it's versatility, functionality, and comfort. Add the Dock to your Babylist registry! Do you own a DockATot? What are your favorite things about yours? Tell us in the comments below! Hi! I'm Liv. I own Liv & Co. I design and manufacture children's clothing and accessories and am a part time photographer and blogger on the side. I love to make, write, review ALL things baby! Feel free to visit my shop for the most unique, handmade baby and toddler apparel you can find HERE.
  Mommy is everything, so it's no surprise she's your little one's favorite Valentine. Grab yours HERE.  Everyone knows the next best thing to mom is dad... Kidding, dad's, I'm kidding! We're all equal (haha!). Get Daddy is my Valentine HERE.  A funnier, gender neutral approach to spice up your little one's Valentine's Day - Love Stinks. Get yours HERE.  Be Mine... The shirt says it all. Grab yours HERE.   Bring the humor this Valentine's Day. For your love little mister... Mr. Right, that is. Grab yours HERE.  A more gender neutral approach to Daddy is my Valentine. Grab yours HERE.  Another "Love Stinks"! Why? Because we can't resist the funny. Get yours HERE. Well, that's a wrap! Tell us your favorite(s) in the comments below!
 Another successful year for Liv & Co. is in the books. I cannot begin to explain how gracious I am, as well as my family, for your loyalty and support throughout the past 5+ years. There is nothing better than being able to stay home with my kids to design and manufacture clothing and accessories for your kiddo's! Year in review: 2017 has been good to us. We opened up on Amazon.com and Zazzle.com , which are very new and exciting endeavors for us, added several new items to our Etsy shop and to our website store, added a new group board to our Pinterest account, finally started an email list to stay connected to you all easily, added tie dyed shirts to our shop, added a serger to our equipment to bring you our amazing baby and toddler blankets, and so much more. On a personal note, our oldest son turned 18, our daughter turned 12, and our youngest son turned 3. (My step children; Doug's boys, turned 16 & 12). Our oldest, Hunter, is pursuing his passion for cycling as a successful bicycle mechanic at a prestigious bike shop where he manages the repair department, builds high end bicycles and participates in local 30-60 mile group rides. Our daughter, Hayden, continues to be a sweet, loving, child of God and A & B student in school. She will play Volleyball in the spring. Our youngest son continues to amaze me everyday with his sweetness and his growing vocabulary. Some of my most favorite sayings of his from this past year are, "You can lay down me you want!" (You can lay down on me if you want...) and "I love you so much, doll best friend doll." (Because I often call him doll and best friend, so he combined them together. So cute!). Doug's boys (my step-kids) are busy in sports. The youngest is a little Football star in his hometown and the oldest enjoys Football and Basketball and will be getting his license soon. On a sad note - we lost an important member of our family, my grandfather, Ronald E. Dunegan. He survived an extremely abusive childhood at the hands of his stepfather to go on to serve his country, raise 2 daughter's (1 being my mother), enjoy 4 grandchildren, and 10 great - grandchildren. Not a day goes by that tears don't come to my eyes thinking about him. He was a rock for the girl's in our family and he will be missed beyond comprehension. He left behind the following card:  I mean, if his choice of card doesn't show the incredible heart he had for his country, I don't know what does.  It reads: "I have taken a lot from life. More than I have given. The best thing has been family. I love you one and all, Ron (dad) (Pa) A little prayer I have said for over 20 years: God bless and keep my family and all sick people. God bless you, Judy (our grandmother, his late wife). God bless and keep the troops, first responders, the mistreated kids, and me. P.S. I love you all." I can tell you without a doubt that he definitely gave way more than he took from this life.  We released red, white, and blue balloons after his service...  and find comfort knowing that he was reunited with our Gram. We were blessed to be able to visit where my heart calls home, Panama City Beach... (but really, anywhere the sun is shining, and there's salt in the air, my heart calls home.  We made memories...   Thanks to Doug's trucking business taking him all over the country, we visited Colorado as well...   We took too many pictures...  P.S. I love you, Waffle House (haha)  Gave too many hugs... (there's no such thing)   We got lots of Co-cones, as Hawkins calls them. (snow cones)  Connected with friends when we could...   and we went on adventures... (below, the Brussels Ferry)  As the years pass by and our children get older, it is getting harder and harder to ignore my personal dreams and goals, and the desire to pursue them is growing into more of a feeling of necessity. I have a personal goal to give my children a truly all-American experience with life. I'm determined to show them that the domesticated 9-5 isn't all the bliss it's cracked up to be, and that you don't have to plant roots in life, if you'd rather, you can spread your wings and fly instead. I want to teach them not to be afraid to roam and enjoy this beautiful country. I want to teach them not to settle and that the minute you stop adventuring is the moment you stop truly living. It's the moment you start existing. It has been a dream of mine for about 15 years to purchase a school bus and renovate it into cozy living quarters to travel the country. My business being online would allow us to do this, so long as everything with our bus is paid off. I'm determined to make 2018 the year of the bus, one way or another! I'm determined to break these shackles that have kept me in the Midwest and get to where my heart feels like we belong... So what's next for Liv & Co, you ask? A lot. We have a lot in store for 2018. For starters, I intend to make it a priority to get more personal with you all here on my blog. Let's bond! (haha... but seriously) We are launching an exclusive t shirt line called Clothing For A Cause and 50% of the profits will go to St. Jude Children's Research. We will be launching our NICU graduate program that will give a free baby bodysuit to little NICU graduates that finally get to go home. This project will launch in particular hospitals in the Midwest region. We hope to have most of our products listed on Amazon in 2018, as well as on Zazzle. It is a slow process since there are only 2 of us running the show, but we hope to have both of these sites up with several products by March at the latest. Our goal with Amazon is to ship our products to their fulfillment facilities so they may fulfill our orders as they come in and allow us more time as a family and to travel. Lastly, we hope to expand our wholesale market and get more of our products out in brick and mortar boutique's throughout the United States. (If you're interested, contact us HERE) Sign up below to subscribe to our email list for all of our newest products, adventures, contests, giveaways, and more! Tell us what goals you have with your NEW YEAR below!   |
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