Jake and I are a day and a half into our Whole30 challenge and so far I’m enjoying the process of teaching my mind to be more intentional about the food choices I make. What I’ve come to realize is that I was doing quite a bit of mindless snacking through the day. Mostly when …
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Recipes
Easy family friendly recipes my kids will actually eat!
Slow Cooker Ham Bone, Potato & Cheese Soup
I mentioned yesterday that I made a ham for Christmas dinner. Since it was mainly just Jake and me eating it (with a few additional bites going to Baylen) we had lots of leftover meat. I kept the bone and decided to try my hand at making soup with it. I threw in a little …
Zuppa Toscana Soup
Hi guys! I feel like so much has happened since our last visit, including a wonderful staycation that Jake and I got to have last weekend. My parents took the kids for a few days so we could get caught up on some things around the house that we haven’t had a chance to do …
Easy Healthy Meal Ideas For Moms With Babies Link-Up
I’ve found one of the most challenging things to accomplish during the baby stage is getting supper on the table for my family each night. Early evening isn’t a likely time to have two hands free to cook a meal. It becomes a juggling act of finding something to keep the babies distracted and happy …
Healthy Homemade Fruit Roll Ups
I’m always on the lookout for healthy snacks to stock my pantry with, so I was pretty excited last week my mom showed up with homemade fruit roll ups! She has apple trees at their farm which she makes into applesauce and from there it’s just a matter of cooking a layer of it in …
Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos
It’s no secret that I love my crock pot. I unashamedly use it year round, and owe a sincere thank you to the person who invented it. Since Emersyn and Mckinley were born, my appreciation and dependence upon this amazing small appliance has probably quadrupled and it now ranks right up there with the pacifier …
Strawberry Orange Julius
Baylen’s been working on those pesky two year molars lately, and after a trip to the doctor today, it was confirmed that he also has a pretty raw throat. Poor little man. So tonight I made him a Strawberry Orange Julius to help his little throat feel better and soothe his sore gums. The past …
Cookie Dough Cream Cheese Freezer Pie
On a hot day like the one we’re having in Minnesota, I can’t think of much that sounds better than ice cream, or this ice cream type pie. The pie recipe comes from Jake’s mom, and is one of our very favorites. I’m a sucker for my oatmeal chocolate chip cookie dough, so I added that, although …
Caprese Salad
I didn’t have time to plant a garden this year, but I do have two lonely basil plants out on my deck because we eat soooo much of it the summer. And it’s just too expensive to buy in the store. Oh how I love my basil plants. They are just steps away from my …
Beergaritas
Some nights after the kids go to bed, Jake and I like to sit out on the deck and enjoy a “Mommy and Daddy” drink. Let’s be real, there are evenings when we treat it as a well-deserved prize for persevering through the crabby supper hour! I usually end up pumping shortly after the kids …