DAY IN MY LIFE | What I Eat + Opening Up

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Today I'm sharing a summer sunday in my life! This weekend we went back to the farmers market and I'm showing everything that I ate with all of the delicious homemade food we picked up. We also did lots of relaxing, swimming, and I opened up about a few things that have been on my mind lately in hope that some of you can relate. Question of the day: What's your favourite soup? Let me know in the comments below!
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[@moonlight_staryx]

Literally to the 1% who's reading this, God bless you, and may your dreams come true, stay safe and have a wonderful day.🦋

[@melisaromero3738]

I love seeing your comment on every video so nice!

[@GustavoSilva-yk5dp]

You too ^^

[@ashleypethers4820]

You too!! Thanks for being so kind! 🥰🙂

[@agraynenyakwama]

Amen.. and you too

[@q7jdwomfvkbj74]

ditto

[@arbellachawshin1928]

Were in our 12th week of harsh restrictions in Sydney, Australia. I have a 3 month old and it's been one of the hardest times not being able to have the support you need as well as celebrating your new baby with your family and friends. Extrovert or introvert it's such an unnatural way for us humans to live...so closed up from everything, basically in hiding. I like that you find projects to do and are positive overall...one of the main reasons I watch your videos 😊 you've helped me a lot throughout my own journey with my bub. ❤ much love from Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺

[@brilliantbutblue]

260DAYS locked up here in Melbourne and the struggle is so real. The physical, social and emotional isolation honest has broken me. I feel you, l hear your pain. 🙏

[@arbellachawshin1928]

@@brilliantbutblue 😔 it sucks. I know Melbourne has copped it worse. Hopefully things get back to normal soon 🙏

[@nikolinat6559]

Fellow Sydneysider here. It’s so tough with kids no matter their age. We’re homeschooling and the kids are struggling without school, sports and family and friends. I can’t imagine how hard it is with a newborn 😔

[@staceybarker129]

I started reading to my son as a newborn and at seven years old he’s his favourite subject at school is library😻 Keep reading it helps so much.

[@valeriejkelly]

I'm an introvert but I still 100% relate to needing to get out. I really struggled with never being able to leave in the middle of the pandemic, especially in a very small confined space. I love just being able to get out.

[@os2462]

Im a soup eater and making it every week no mater if its hot or cold outside. Let me share my favorite beet salad recipe. Roast beets and grate it. Shred some red cabbage Red onion chopped and garlic Add some mayo, salt and pepper mix really good and enjoy Can also add green peas

[@erikanunez4621]

Congratulations on your baby. I wish I had all the guidance 25 years ago when I had my 1st baby. You are so wonderful. 😊

[@cactusrose6646]

OK Sage with her teddy bear is a whole other level of cutness😂😍. As for favorite soups, that's a hard one, I love a good clam chowder too, but I would say a good broccoli cheddar hits the spot just right too. 😂 You and Matt make great parents, one can tell Sage is well loved and cared for. Keep up the good work!

[@silviemarksilverstein3031]

I totally get how you feel Nikole. Covid has really changed our lives and not for the better. I miss going out to different venues in especially in the summer. When the gyms and restaurants last winter were closed and the malls were closed I was getting such anxiety not being able to go places, and see friends and family. I hope things will get better soon. Hang in there Nikole. Just know how much we love your channel and that you are making a difference and helping us to live better, healthier, productive lives.

[@camandkadie]

I love your accent🤍 "plastic begs" 😍😍

[@TheThewitt23]

I just love you, you are so REAL and relatable. You have such a wonderful family. So grateful for your channel ♥️

[@ashb2404]

I come some very polish grandparents... One of the greatest talents of my grandfather and great aunt were their pierogies... Ah... I miss him.

[@laurens3598]

First time mom hear too and its been tough. I have a 7 month old daughter and now thinking I want to have another baby, partly so I can experience being pregnant and having a baby outside of a pandemic and also because I now see how it really does get easier and more fun as they get older. 6 months felt like a game changer for me and being able to really enjoy the days rather than feeling I just need to survive them. Love watching you and Sage, its fun to see what things are yet to come for us!

