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As you can all tell thus far, I am NOT a food blogger... Not. Even. Close! But, I am a mom and cooking comes with the territory and making something that is MOSTLY healthy and my toddlers will eat is a HUGE WIN in my book. So I am going to share this creation of yummy vegetables and chickpeas (or garbanzo beans) that I put together for lunch. My husband said it was good but it wasn't his favorite (who cares what he thinks right??? ), my kiddos liked and ate it just fine, but I wouldn't mind eating this for a week! I recently began transitioning into a vegan-like diet. I am still very skeptical of calling myself vegan, because in all honesty, I am nowhere close. Did you know as a vegan, you can't have honey? Honey is an animal product! DUH! (Yea, this is some of the stuff I didn't think about when I went into this.) The point of me blabbing on and on is that this is a vegan dish, but adding some grilled chicken seasoned with Cajun spices would be sooooooo bomb!

I turn 30 years in 4 months, and I am just beginning to embrace my wavy hair. How does this make sense???  Growing up in the 90's with a Mexican mom meant my hair was almost always pulled back in a tight pony tail and my scalp was brushed with one of these bad boys... Did any of you flinch like I did? This was definitely a painful and poofy time "OH, THE HORROR!!!" The frizzy times continued into my teenage/high school years simply because I didn't know any better. I kept my hair short so you can only imagine the poofiness that was my life. It wasn't until I began working that I decided I needed to do something about my hair. This was one of the biggest mistakes of my life! (Yes, even bigger than the frizz and poof!) I bought a blow dryer and hair straightener! That wasn't even the worst part of this horror story, I didn't do research on what steps I needed to take to protect my hair. I don't even remember how long I went without using k