My best friend gifted me Half Baked Harvest’s Super Simple cookbook so I have been putting it to work! I can already tell you it is GOOD. no bean turkey & sweet potato chili sesame orange chicken (similar recipe) sun…
Christmas Gift Guide for Men
“Google, what Christmas gift should I buy for my husband?” Does Christmas gift buying for men completely evade you? Just me? Well, Dustin helped me out by choosing items he would actually want to receive, taking the guesswork out for…
Meal Plan Week 7
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Not a whole lot of recipes for this week’s meal plan, but I hope it at least provides some inspiration. Happy cooking! Slow Cooker Vodka Bolognese Pasta Protein balls Superfoods salad- basically…
Meal Plan Week 6
Here’s this week’s menu. Featuring recipes from Magnolia Table & Run Fast Cook Fast Eat Slow Broccoli rice cheesy casserole Sour cream chicken enchiladas & Mexican rice chili & French bread Pulled pork sandwiches Chicken & dumpling soup Chicken salad…
Meal Plan Week 5
I didn’t get to doing last week’s meal plan, but I’ll post it one day because it was GOOD and got high reviews from the family, even with a couple adventurous meals. Here’s this week’s menu. Featuring recipes from Magnolia…
God’s Unexpected Answered Prayer – Sister Pregnancies – Featured on Love What Matters
I shared the sweet story of how my sister and my dream of being pregnant together came true in the most unexpected ways, and after a lot of waiting and heartache. See the full story on Love What Matters here….
Blending a Family: The Raw Reality
To give full context of our family dynamic, we are currently blending a family (married September 19, 2020) that lost a spouse (me) with three kids, seven, six, and four, and one from divorce (Dustin) with a five year old….
Meal Plan Week 4
Here we go, week 4 meal plan! Featuring recipes from Magnolia Table king ranch chicken short rib tacos baked cheesy Italian chicken meatballs Jo’s fatayar banana bread muffins Check out week 1, week 2, week 3. Click here for a…
A Busy Mom’s Guide To Meal Planning
I have always loved cooking, but once kids were added to the mix, meal prep got… complicated. I learned very early on with having kids that I could no longer “wing it” for meals. When you have kids, life gets…
Best Newborn & Postpartum Items
When preparing for a baby, there’s always that question of what what you need and what things you can do without. Even with Piper as my fourth baby, I asked around to find out what were the best newborn items…
Meal Plan – Week 2
I fully realize just one week after committing to sharing our meal plan on the blog, that I didn’t post…. but life happened. My grandfather passed away and all the plans went out the window! So last week was a…
Meal Plan Week 1
Welcome to a new series, our weekly meal plan! Well, if you follow me on Instagram, it isn’t a new series. I have had a lot of requests to share the recipes and cookbooks the meals come from, and a…