Food and Recipes

lunch box granola bars

School has begun and I am working on stocking my freezer and cabinets with some healthy snack options for before, during and after Riley's busy full day in first grade! Of course it's easy enough to find granola bars in a box at the super market but I love being able to control the quality of ingredients that goes into their little bodies! I let the girls stay up about 15 minutes past their bedtime on Monday so they could help mix up a batch

The Wednesday Chef’s Eggplant Dish

EatWellWithJanel >>

I’ve been reading The Wednesday Chef blog for as long as I have been reading food blogs, and this particular post for Francis Lam’s Let-My-Eggplant-Go-Free! Spaghetti caught my eye. The Wednesday Chef has a way with words, especially when those words are about food. I find my mouth watering every time I read a new [...]

Food anxiety

Healthy and Sane >> Is it just me or this weekend flew by? I can’t believe it’s Monday night already. Yikes! I guess time flies when you’re having fun, right? Right. I planned on blogging about something completely different this weekend but I realized something about myself yesterday that I thought some of you may relate to so we’ll [...]

beef and barley soup (slow cooker)

Prep Ahead and Dine In >>

We're big soup eaters in our house. When I first heard New England was getting a little taste of that nice and crisp, cooler fall weather, I put this on the menu! I often use the delay timer on my bread machine and serve this alongside some crusty french bread.

This recipe makes a ton! Soup only tastes better when left in the fridge for a few days so I often use the leftovers for lunches or dinner later in the week. This recipe also freezes

Monkey Bread

Delicious Dishings >> Sometimes, it's okay to get in touch with our inner child, skip and dance around a room, collapse in a fit of giggles, and eat super-sweet treats -- like monkey bread. Life's too short not to allow ourselves these simple pleasures.

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