Happy Fourth of July everyone! Hope you all have a fun, relaxing day planned. We are going to hit up the neighborhood parade, cook out, bake cookies and watch some fireworks! I wanted to share this super easy recipe for those of you that want the taste of BBQ without putting in any of the…
A Cooking Party
In case you missed the last few posts I’ll give you an update: I made an awesome chili and announced we’re moving to Seattle! I also joined a health challenge and made some homemade baby food! Check out the previous posts if you want to learn more! So a few weeks ago I threw a…
A Holiday Treat for Santa: Blondies
Santa works hard all year to make Christmas day magical for kids all over the world. He needs something caloric and high fat to sustain him through the night, don’t you think? Enter some ooey, gooey, fabulous blondies. This was my first time making blondies and I was shocked with how good they were. I…
Easy Holiday Appetizer: Homemade Onion Dip
Some of my favorite foods to have around the house during the Holidays are Ruffles and onion dip- in the past it was store-bought onion dip or even just plain light sour cream. It’s weird, but for some reason I associate it with this time of year. It’s not exactly what I’d serve guests but…
Butterscotch Haystacks: A Holiday No-Bake Treat
Whether you’re making cookies for Santa, your neighbor or to enjoy at home, December is full of baking and treats. I, like many others, love to bake and eat sweets. How do I manage to do it and not gain weight? Easy! I exercise consistently and share my goodies. I also eat healthy meals…
Holiday Gift Guide 2011
Need some gift ideas for the upcoming Holidays? Here is my 2011 food-kitchen inspired gift guide. I’ve had a lot of time to flip through magazines and catalogs while I feed the baby so this is what I came up with! Eat Smart Retro Kitchen Scale from Amazon: perfect to measure your ingredients when a…
Thanksgiving Recap and Cinnamon Fig Jam
I love the Holidays. We had a great, yet quiet, Thanksgiving this year. I cooked the whole dinner myself but spread it over 3 days so that I could actually finish. It turned out delicious so I was very pleased. I knew that making 12 dishes alone, there would be a few disasters along the…
How to Simplify Thanksgiving
I was a bit unrealistic this year in my attempt to plan a grand Thanksgiving for my family and a couple friends. Then it dawned on me….who am I kidding? My newborn son will be 3 weeks on Thanksgiving and I am already getting overwhelmed at the thought of all the dishes that need to…
Banana & Blueberry Baked Oatmeal
I love breakfast. I really do. With a newborn in the house, and nursing around the clock, I wake up starving. Most of the time I eat something quick and easy like whole grain cereal, eggs and/or fruit, but I love the weekends when I have more time to experiment. I’ve been wanting to try…
Easy and Fun Halloween Treats
My oldest son’s birthday is 2 weeks before Halloween so I could not resist throwing a Halloween themed birthday party for his 5th birthday. I had a hard time narrowing down the treats to make because there are so many fun ideas for Halloween goodies. I also wanted to make sure it wasn’t just sweets…
