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Mini Egg Blondies Recipe

Mini Egg Blondies Recipe

Easter is one of my favorite holidays. This is mostly because the best candy is brought out in the stores during this season. Yes, I prefer Easter candy over Halloween candy… hands down! For as long as I can remember, Cadbury Mini Eggs have been my first choice. I am always sure to stock up [...]

Pot Roast for Dinner

Pot Roast for Dinner

As a woman who grew up eating fast food pretty much all the time, I’m not too savvy about home cooked meals. And I’ll admit, I enjoy restaurant food. It’s convenient and delicious, but it can get pricey. So I do try to cook when I can and when I look for recipes, I look [...]

Quick Cleaning Tip #3 for Busy Mamas

Quick Cleaning Tip #3 for Busy Mamas

I hate— let me repeat, I HATE— having toys all over the floor. But with two kids under 2 years of age, it’s pretty much inevitable. That being said, baskets have changed my life! We have baskets quite literally all over the house; it seems that we have as many baskets as we do toys. [...]

Evie’s Out to Sea Nursery and Giveaway

Evie’s Out to Sea Nursery and Giveaway

I am in awe of this mama. She is so crafty, great with DIY, and has some great people that help her build and make things when she asks. She had a small budget for this nursery, but you would never know it. I love the colors and all of the little details. Slightly better [...]

5-Ingredient Baby Back Ribs

5-Ingredient Baby Back Ribs

Thanks to Pinterest, I stumbled upon a food blog that I have spent hours reading. I have pinned many, many recipes from this woman’s blog and I’m still not finished yet. She and I sharing a first name is merely a nice coincidence: Alexandra Cooks. One recipe stood out to me because of how simple [...]

Chicken Pot Pies

Chicken Pot Pies

My husband and I both adore eating chicken pot pies. Actually, we enjoy pretty much any kind of meat-veggie-mix-topped-with-pie-crust concoction that’s out there. Even in the middle of summer, we’re happy to eat them. I have seen a lot of recipes for quick and simple pot pies and casseroles using refrigerator biscuits or Bisquik and [...]

Elise’s Tiffany Blue Nursery

Elise’s Tiffany Blue Nursery

When Angela found out she would be having a little girl, she wanted to put together a delicate and beautiful nursery. She chose to use the colors Tiffany blue and pink with white furniture, and I think it turned out beautifully! One of my favorite elements of Elise’s adorable nursery is the dresser her mama [...]

Carrot & Zucchini Pancakes

Carrot & Zucchini Pancakes

While Cari H., our boys and I were visiting a fellow mama and her two boys a couple of weeks ago, she made us carrot and zucchini pancakes for breakfast one morning. She said her oldest son devours them (he’s the same age as N and a few months younger than TJ). Admittedly we were skeptical, imagining our veggie-averting [...]

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

My husband requested that I make a batch of oatmeal chocolate chip cookies for his birthday last month. I’m not a big fan of oatmeal cookies, but I found a recipe that really takes the cake. These cookies are soft and chewy and didn’t get hard even after sitting out for a while. It’s a [...]

Making Your Own Baby Food

Making Your Own Baby Food

A hot topic that seems to have developed over the past few years is whether or not you should make your own baby food. As a new mama, I did a little research and found that making your own baby food is easy, cheap and overall a very healthy option for your little ones. How [...]