Last year, we hosted Easter while my in-laws were visiting us in Texas. At that time, I was about four months pregnant with Luke and sick every day. While planning our menu, my goal was to keep things simple. I made…
5 on Friday- Super Bowl Edition
The Super Bowl is just a few days away. Super Bowl Sunday is always a day I look forward to. I love football and my Patriots are in it this year. We’re not doing anything big for the game. With…
6 Tried & True Clean Eating Recipes
One of my goals this year is to eat better. While pregnant with Luke, I pretty much gave myself a pass when it came to eating right. I tried my best but indulged when I wanted to. Same went for…
Thanksgiving Menu + Tried & True Recipes
Thanksgiving is just over a week away. Even though I already have some Christmas decor up in our house, Thanksgiving is still one of my favorite holidays. Food, family, football, more food, card games and fun…so many things I love…
10 Skinny Pumpkin Desserts
It’s no secret that I have a serious love of everything pumpkin. It’s what I look forward to all year long. To me pumpkin is the start of fall. It means football season, cinnamon brooms, the start of the holidays…
Patriotic Parfait
The Fourth of July is right around the conner. I am beyond excited for this holiday because we will be celebrating with my family. We have a BBQ planned and I have been working on the menu here and there,…
{What’s Cooking} Weekly Meal Plan #5
I only planned four meals this week due to the Super Bowl on Sunday. We’re having a few friends over for the game. I always make too much food, so we will most likely be having leftovers on Monday night….
{What’s Cooking} Weekly Meal Plan #3
Still going strong with our meal planning, here is our weekly meal plan #3. BBQ Chili Honey Lime Shrimp Basil Pork Chops Crock Potato Soup Chicken and Green Bean Casserole Snickers Cake
{What’s Cooking} Weekly Meal Plan #2
One week down. I’ll admit, it was really nice having our meals planned out all last week. Time to take a look at what’s on our weekly meal plan #2. Ranch Breaded Chicken Stuffed Peppers Tomato Soup & Grilled Cheese…
{What’s Cooking} Weekly Meal Plan #1
One of my goals this year is to be better about meal planning. I did great at the beginning of 2013 but lost my way over the summer. Meal planning does take a good amount of time, but it really…
Baking Essentials and Christmas Cookies
If you’re like me, you spend a lot of time in your kitchen around the holidays. It’s something I enjoy and plan for months leading up to the holiday season. Trying new recipes (thanks to Pinterest), baking cookies and…
Pumpkin Magic Bars & What’s Cooking
I made these magic bars last year. I love the seven layer bars and figured you can’t go wrong adding pumpkin to it. I won’t be making them again this year because I devoured them last year. I’m not going…
