5 brilliant food bar ideas ideas for last minute entertaining. (Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, perhaps?)
My favorite part of any holiday is the food, and Mother's Day and Father's Day are no exception, so you can see why I'm so taken with food bar ideas. I mean, hat I want most this year (especially this year!) is to sit around the table with family eating and laughing....
15 fabulous Mother’s Day gifts for the kitchen under $25 — that will look like you splurged!
A kitchen gift for Mother's Day may once have been the purview of serious home cooks, but no longer. (Thanks, pandemic!) After 14 months of cooking breakfasts, lunches, and dinners for my family of five, I would love a Mother's Day gift for my kitchen! I've used just...
Burgers, enchiladas, and picnic dinners—oh my! | 2021 weekly meal plan ideas #13
I know lots of us have lost the will to cook, and warmer weather always has me thinking about every single restaurant in town with a porch. But one trick that always works to get me back in the kitchen is to make a meal plan I know my family will eat. If you're...
Unbreakable outdoor dishes that are perfect for all your summer entertaining
Summer is almost here, and you know what that means: Three months of (safe!) outdoor gatherings and barbecues. Or as I like to call it, “The Season of Breaking Stuff Outside.” By the time September comes, you know someone is going to break a plate on the patio or bust...
11 spring recipes to lighten up pastas, soups, and one-pot meals
When warm, spring weather hits I immediately lose all appetite for the heavy dinners like chili or pot roast that I craved during winter, and instead I'm finding myself adding light pasta salads, gazpachos, and grilled meats and veggies to our dinner rotation. So, in...
From Pasta Carbonara to Carne Asada Fries, next week is going to be delicious | Weekly Meal Ideas 12
It's time to get that meal plan together for next week and I'm excited to share my meal plan ideas with you. And yes, this is my actual plan for my family of four will be eating. Maybe you make them all, or maybe they just give you a few ideas and inspiration -...
Our favorite last-minute Easter recipes: Brunch, dinner, desserts, and treats of all kinds. Yay treats!
Are you looking for last-minute easter recipes and treats too? Yep, I get it. Easter is here so early this year, it's snuck up on so many of us. (Then again, time kind of has no meaning these days so wheeeee! Last-minute recipes all year coming your way!) If you want...
How to hop on the focaccia garden trend with the kids: Perfect for Easter or a spring kitchen craft project.
With our second COVID Easter on the horizon, a colorful and delicious focaccia garden at the centerpiece of our Easter meal sounds like a perfect addition to our table. Even better? I'm going to be passing this project off onto my three teens since it's such a great...
5 dinners that feel like spring | Weekly Meal Plan Ideas 11
It's starting to look like spring around here with daffodils popping up and flowering trees, even if it is still a bit chilly. Â Still, I'll take it after the winter we've had! While I'm really eager to start cooking "spring" food and can't wait for farmer's markets to...
Dolly Parton and Jeni’s Ice Cream pair up! Amazing woman, amazing flavor, amazing story.
Yesterday, when Dolly Parton tweeted "I’ve teamed up with @jenisicecreamsto create my very own flavor in support of @dollyslibrary! Strawberry Pretzel Pie is available at Jeni’s April 8,"  I mean...sold, right? Not that you need another reason to try a new flavor from...
6 delicious chocolate-covered matzo (or matzah or matzoh) gifts to send for Passover.
I'm eagerly awaiting for all the Passover jokes on Twitter like, "You thought 40 years in the desert was rough, try surviving 13 months in a pandemic!" Or something. But hey, unlike the olden times, we can enjoy our unleavened bread deliciously chocolate-covered, so...
Thanks a lot, TikTok: Trying the crispy tofu recipe
In our latest TikTok recipe adventure, we decided to give crispy tofu a try, as recommended by our very own Christina Refford. Now, when I made the suggestion to my son, I let him search for the recipe, and here's why: a) Kids are much better at finding stuff on the...
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5 brilliant food bar ideas ideas for last minute entertaining. (Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, perhaps?)
My favorite part of any holiday is the food, and Mother's Day and Father's Day are no exception, so you can see why I'm so taken with food bar ideas. I mean, hat I want most this year (especially this year!) is to sit around the table with family eating and...
How to hop on the focaccia garden trend with the kids: Perfect for Easter or a spring kitchen craft project.
With our second COVID Easter on the horizon, a colorful and delicious focaccia garden at the centerpiece of our Easter meal sounds like a perfect addition to our table. Even better? I'm going to be passing this project off onto my three teens since it's such a...
How this Instant Pot-phobe finally became an Instant Pot convert
I'm not quite sure why I've always been afraid of the Instant Pot. People I love and respect in my life swear by it. I'm even a member of the Instant Pot Community on Facebook (that also might be why I'm afraid of the Instant Pot, now that I think of it). And...
This year, order your Girl Scout cookies from troops struggling with homelessness
Despite my commitment to be healthier this year, I'm going to cave and buy some Girl Scout cookies, because another resolution I've made is to spread goodness as much as possible. When I was reminded that I can buy Girl Scout cookies online to support troops...
9 helpful tips for making a homemade gingerbread house. Learn from my successes….and uh, failures.
I never thought I'd be the person offering tips for making homemade gingerbread houses, but you know, 2020. Chalk it up to the baking bug so many of us caught in 2020, but my kids and I attempted our own homemade gingerbread houses for the first time this year....
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5 brilliant food bar ideas ideas for last minute entertaining. (Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, perhaps?)
My favorite part of any holiday is the food, and Mother's Day and Father's Day are no exception, so you can see why I'm so taken with food bar ideas. I mean, hat I want most this year (especially this year!) is to sit around the table with family eating and...
11 spring recipes to lighten up pastas, soups, and one-pot meals
When warm, spring weather hits I immediately lose all appetite for the heavy dinners like chili or pot roast that I craved during winter, and instead I'm finding myself adding light pasta salads, gazpachos, and grilled meats and veggies to our dinner rotation. So,...
From Pasta Carbonara to Carne Asada Fries, next week is going to be delicious | Weekly Meal Ideas 12
It's time to get that meal plan together for next week and I'm excited to share my meal plan ideas with you. And yes, this is my actual plan for my family of four will be eating. Maybe you make them all, or maybe they just give you a few ideas and inspiration -...
Our favorite last-minute Easter recipes: Brunch, dinner, desserts, and treats of all kinds. Yay treats!
Are you looking for last-minute easter recipes and treats too? Yep, I get it. Easter is here so early this year, it's snuck up on so many of us. (Then again, time kind of has no meaning these days so wheeeee! Last-minute recipes all year coming your way!) If you...
How to hop on the focaccia garden trend with the kids: Perfect for Easter or a spring kitchen craft project.
With our second COVID Easter on the horizon, a colorful and delicious focaccia garden at the centerpiece of our Easter meal sounds like a perfect addition to our table. Even better? I'm going to be passing this project off onto my three teens since it's such a...