Healthy Dinners in the New Year

We just completed our first week back to school after being off for 2+ weeks. The good thing is: WE SURVIVED!!! We got to school on time. We jumped back into piano and dance and baseball lessons. And we--well--ME! I jumped back into cooking quick healthy meals for my family. If you know me, I…

Gingerbread Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

Nothin’ like a lil’ Christmas Bunko Party to kick-start the holiday festivities! This morning my head is spinning, my cheeks are sore and my mouth is still watering from the new dessert I baked up for the festivities! These Gingerbread Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese frosting from @eighteen25girls were DELISH!!!! The cake was moist, the…

Salted Caramel Nut Brittle

Now is the time for baking and giving!  I love making homemade gifts to give to our special friends, teachers, bus drivers, etc.  Last year, you may remember, I made my favorite granola recipe (see here!)  This year I wanted to try something NEW! Making the Brittle Years ago I bought a candy thermometer.  Don't…

Weeknight Meals

Ok, so did it take anyone else a while to get back into the swing of life with school-age kids?  Man I was out of sorts last week!  BUT!  I did manage to meal plan a little last week and had some HITS as in Ed Sheeran hits (have you heard Perfect with Beyonce?!  LOOOVE!)…

Getting healthy starts with breakfast!

Anyone on the heath-kick new year?!!!  Me too!  Well not totally.  I always see January 1 as a way to start FRESH!  No mom, I am not doing the Whole Life Challenge again. (She said she’d disown me if I did it again!  Not really…but she said when I was participating in the WLC, “...that’s…