Last week a friend gave me a box of maple brown sugar oatmeal because she had too much at her house and knew her family wasn’t going to eat it all. I never buy the packets of oatmeal, but I always have oats. The kids scarfed that stuff down like it was crack in a […]
Food
Easy Weeknight Dinner — Turkey or Quinoa Quesadillas
Weeknight dinners can be a challenge with homework and practices and driving and EVERYTHING! These quesadillas are crowd pleasers, and they are easy to make. I always have cooked quinoa and ground turkey on hand in the freezer, so that makes them even easier to make. When I plan to have these for dinner, I […]
The Maintain Through The Holidays Challenge
You know what totally sucks? Really looking forward to the holidays for the whole month of November and then waking up on January 1st realizing that your family had a great Thanksgiving and Christmas season but you didn’t really get to enjoy any of it. You know what sucks even more? All that stuff I […]
I’m Bringing Back Sunday Dinner
With the craziness of our weeknights, I really want to bring back the Sunday night dinner whenever I can. Tonight I did. I had planned out dinners for the week last Monday, and I had everything I needed already. Here’s what was on the menu tonight: Roast chicken: (I used this recipe from Allrecipes.com. Everyone […]
Cilantro Lime Quinoa Buddha Bowl
I’m a little behind the times I think, but I have recently discovered Buddha Bowls and I love them and I eat them almost daily. So this is one of my favorite combos and it’s super easy to make. I make most of the ingredients in bulk at the beginning of the week so I […]
You Are One Decision Away From Everything
Today was one of those days where nothing went the way I thought it was going to go when the day began. When I first started writing this post I listed all the things that went much differently than I had originally anticipated. But it was boring and confusing, and really the details aren’t all […]