When I first started meal planning one of the very first things I wanted to do was to come up with more recipe rotation and break out of our dinner time rut. It seemed like all we ever ate was chicken. And chicken. And more chicken! I needed some sort of basic weekly meal plan as my guide. The crazy ...
Organize Your Kitchen-8 Ways to Get Started!
Last week I announced the Keeping It Real 2014 Tour (read more about that by clicking here and January's theme is Organization! So I thought I'd start by sharing some posts that I've already written but may be new to some of you. Or maybe you've seen them before but never moved to action and this ...
5 Tips to an Organized Pantry
Share Recently I decided to organize my pantry. It seemed a lot of extra items had made their way in there…whether it was ingredients for meals I never ended up making or items received as food gifts or purchased when on vacation (I like to buy food “souvenirs”). This time of year is a great time ...
Five Reasons to Love Dream Dinners
Five Reasons to Love Dream Dinners If you’ve followed my blog for any length of time, it will probably come as no surprise that I LOVE a fully stocked freezer when it comes to planning for dinner time (and breakfast too!) And even though I do like to do freezer cooking sessions using some of my ...
Quick and Easy Spiced Caramel Nuts
Spiced caramel nuts are a delicious and easy snack recipe, perfect to make and give as holiday food gifts! Did you miss me last week? I got a little behind on my blogging and totally skipped last week. We’re having fun enjoying the holiday season and doing things with family and ...
Golden Oreo Gingersnap Cookie Balls
Golden Oreo gingersnap cookie balls are easy no bake treats for the holidays. This easy no bake recipe makes cookie balls that will be the perfect addition for your holiday cookie platter! This a sponsored post from Oreo and is part of my participation in the Yummly Brand ...
Gingerbread Lemon Cream Push Pops
Gingerbread lemon cream push pops are an easy holiday dessert, combining homemade gingerbread, lemon curd, and whipped cream. I love gingerbread. When paired with lemon and whipped cream, I'm in dessert heaven. So when we purchased these cake push pops at the start of summer, I knew I needed ...
Cherry Oatmeal Bars
Cherry oatmeal bars are an easy cookie bar recipe combining tart dried cherries with a sweet recipe for chewy oatmeal cookies. Better late than never on my 12 Weeks of Christmas Treats post. I’m not sure what it is but this school year seems busier than ever. I may have ...
Vanilla Chai Shortbread Cookies
Vanilla Chai Shortbread Cookies are lightly sweet cookies that are the perfect accompaniment to a warm cup of tea or coffee. This easy cookie recipe may easily become a favorite cookie! Be sure to sign up for my email list to get new recipes and ideas in your inbox! I ...
How to Meal Plan-Simple Steps to Get Started
Learning how to meal plan is the one question I seem to get over and over again. And even though I’ve done blog posts before on the basics, it has been awhile so I’m doing a little update now. I started meal planning years ago as a way to try and save my sanity. You can read more about how I began ...