Life with Dudes Never Looked So Pretty
I’ve never been much of a meal planner, but I’ve always craved easy weeknight dinner ideas for the family. Busy sports schedules, volunteer duties, and work responsibilities suck up most of my at home cooking time anyway so our usual process looks like this: kids come home from school, eat super heavy dinner-like snack, go to sports, inhale whatever I pick up on the way
Christmas cookies is probably my favorite part of Christmas. Sure, it’s also the reason I gain 15 pounds every holiday season, but also, worth it! The deliciousness of Christmas cookies is reason enough to spend hours in the kitchen, but it’s also a fun family tradition many enjoy. At our house, baking Christmas cookies starts on Thanksgiving night and doesn’t stop until Christmas Eve when
If I had to choose my favorite holiday season tradition, I would have to say that it’s baking Christmas cookies with my dudes. No matter the season or time of year, cookies are, hands down, my all time favorite dessert. Throw in a little family time and holiday magic, and it’s no wonder that I love baking Christmas cookies more than any other Christmastime activity.
*This is a sponsored post on behalf of Peapd. All opinions are my own.* The cooking struggle of an on-the-go mom of three super busy athletes who are also perpetually hungry is entirely too real. Just as finding easy weeknight meals are the thing that dreams are made of. I speak, of course, from experience which explains why one of my 2018 life goals is
Easy Sausage, Mushroom, Spinach Quiche Recipe Looking for a tasty, filling Christmas morning breakfast meal idea? Quiche is the answer! Packed with plenty of protein, vitamins, and nutrients, this Christmas morning breakfast quiche featuring spinach, sausage, and mushroom is the perfect recipe for an effortless holiday breakfast. It’s an all-in-one meal that will get the family charged up and full until your bigger Christmas meal
**This is a sponsored post created in partnership with HelloFresh.** I have written about our week night dinner woes in this space for years. Even with 16 years in the mom game under my belt, I still struggle with the putting food on the table element of motherhood. I’m busy, and tired, and uncreative in the kitchen. My entire family is discerning (husband included), and
You know how sometimes, you’re just sort of messing around in the kitchen -sneaking cookie dough from the bowl without baking it, “testing” all of the food for doneness, and you just accidentally stumble upon something magical? It can only really happen when you’re acting all hoardy and stuffing copious amounts of food into your mouth at once. You get a hint of a flavor
Ring ring a ling, bake all the things! It’s my favorite time of year –holiday baking season! Dude 3 and I love spending time baking together in the kitchen and we have already started our holiday baking festivities in preparation for a festive, delicious holiday season. After spending some time in Hershey, PA recently, soaking up the scent of fresh chocolate, we have a few
I’m super excited to test out a new Thanksgiving dessert recipe this year. Since I don’t cook a single thing if I can help for the Thanksgiving meal, I try to pitch in by bringing a fun new dessert or two. This year, I am tying a poke cake! I spotted a similar one in one of those Tasty videos on Facebook and I decided