[@joannepope5915]

I feel the same and I love a good thunder story lol

[@cathydiamond6573]

We have well water. There is a faucet in the ground nearby that flows deep in the earth continually. Water is pure.

[@HealthNutNutrition]

That sounds amazing

[@ashb2404]

I just had a thought I figured I'd share... I know everyone has their own tactics to dealing with the C word, and there is no right or wrong way to do what's right for you... But, if you are starting to feel a little more comfortable about having a gathering, maybe for Sage's 1st bday, do the party you've been dreaming of and anyone else who is comfortable can share it with you guys and if someone isn't comfortable that's ok to... It's ok to start to live normal again... IF that's what's best for you guys... I feel like some people are starting to want to live a little less scared but are afraid that others will judge them.... Just wanted to encourage you to do what feels right for you and Sage... Does that make sense... I really hope this didn't offend anyone. 😘

[@teatimediaries]

I’m exactly the same way in terms of missing social gatherings. Thankfully, this year I’m back at work physically so that’s definitely helping. But I feel you, it’s a tough situation to be in.

[@nicolettealtieri8777]

Cream of rice is my fav but would love to see a healthy version of the clam chowder.

[@nikolinat6559]

I completely get where you’re coming from. We’re currently in the toughest lockdown since the pandemic started in Sydney, Australia. We haven’t been able to see anyone for 13 weeks. The kids are homeschooling and missing the social aspect of life too. I really hope things get better worldwide and life goes back to something more normal.

[@cdog26hh]

I feel you on the social situations, it’s been tough for me too for this whole panoramic. Because I deal with anxiety myself, so any and all support through this tough time is great. Yes a Heath but clam chowder would be great to see and have in my food repertoire. Plus watching your videos are super great thanks.

[@saranacoppin9566]

I’m from UK and we are almost back to a new normal. It was soooooo hard being in a lockdown. I feel like I was a different person, but we got out of it. I don’t know the situation in Canada at the moment, but even if you don’t know when it will finish, everyday is a day closer to getting to a new normal. I’m not saying wish life away but this way of thinking helped me remember it’s not forever, as that’s how I was feeling. You have had a life change and a world change all in one. It’s pretty big to deal with all that and your doing amazing. Things will get better soon ❤️ Sage is so gorgeous too 🥰.

[@shannellemcmillan8465]

Love these videos. I love tortellini soup with chicken and veggies. And zuppa tuscana.

[@LucyChegeM]

Amazing, thanks for sharing 👍

[@valeriejkelly]

omg, cashew in the window lol and Matt saying "bye poopie" 😂

[@tamidana7808]

I love your channel! Sage is so cute and getting so big! I love clam chowder, definitely my favorite soup!

[@NikkiScatch84]

Love these kind of blogs! I hope you have a great weekend!

[@EmilyCyr]

love Sage’s little face when daddy’s whispering to her at farmers market in the beginning :) also i love your mix ‘n’ match dinner at the end. that’s one of my favorite ways to pull together a meal

[@stephaniepiotrowski9231]

Those pies look delish! What are your fav farmers markets in the GTA? We love going to different ones!

[@HONEYCHEERIO5]

I havent watched the entire video yet but just had to pause to comment! I 100% am feeling how you are feeling! It's funny because I never considered myself an extrovert but found myself relating to everything you were feeling so maybe I am an extrovert or at least an ambivert. I loveeeee being outside and meeting new people as well as being in group gatherings but also love my me time but have noticed that some days I dont feel my best and you've made me realize how much I used to go out and always had plans but now with a new baby and on top of that the pandemic I havent been out much or seen many people. I feel you about the birthday. We did not have a baby shower and it's something we would have loved to have to look back on. Regardless it's always nice to know we're not the only ones feeling a certain way! Enjoy seeing your vlogs. In a way it feels like we are hanging out with you! Xoxo

[@kinseyjohnson4341]

Love the Berkey and Lisa from farmhouse on Boone!

[@lightenupbuttercup5476]

I feel the same way. My emotions have been up and down so much lately.

