Veggies & Virtue – Détails, épisodes et analyse

In today's episode, I share a real + raw recap of why I have chosen to pause the Veggies & Virtue podcast.

To all of those who have supported this show, thank you. It has been a joy connecting with you in this way. I look forward to continuing to support you on:

• my social @veggiesandvirtue
• my site Veggies & Virtue
• and through my one-on-one services

• How do we meal plan when our child has such few preferred (love it) foods?
• If we change from red apples to another kind, does it still work as a love it food?
• Does milk count as a love it food?

• Sign up for my free weekly meal plan.
• Work through my five-step process for meal planning with my Meal Planning Playbook.
• Looking for added support to your family's unique situation? Sign up for a free, 30-minute strategy session with Ashley to get started.

Fueling your family just got simpler!

In this week's episode, we've got a no-nonsense meal plan packed with easy-to-make, wholesome dishes – from veggie-loaded spaghetti to salmon fillets. Join us as we break down practical tips for busy moms to ace family nutrition without the fuss. Simple, tasty, and doable – because every meal should be a win!

Still need to sign up for the free meal plan in print? Get it here.

Do you have a hard time thinking of gift ideas for YOU?! I know, as moms we can often go through the entire list of getting gifts for others and yet, when someone asks us what we want, we are stumped, feel guilty, or don’t want to ask for what we really want or need. That’s why in this episode, I am going to tell you 10 of my favorite gift ideas. Many of these will be on sale over the holiday season, so whether you are gifted money to buy something you enjoy or have someone else shopping on your behalf, these are 10 ideas to consider adding to your list!

In this episode, we chat about 10 of the best gifts I have ever received:

1. Vitamix
2. Air Fryer
3. Vacuum
4. Ruggable
5. Three months of one-on-one coaching and accountability calls with me to kick off 2023
6. The watch I wear (and love!)
7. Horacio Planner + favorite pens
8. Cooking classes (super fun date night)
9. Personal coffee mugs with pictures  and coffee gift card (permission to get it)
10. New running shoes, workout clothes, balega socks (stocking stuff must have) 

You know the last thing on most people’s mind at the end of the year? Sustainability.

Not in the environmental sense, but rather in how we eat, move, and nourish our bodies. The weight loss industry is expecting millions of people to failed at sustaining their goals from 2022, so you know what they will do? Try to sell you again.

That’s why, in this episode, we chat about:

1. What are sustainable habits for feeding your family
2. How do both achieve them and continue them
3. How to decide on which healthy habits you should adopt in 2023

We are halfway through Muffin Club and have already seen what a microcosm it is for using simple meal and snack ideas, setting up healthy systems, and operating in a sustainable way. Let this be the impetus to finding how you can start small yet make BIG strides in the upcoming year.

1. Looking for gift ideas that combine fun with function? You are in the right place! I am a very practical mom, at times to a fault. But when it comes to Christmas time, I leverage this to come up with gift ideas that are fun fillers for stockings and functional items around our home and in our lives that the kids also light up to unwrap and get to enjoy. Use the upcoming holiday sales to shop some of my favorites and my kid's top picks from over the years.

   In this episode, we chat about:

   • 10 of my favorite food-related stocking stuffer ideas
   • 10 of my favorite food- or cooking-related gift ideas
   • 10 of my kids' favorite general gifts from over the years (that I would recommend to any mom wanting a guaranteed good gift idea at varying price points!)

   For each of the items listed (or to search ones similar), be sure to check out the links below.

    

   SHOWNOTES:

   Please note: I am an Amazon affiliate. While it doesn't cost you any extra to use these links, I may receive a small commission from items purchased with these links. Thank you for supporting the work of Veggies & Virtue through using affiliate links!

