I hate water….no, scratch that…I don’t hate water, I hate tasteless water. Bland is bad and I’m kind of a soda junkie. Not just the caffeine, but the fizzy bubbles too – ice cold it’s refreshing and not boring like water. But alas, one cannot live on Mt. Dew alone, in fact I think my […]
Meal Prep and Food Storage Tips and Tricks for Beginners
This is a sponsored post for SheSpeaks/Rubbermaid®. Summer’s here which means this mama’s cup runneth over. For real – between horse shows, marching band (yes practice for that starts pretty much the minute school’s out for summer), fundraising for a non-profit that I sit on the board for, my blog and my LuLaRoe business, […]
Mexican Chocolate Cupcakes
Guess what’s coming up next week? Cinco de Mayo!!! As a food lover, this particular day of the year is probably one of my faves. I understand there is a greater significance to a large portion of the population than just awesome tamales and I don’t want to downplay that, but let’s not overlook the […]
Easy Pepperoni Pizza Pinwheel Appetizers
Rumor has it that spring is supposed to show up sometime soon. I mean you wouldn’t guess it by looking outside right now, but once it does warm up, and the sun comes out for more than 20-30 minutes at a time, there’s going to be some entertaining going on. There’s been a bit of […]
Hearty Homemade Minestrone Soup
Here in the Pacific Northwest, it’s still very winter-like even though we’re quickly approaching March. We’ve gotten more snow this year than we have in many years (remind me to tell you about the “Winter of 96” someday – that was a doozey!). Now that snow has mostly turned to rain freezing rain and it’s […]
Valentine’s Day Heart Shaped Cake Treats
My daughter reminded me today when I picked her up from daycare that next week is Valentine’s Day. I suppose I should get my rear in gear because that means this weekend is the last minute mad dash for parents to get all those tasty treats prepared in and effort to look as if they’ve […]
Insanely Easy Butterscotch Gingerbread Man Pops
So your kiddos class party is this Friday you say? They need how many delicious treats? You’ve got to be kidding – who has time for this right? Fortunately some of the best treats, are also some of the easiest. It helps that they’re ridiculously adorable as well. Since we’re all in a hurry I’m […]
Chicken Fried Pork Steak
We just got home from being on vacation almost two weeks and it was pretty great. I’ll be sharing more about that over the next couple of weeks because we did some pretty awesome stuff while we were in Florida. Re-entry is never easy and I had to come up with something to feed the […]
How to Use Those Leftovers – Turkey Apple Soup Recipe
What do you do with all of those Thanksgiving leftovers? Turkey sandwiches are great for a day or two but those get old and then what? You don’t want to waste all that good meat so how about something easy to throw together, warm and comforting, like soup? How about Turkey Apple Soup, a delicious […]
Monster Munch Halloween Snack Mix
Halloween is creeping up on us fast and of course the kids are reminding me that it’s time to feed the savages! School parties, daycare festivities and of course fun with good old family and friends – what fun treats do we have up our sleeve this year? A few days ago I shared 25 […]
