Go Greek!

First family photo with our adorable babies! I know you're jealous of our matching shirts!

 My rambunctious 14 week old daughter has been keeping me very busy,but motherhood has been more fun than I ever could have imagined! We've shown Jordan the world over the past 14 weeks. She's traveled to Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virgina! She's been to the pool, felt the breeze from the boat on lake lanier, and touched her toes in the sand at Tybee Island beach.

Our most recent adventure took us to visit my sister, brother-in-law and sweet little nephew, Will. We had the best time watching these two kick and coo together.

"Mom I've been in this seat for 9 hours, get me out!"

Will and Jordan cheering on USA during the World Cup

My sister and I spent quality time changing diapers, cleaning up spit-up, bouncing babies, and swapping notes about nap times, breastfeeding, etc. One of my favorite moments occurred at about 4 am one morning. My breast pump wasn't working so I went into my sisters living room to use hers. To my surprise my sister was in the living room herself also pumping. I told her I needed to use her pump so she unhooked one side, handed it to me and we sat on the couch together at 4am sharing a breast pump. We looked at each and started cracking up; if you would have asked us a year ago where we saw ourselves today, I'm sure pumping breast milk at 4am together on the couch would not be on the list. The following 3 days we met for a breastfeeding/ pumping date at 4am.

Play Time!

We also did a lot of healthy cooking during our visit!
My sister always keeps Greek Yogurt in her refrigerator. If you have't familiarized yourself with the many uses of Greek yogurt I highly suggest you do so!

Greek Yogurt is a wonderful substitute for higher fat ingredients like mayonnaise, sour cream, and butter. It cuts fat and calories all the while adding protein!

While visiting we made a batch of DELICIOUS Greek yogurt strawberry muffins.

GREEK YOGURT STRAWBERRY MUFFINS

Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup wheat flour
1/2 cup sugar
1-1/2 tsp baking soda
1 cup chopped strawberries
2 eggs ( we used 4 egg whites to cut fat and cholesterol)
1.5 cups greek yogurt
1/4 cup butter ( we substituted 1/8 cup applesaue for butter to cut fat)
1 tsp vanilla

Method:
1. In a medium mixing bowl stir together the all-purpose flour, wheat flour, sugar, baking soda, and strawberries

2. Blend remaning ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Gradually stir in dry ingredients until well combined.

3. Divide batter into 12 muffin tins and bake at 375 for 18-25 minutes.

Muffin paired with spinach and egg whites and fresh fruit

A few days ago I used Greek yogurt to make  pancakes. This easy recipe can be altered to make whatever flavor pancakes you wish! I chose to make blueberry.

BLUEBERRY PANCAKES

3/4 cup fat-free Greek yogurt, flavor of your choice
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 egg
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup of fruit of your choice

This is my FAVORITE Greek Yogurt. It's only 80 calories and 7g of sugar compared to 15-20g in your other Greek Yogurts 

Method
1. In  small mixing bowl, whisk toget egg and yogurt and set aside.

2. In another bowl mix flour and baking soda. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients.

3. Heat greased skilet over medium heat and pour 1/4 cup batter onto skillet, add fruit and flip once.