   Food-related Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Kids

   1. Kid-safe knives
   2. Food picks (Use code “veggiesandvirtue” for 15% off nutridashe)
   3. Fun cookie cutters (can also use these with playdough)
   4. Crinkle cutter
   5. Constructive Eating Cutlery or these from Dabbldoo
   6. Kitchen timers
   7. Fun straws
   8. Mabels Labels
   9. Gift card or gift certificate
   10. Orange in the toe

    

   Food-related Christmas Gift Ideas for Kids

   1. Kitchen Helper Stool
   2. Cookbooks + cooking class gift certificate
   3. Cookie decorating class tied onto cookbook, apron, or with a fun whisk
   4. Fun Books with Food + a cute accessory like a muffin pan, rolling pin, spatula
   5. Aprons
   6. Smoothie Project Cookbook + Elk & Friends cups
   7. Simple Modern Water bottles
   8. Apple Spiralizer
   9. Bible study books (morning basket on the table)
   10. Learning to cook subscription kit (maybe pair a digital subscription with a tangible gift like personalized dishes from Dylbug!)

    

   The Best Christmas Gifts for Kids (ages 2-10)

   1. Zoo pass
   2. Toniebox with audio books for princesses, paw patrol, national geographic, Disney, and more!
   3. Lakeshore Learning Carry Around Animal Town
   4. Magnatiles
   5. Bandaids
   6. Wikki Stix, iron beads, rainbow loom bracelets
   7. Games like LCR, LCR Wild, Qwirkle, Tenzi, Uno, Chess
   8. Art supplies like coloring books, watercolor paints, gel pens and notebooks, smelly markers, construction paper, a caddy
   9. Lego sets
   10. Suitcase, duffle, or overnight bag

Ever heard of or used a capsule wardrobe? Well, just as that can serve really well without a closet, check this out for an easy visual that parallels the systems you need to have set up in your kitchen. You will learn how to streamline your efforts and organize your ideas so that feeding your family healthy meal and snack ideas doesn't feel quite so overwhelming.

That's why, in this episode we are chatting about what systems you have set-up in your home to:

• Remove the confusion of coming up with what to offer
• Avoid having a full fridge but the feeling that there is "nothing to eat"
• Turn the physical and mental energy of coming up with countless combinations from complicated into consolidated
• Curate doable meal and snack ideas your child will actually eat
• Help you feel more confident with feeding your kids

With Muffin Club running right now, you might think that I am going to suggest that that is the answer. However, on today's episode, I talk about how Muffin Club is simply a microcosm of a system set-up to function for my family and me and hopefully you and yours too. 

When routines are off and relatives are around, parents often stress over holiday feeding for their kids. Whether it be because you have a selective eater who may struggle to eat holiday fare or an outspoken family member who speaks their unsolicited opinion about that at the table, I hear from parents each year about how hard it is to handle feeding and family over the holidays.

In this episode, we chat about how you and your family can do a "dress rehearsal" of the actual gathering, family dinner, or holiday meal and how this can set you and your child up for a more enjoyable time - mealtime included!

Feeding our family can feel really hard, especially when we are in a season when we have less capacity to meal plan or prep, cook or clean. So, although Muffin Club filled that gap for me amidst my third pregnancy and postpartum, what I see to matter most to the thousands of moms signed up is the fact that it simplifies alllllll the ideas.

In this episode, we chat about how we can:

• Save ourselves from the countless hours spent scrolling social media
• Translate recipe ideas into healthy habits
• Learn to habit-stack, even in seasons of survival mode

You can still sign up for Muffin Club to get your hands on one, actionable recipe each week. Join us here!

Have more questions about Muffin Club? Get them answered here.

Welcome to the launch week for Muffin Club!

Knowing that some of you have done this every year with me since 2018 and others of you might be new to it and wondering what all the hype is about and having a little bit of FOMO about this random thing called Muffin Club, I am going to do a quick rundown on what Muffin Club for Moms even is.

In this episode, we chat about:

• How it started
• Why I think it stuck as the #1 offer I have ever done
• What you can expect (it's fun & free!)
• How to get signed up

If you want to review some of the FAQs from the past few years of running this free club, you can check those out here.