[@valeriejkelly]

I love minestrone, anything tomato, pho. My grandmother used to make this veggie soup with orzo and certain types of protein.

[@angieddmen]

I completely understand what you're going through. I had my son right when the lock down happened in the US. I went in one day and came out to a new world where you couldn't even find diapers for your babies. It was traumatizing and so scary. I had to celebrate our sons 1st birthday alone due to the ristrictions. The whole situation took a toll on my mental health and even now things are getting okay, but still it's going to take time to get back to normal. It's unfortunate but we are all grateful for the things we have. Keep moving forward that's all we can do at this point. ❤️❤️❤️

[@wajjaw4524]

Your daughter is fantastic! ❤️❤️❤️ she shows pure love of life! greetings from Poland 🙂

[@kwhiteley8951]

Tom Yum soup is my favorite! I can eat bowl after bowl of it. Always love your videos 💗

[@user-or3ck2xg8s]

Loving these style of videos! Can I ask where your dinner plates are from?!?!? 🙌🏻

[@aprilb4831]

I completely get you with being at home. I'm an extrovert and a super social person! However I had my first baby in the pandemic, he's now nearly 11 months. The pandemic has given me super anxiety about being ill so I feel trapped in a state of wanting to go out and be with people but being scared of getting Covid. It's so frustrating. My son's first birthday is coming up and I want a party but feel weird about it. I love your videos they really help ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@BabySleepTeam]

It's so tough missing out on all of the social events with everything that is going on at the moment! Hoping things open up more in 2022 to get to some level of normality!

[@noradupree-lohr5095]

Thank you for sharing your life with us! You are so real and if appreciated so much that you share your triumphant moments as well as your struggles. I would love a health but clam coffee!! My favorite soup is any kind of tomato soup, I have a recipe for a tomato carrot bisque, so delicious and I eat it until I’m sick!!!

[@zuzannagawin7459]

Greetings from Poland! Pierogi are the best 🥟🥟🥟 Favourite soup - tomato soup 🍅

[@pinayinaustralia8596]

So cute Sage she growing up so fast beautiful family I’m enjoying watching the video

[@angelawalker1039]

Oh, and I love a good Italian Wedding Soup. But seriously, I love all soups. Yay for soup season!

[@Marie-ve2ml]

My favorite soup is Butternut squash apple soup. I feel you about social gatherings. I was scared of going out in public after a trauma, so I isolated myself in my appartement for a year before covid started. So I've been isolated for 3 years, I don't have children or a boyfriend so it's been hard...I miss going out freely and at peace...

[@MelissaCapriotti]

Love all your farmers market stuff! Especially everything from the polish bread guy! Yum!

[@neysarodriguez9622]

Jajajajaja I also watch Lisa’s videos 👍🏻 favorite soup butternut squash and tortellini with sausage I make them in the Instant Pot

[@Anadeldr1luv]

You guys are adorable. Your daughter is so smart, bless her. I struggle to find the energy now to do the things I normally did before my baby to top it off my lower back is always killing me 😣

[@zantomko1780]

Oh I'm with you on the mixed feelings. Much to be grateful for but sensing the loss of time spent and mild vigilance with constant Covid even for the vaccinated. Love and prayers to you

[@ashleymenard8764]

Butternut squash is definitely my favourite soup!

[@dreamingwithdanielle8048]

The matching swimsuits are adorable

[@reneealina6902]

Broth based: French onion and creamy base I’d have to go with clam chowder with broccoli cheddar coming in a close second 😋

[@melissacarmon5467]

Favorite soup: white bean kale soup, delicious!

[@HealthNutNutrition]

Have you tried the one from my cookbook? It’s soo good

[@NS-yz8ym]

Wow those thunderstorms 😥 I want them here in CA🙏

[@emilielantz826]

We love our travel Berkey! Still on our first filters! 👏🏼

[@elisadrlnevelrpnksaddict7343]

Please and yes for a healthy clam chowder soup recipe. Clam is my favorite

[@karengraves3900]

Butternut squash soup is my favorite! Love the video.

