6 delicious make ahead recipes for Easter brunch that will still taste perfect on Easter morning.
Easter morning at my house tends to be so busy just trying to get everyone dressed and out the door that there is never time for cooking. Even if I'm not hosting, but just taking a dish with me, I've found that it's absolutely neccessary to rely on make ahead recipes...
Weekend Toast: Raise a glass to spring with these lavender cocktail and mocktail recipes.
Spring is here! Even with the occasional cooler day, flowers are starting to bloom and trees beginning to bud. To celebrate the change of season, we're in the mood for these lavender cocktail and mocktail recipes. Lavender has a very floral flavor that isn't for...
What happened when I did a 3-day juice cleanse: 5 surprising results.
After a fall and winter full of eating and not full of working out, a few weeks ago I decided that I needed a reset. My pants hadn't fit in months, my energy levels were terrible, and my moods were swinging like crazy. And with 40 looming, a change had to be made, and...
Busy parent kitchen hack: Shortcut Pizza Dough Cinnamon Rolls
I love cinnamon rolls—and I don't just mean eating them. I also love making them. There's something so satisfying about whipping up a simple, sweet yeasted dough and baking it up with butter, cinnamon, and sugar. Then there's the whole roll and slice thing, which...
The ultimate last minute St. Patrick’s Day recipe guide: 50 meals, snacks, drinks & desserts that are magically delicious.
Of all the holidays, I always seem to need the most help finding cool St. Patrick's Day recipes, because no thank you to recipe after recipe of artificially dyed green food. (And can we all agree that green doesn't work for every dish?) Also, while I love shepherd's...
Corned beef and cabbage in the slow cooker for an easy St. Patrick’s Day feast.
Every St. Patrick's Day, I make a big feast to celebrate the big day in honor of my husband's Irish family—but, truth be told, I'd make one even if I didn't' have Irish relatives. You know why? Corned beef and cabbage. It's just too great an excuse not to make some....
Web Coolness: Big (old?) news from Kraft Mac and Cheese, Lucky Charms Cookies, Farm2Table app for kids & more.
Here are our favorite food links from around the web this week. We hope that you enjoy them, too! How to make the cutest Rainbow Donuts for St. Patrick's Day. Kraft changed it's Mac and Cheese and nobody noticed. 10 simple tips for modeling healthier eating for...
Weekend Toast: All natural, dye free Shamrock Shake recipes. Because today is your lucky day.
Ah, the Shamrock Shake. That once-a-year emerald colored, minty concoction that makes St. Patrick's Day feel like, well, St. Patrick's Day. If you can't do without one, but would rather skip loads of artificial green coloring or just prefer a more natural green hue,...
Go green with these dye free recipes for St. Patrick’s Day.
St. Patrick's Day isn't my thing. (How's that for the open of a St. Patrick's Day post?) But now that I have kids—who love any excuse to celebrate anything—I hate to be a curmudgeon about it. So, after thinking about it long and hard (okay, not really that long or...
6 edible Easter gifts we’re hoping to find in our baskets this year.
It's been a long time since I've gotten my own Easter basket but, after shopping for some yummy edible Easter gifts this year, I might bring back that tradition. Because, wow have I found some delicious and beautiful treats. Our kids would go nuts for all of these and...
8 healthy finger food recipes for toddlers that you’ll love, too. (Smart snacking for all!)
I was very excited when each of my kids moved from jars of strained spinach to actual finger food that they could feed themselves, because yay for independence—and the resulting semblance of family dinner. Having a toddler who's moved on to finger foods doesn't have...
Baked Cereal Milk Donuts. Because cereal milk. And donuts.
There is no way that we could let National Cereal Day pass without sharing a super fun recipe. Ok, fine, we could have, but why when I've recently whipped up an amazing original recipe for Baked Cereal Milk Donuts. As in, donuts made with cereal milk. I know! I think...
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Non-toxic spring cleaning with salt: 8 unexpected uses in the kitchen beyond cooking.
Springtime means spring cleaning in my house and that means cleaning with salt. Yes, really. While there are some great natural cleaning products out there that are worth every dime (we love Better Life around here, and even housecleaning services use it), the...
Create a more sustainable kitchen with these 10 easy, eco-friendly ideas
With Earth Day coming up in April and spring cleaning season here, it's a great time to reflect on ways we can create a more eco-friendly home and a more sustainable kitchen. If your family spends as much time as my family of five does thinking about, preparing,...
Kitchen spring cleaning checklist: 7 kitchen tasks everyone forgets
With spring having sprung (and the words of Marie Kondo echoing in my head all these years later), I've been doing my best to kick-start kitchen spring cleaning before summer arrives. But one thing I've learned after all these years is it's so easy to miss certain...
Healthy comfort food recipes to get us through the winter without the extra pounds
Healthy comfort food recipes can be hard to come by. I mean I totally get the desire to start new diets in the new year, what with fresh beginnings and all. But when it's winter, I just want to cuddle up on the couch with a blanket and a big bowl of cheesy soup or...
How to tell if food is fresh: Tips for 7 of your top pantry staples
It's good to have some tricks for how tell if food is fresh and still good to eat -- as you know if you've ever opened a jar of half-used tomato sauce that seemed fairly new...only to find furry white spots of mold floating on top. While some spoiled food is quite...
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7 spectacular macaroon variations for a big finish at Passover
We've explained many times that macarons are not to be confused with macaroons, the latter being a flour-free, gluten-free, generally chewy coconut cookie that's a favorite treat to finish off your Seder. This being Passover season, it's a perfect opportunity to...
5 easy spring recipes for the week ahead, from 35-minute lemony chicken cutlets to a fresh take on quesadillas | Weekly Meal Plan
It’s time to start thinking about your meal plan for next week. From 35-minute lemony chicken cutlets to sheet pan quesadillas, we’ve got five dinners that make good use of spring produce and lighter nights (yay!) to help get you through the busy week ahead. So...
A week’s worth of family-friendly spring recipes | Weekly Meal Plan
It's finally spring around here with daffodils popping up and flowering trees, which means it's time to start planning some spring dinners and easing out of all those heavy winter dishes. These are the spring dinner recipes that feel a bit lighter and brighter to...
These 11 light spring recipes help you shake off winter at the dinner table
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 spring recipes to our dinner roatation, like light pasta salads, cold, fresh...
These 9 recipes are most delicious ways to use hard-boiled eggs this week
These five truly awesome hard-boiled egg recipes may be the best, easiest, and most creative ways to use hard-boiled eggs, should you have a stockpile after Easter egg decorating. And don't worry, I'm not talking egg salad sandwiches a dozen ways either -- though...