by Lisa Barnes | Aug 20, 2021 | Meal Plan, Recipes
It feels like life comes at us fast and hard at back to school season. The lazy days of summer are winding down, and there is an amped up level of stress as routines start back up. One thing that helps make things way less stressful for me is to take some time to meal...
by Lisa Barnes | Aug 16, 2021 | Back to School
As my kids have gotten older, I’ve shopped more for lunch bags for teens, because the lunch box has gotten less and less cool. Which is really kind of sad because, holy cow, there are some super cute lunchboxes out there. My high school kids were always so happy...
by Lisa Barnes | Aug 13, 2021 | Meal Plan, Recipes
A few months ago, I decided to join our Cool Mom Picks WeTime project and plant my own vegetable garden. My rookie mistake was planting 6 mounds of zucchini seeds. I truly do not understand the remarkable ability of this little plant to pump out so much fruit (yes,...
by Lisa Barnes | Jul 19, 2021 | Shopping Finds
Last week, we packed up our kids for a quick four-day camping trip to Crater Lake, Oregon. As I was prepping all of the meals — which included all things that you could cook in a campfire for three meals a day — it occurred to me that due to the wildfire...
by Lisa Barnes | Jul 16, 2021 | Meal Plan, Recipes
As I was prepping camping meals for our impromptu camping trip last week, I got to thinking that I should totally be using my cast iron skillet way more in my everyday meal planning. There are a ton of benefits to cooking in a cast iron skillet, including the fact...
