In the Kitchen

Are you searching for some fun Valentine's Day recipes and ideas? After all, it is time to start handing out those adorable, homemade Valentine's cards, red and white teddy bears, and heart-shaped assortments of chocolate candy. This is a special...

I happen to love peanut butter.  So, when I discovered January 24th was National Peanut Butter Day, well, I was left feeling a little bit nutty.  Okay, so that was a little corny.  But, I really do love peanut...

This started out as a post on holiday recipes.  Yea, holiday food!  Only, it isn’t working itself out to be that.  I think it’s about grief.  The kind of grief that haunts your life, just like you wish those...

I am one of “those” moms… You know, the kind that makes green smoothies, doesn’t pack her kid dessert in his lunch box, makes their own granola… and sends the majority of her kid’s Halloween candy to the office...

When Halloween comes around, my family enjoys all the festivities that come along with the holiday itself. Dressing up, trick-or-treating, pumpkin patches, and even some spooky recipes!  My 4 and 2 year olds LOVE to help in the kitchen. I...

I love most things pumpkin.  I blame Starbucks.  I think they started this trend with their lattes for every season.  It was a slippery slope.  First, there were Gingerbread Lattes, then Eggnog Lattes and then PUMPKIN SPICE LATTES. It was...

September is National Honey Month! Personally, I love honey!  Mmmm, oh yes!  I'm grateful for the bees that work so diligently to bring us the ultra sticky, ooey-gooey treat.  I have a cluster of blooming bushes, next to where I...

“Eating healthy is so expensive.” I’ve heard it, I’ve said it, and in some cases, it’s true. As a mom of 4 children (and a hungry husband!) I have had my struggles with eating healthy but staying on budget. Something...

I never thought we would be that family.  You know?  The allergic to this, intolerant to that, gluten free family. Food issues were headlined in magazines or the focus of blogs, which I conveniently passed over.  They weren't our reality... Until a...

Are you on a hunt for kid-friendly lunches? Parents everywhere are emptying their child's lunchbox at the end of the school day, only to find that their child has not even touched their lunch. The struggle is real, ya'll. I have...