[@cassandraa7]

When did you get your period back postpartum? My daughter will be 13 weeks tomorrow and I just got my period back today and I think it's because she's been sleeping 8+ hours through the night now! I've been also pumping to keep supply up :)

[@friederikebaumerich33]

Favorite soup: potato, pumpkin and leek&cheese soups, depending on the Season 🤤

[@keepingupwithkourtney7405]

It’s the matching bathing suits for me! Y’all are so cute! Sage is growing so fast, can’t believe she’s crawling already 🥺🧡

[@naturalleejess700]

I love my Berkey!! I have the Royal Berkey as well and have had ours for 2 years and it was the best purchase!

[@sairaansari786]

This water filter is used a lot in india indian house ,cutie pie sage loads of love

[@hannaheva3841]

Chicken noodle soup is my favourite!!! Also how cute was sage crawling and sitting in front of the camera!!!! Super super cute! I’m definitely going to do some research around the water purifier definitely interested in getting on ❤️❤️

[@healthyeatingalways]

I love my Berkey!! It was one of the best investments that I have made. So happy you got one. How are you liking it?

[@angelawalker1039]

Girl, I get it. I have summer fomo every year. It’s weird. I like, want to cram in all the things.... even though I did do some of the summer things. I think it’s because it’s over and I’m like, wait, did summer pass me by?! But then, fall arrives and then there’s all the fall things and I’ll go through it all again at the end of fall. Lol. We’re all a mess, so you’re totally not alone. The world is just, ugh. 😑

[@claradissane2116]

My favorite soup is your smoky white bean and kale soup 😍

[@tiffanygardiner5006]

I have a few different red lentil soup recipes that I love to make because they’re so easy to make + they taste great!

[@nazurozzie]

Sage is so cute & I love that name!!!

[@lemongirl1038]

yassss the “good soup” chain 😂. also, i heard that if you get your period, it affects the breast milk and it’ll tastes “sour” to the baby. and i also heard if you don’t breast feed in the middle of the night, it can also lower your milk supply. i thought i should let you know. 😊

[@kyriakoskanlis228]

can you do a Whole Foods haul video!?

[@quorrakai]

Wow Sage is really cruising along the floor! Love the shot of her and Cashew, so cute! ❤️ That farmers market looks amazing! All the food looks so good! Were those giant butter tarts??😍 I can't find them in the U.S. Can you guys not have big gatherings yet? 😳If you can move to Florida, do it. I'm Canadian but have lived in the states for 11 years and I'm in Arizona. I love it. Let us know how the water filter works out.

[@DelanyHarley97]

I find with staying home that I’m becoming more of an introvert. I was kind of in the middle now I feel almost drained when going out to visit family/friends. Just learning my boundaries 👍🏼 I also am all for fall season and all the soups! 😅

[@MrsAPeterson]

I feel lucky we live in an area where we have lived normally for the past year. It ends when we say it does (in America)

[@cynthiaturner6101]

My Favorite soup is lentil- the one from Trader Joe's is number one and then Amy's. I enjoy watching your channel. God Bless you and your family.

[@HealthNutNutrition]

Oh I haven’t tried that one from TJ

[@sheronagovender]

Love your vlogs Nikole! You are just such a cute human! Also, Sage is looking as cute as ever! My favourite soup is roasted tomato and butternut with lentils.

[@brookehilt47]

I just literally got my Berkey filter system today from Amazon! I got so frustrated that I should’ve KZbind it 😂 Anyway, I was wondering if you could link your necklace that you wear with letters on it, it’s so cute. You are doing amazing with your vids and sage is growing so much 🥰

[@briellelynne4552]

My boyfriend and I and his family have a Berkey water filter! It is great !! Been using it for like 4 years

[@nancycowan6109]

Sweet video but I thought after you ate the olives, you said “It supports the geeze in me.” 🤣 Sage looks so much like Matt. Love. (Oh, those clothes racks works great for drying homemade pasta. Just sayin.) And trying to support your feelings, my girls are 38 and 40 and I still kind of grieve those nursing years when they both cut me off at one and remember those sweet days of their littleness with such love and emotion. It never goes away. Enjoy your sweet baby. ❤️ And leaving the house for something fun will come. I promise you. It’ll come.

