The biggest gift I am giving my family this year for Christmas wasn’t purchased in a store. It wasn’t ordered online. It wasn’t even anything they asked for. Not directly, anyway. But now that I’ve given them this gift, I realize it was something they wanted. And something they needed. In fact, it was something […]
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3 Ingredient, Delicious Homemade Applesauce
I made applesauce for the first time this past weekend. Can someone please explain to me why I never did this before? It was so good! We have an apple tree in our yard that produces edible apples. I don’t know what kind of apples they are for sure, but I think they are Macintosh. […]
Quick and Easy Skillet Kale, White Beans and Sausage
I made this for lunch today. It was super easy and delicious and it’s full of stuff that’s good for you. So I thought you might like to try it. You only need these four ingredients: Sausage (I used a roasted red pepper chicken sausage from Costco) Kale Cannellini Beans Garlic Plus (I don’t count […]
11 Things You Can Freeze To Streamline The School Lunch-Making Process
When you ask moms what their least favorite thing about the weekday school monotony is, packing lunches is always at or near the top of the list. So a couple weeks ago I asked readers to share any tips/tricks/shortcuts they had that made the lunch packing a little less sucky. I’m still working on that post… But […]
These No Bake Peanut Butter Honey Chocolate Chip Granola Bites are Sofa King Good
Here is a snack your kids will love. You’ll love it, too. Especially if you shop at Costco, because you can get all the ingredients there and make a whole ton of these. You will need this: 2 cups oats 1 cup peanut butter (the runny natural kind) 1/ 3 cup chocolate chips 1/4 cup […]
Best. Date. Evah.
Constantly having to worry about money is debilitating. It’s exhausting and stressful and not fun. Robbing Peter to pay Paul and having a major panic attack every time you hear a knock on the door sucks. Not knowing when you are going to emerge from this situation or, even worse, if you ever will, totally […]