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Raise your hand if you regularly throw out bananas because you’ve bought too many from the store again and now they are now brown (I see you, raising your hand). Never do this again. Ultra ripe bananas make the absolute banana bread. We have two kids in our house so we tend to keep a [...]
The Christmas mornings of my childhood were not complete without a breakfast that included our family’s traditional baked French toast. I cannot recall a Christmas without it since my mom clipped the recipe from the newspaper in the early 1980s. I still have that newspaper clipping, frayed and yellowed, in her recipe box. When I was [...]
As the weather starts getting chilly, I want Chili! I love to make it because it is easy and so tasty. It is a favorite in our household and a favorite to share. You can make a huge pot with not a lot of effort. The best part of chili is all of the different [...]
A typical afternoon in my house looks like this: I’m in the kitchen making some kind of food, and I hear a tiny voice say, “Can I help, mama?” Usually, I start looking around for something my little person can help out with. First, it started with the silverware, just the spoons and forks and [...]
'Tis the Season! The season of too much sugar, too many calories and no pants that fit! You can either run from it or embrace it, and I'm choosing to embrace it, but still be good! I would like to offer an easy, inexpensive, vegetarian, gluten-free, low-calorie, packed with "super foods" fall recipe using ingredients [...]
September in our family means going apple picking. We look forward to going every year and then creating delicious recipes with the apples. I tend to use the apples in baking and sweet dishes, but I have one savory dish I love that features them. I first heard about this recipe while attending a Kentucky [...]
Every season is cobbler season in our household. My mother-in-law shared her trusty cobbler recipe with me over 25 years ago, and it remains a family favorite. Cobbler preparation is low-key enough to accommodate help from young children, so it is easy to have your kids join you in the kitchen for this recipe. It [...]
Before you read this, there are a few things you should know about me. I love food. I love cooking, meal planning, and reading food blogs. When sharing my food with loved ones, I prefer that they rave about appreciate the dish I offer them. My son does not like sandwiches. He also has whimsical [...]
It’s imperative that our children get the adequate nutrients they need for proper mental health, physical growth, energy levels and much more. I wrote in a past post about why nutrients are essential to our children’s health, along with some suggestions for quick and easy food ideas. As parents, we play a critical role in [...]
I work a full-time job and have two little ones at home. I'm busy. My closest friends are stay-at-home moms with multiple little ones. They are busy. My sweet mentor has kids in multiple after-school sports and activities. She is busy. It does not matter what a mother's day consists of: we are all busy. [...]