[@brilliantbutblue]

I had to replay the "support the geeze in me" to realise she said "the Portuguese in me" as well😆 "When her Children are grown and gone a mother's love goes on and on" 😚

[@samwilson3035]

Broccoli cheddar soup is so yummy, and Minestrone!

[@truebelieversallarewelcome7876]

😊 thank you Sage

[@michellegordon1822]

Louisiana chicken gumbo with andouille sausage, okra, veg and rice. It’s thick, creamy, and a bit spicy. I could eat the whole pot.

[@nazurozzie]

Love Farmer's Market's!

[@ddc1601]

Love minestrone, turkey or potato leek soup

[@teajoysarcasm]

Brand new follower here- only found you like two days ago :) Fave soup is definitely pumpkin :) Love from nsw Australia 🇦🇺

[@brilliantbutblue]

Hi from Melbourne!! This channel has given me joy in this very dark and lonely time. Welcome😘

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@@brilliantbutblue Feel free to check out my little freedom channel 😀💕 Maybe you will feel less alone

[@brilliantbutblue]

@@agnesskibicka : I thought oh this must be a some bot in the comments but l was curious, you have a beautiful channel and you are very calming and insightful. Thankyou for reaching out🙏

[@KC-rx5eu]

Oh Nikole, I can totally relate! I related with you when we were both pregnant in regards to hospital tours and classes (which was a no-go d/t the pandemic) :( So I totally feel you on your little one’s birthday coming up. I don’t think it’s selfish at all, but I do feel like we had to sacrifice a lot of our “expectations”’ versus reality of what we wanted our first pregnancy to be filled with! I think in time things will start to normalize and we can gather with normal outings again! I also got some reason crave sweets A LOT and Indi think it’s the breast feeding 😂 I mean I don’t go overboard but before pregnancy I could go days without sweets or even want to eat them. But with breastfeeding I feel like I need something sweet once a day, even if it is just 1 cookie lol I hope things get better soon, and you’re so right, we all create our own happiness 💕

[@majajesion9404]

My favorite soup is Moroccan harira. Actually a vegetarian version of this soup. Yumi :)

[@SmileforaSecond]

I don’t really have a favorite soup because I’ve always felt like soup is never substantive enough to fill me up and I’m always hungry around 90 minutes later. So I usually skip soup and eat other things. I must be doing it wrong because so many people are obsessed with soup, but I’ve never found it to be that spectacular.

[@torimatoga9008]

My Berkey filter is the best! Just be mindful of cleaning it well and priming the filters as needed. I can’t drink tap water anymore 😂😂

[@naturelovealicia9703]

Broccoli and cheese soup is my favorite

[@jennifermayeda8121]

OMG PLEASE SHARE A CLAM CHOWDER RECIPE!!!

[@christinakristalidis7204]

Cream of broccoli soup for me.

[@jaclynmennella2273]

Totally feel the same way about missing social events. It’s depressing but now at this point I have accepted that life is just not fun anymore and just trying to focus on work and family life. Chance to save money instead 🤷🏻‍♀️ greeting from boring New York lol

[@iamfitniss]

That was such a good intro! 😂💗

[@megans4695]

Great vlog!!! I love lentil soup!!

[@sarahm7296]

Homemade chicken noodle soup with homemade noodles or egg noodles, homemade is best though and just a little ketchup added at the end!! 😋🙃

[@zantomko1780]

Beet hummus is one route for the beets

[@pathtowellnesswithmiriam1371]

I would love a dairy free version of clam chowder.

[@milenaalmeida4063]

Looove the long vlogs!!! 🤩

[@brendatheodore8077]

Clam chowder!!!!!!!

[@natalialopes719]

I love Lisa on Farmhouse on Boone

[@esbeidyjimenez7776]

Pozole!!!

[@keylygar31]

Where did you get your bed comforter I love it.

[@mehnursaba9574]

My favourite soup is chicken sweet corn soup