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Today for lunch I made a Strawberry Balsamic Salad recipe. It was SO good!!! I live in California and right now we are surrounded by local, fresh strawberries. There are several strawberry stands close to my home and it is my favorite time of year […]
Old fashioned apple crisp. Is there anything better? This reminds me of crisp autumn evenings, playing games at the table, and spending time as a family. Apple crisp is warm, sweet, and brings back a deluge of memories. My favorite kind of apple crisp is […]
We’ve all heard the old adage, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” It’s different when you need to make some of your own. Have you ever had one of those days when you seemed to be dealing with lemons from the moment you woke […]
Today’s quick and easy lunch, Marinated Vegetable Pasta Salad with Feta, just made me simply happy:) While it is quick and easy, it takes longer than my previous quick and easy lunch, Strawberry Spinach Salad. This lunch requires some chopping and ideally it’s best to […]
Eating healthy does not have to be difficult. Today for lunch as I opened up my fridge my first thought was, “There’s nothing to eat.” Then I looked again and found a plethora of options. I want to do a mini series called “Quick and […]
In the wake of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma (not to mention Katia and Jose), I have been doing a lot of thinking and pondering about our day and age. With all of this destruction and chaos, how can we possibly find joy? I have […]
Parmesan Crusted Chicken Tenders. Yum. You guys!!! This recipe is SO easy to make and my kids went crazy about it. I had some shaved Parmesan Cheese leftover from Costco and wanted to make something quick but yummy for my family. I also had some […]
My mom was in town this week and we had a lot of fun touring different retirement communities and watching my son be Aladdin in his school play. It was a busy but fun week! While I made a healthy menu plan for this week, […]
So…Dave went to the doctor and was told he needed to lose a little bit of weight:) He was sent home with some healthy menu plan tips and advice and will go back for a follow up visit in a few months. To show my […]
This is just a quick little post to share one of my favorite ways to get vegetables in for breakfast. I LOVE making Egg Scramblers. This one is a Potato Spinach Egg Scrambler, though you can really adapt it to what you have on hand […]
What’s for dinner? Have you ever heard those words? I know I do, ALL THE TIME lately. When you have a gaggle of kids like I do, you are constantly trying to come up with good meals. That said, more often than not, you need […]
With summer comes an abundance of zucchini in my garden. While the harvest is amazing, I needed to come up with different ideas on how to use it so I decided to make a Zucchini Chili. I must say, it was a HUGE success. My […]
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Today for lunch I made a Strawberry Balsamic Salad recipe. It was SO good!!! I live in California and right now we are surrounded by local, fresh strawberries. There are several strawberry stands close to my home and it is my favorite time of year […]
Italian lasagna with a homemade bolognese sauce is a special treat for our family. I was SO lucky to marry into a family with an Italian heritage. “Boompa,” as we called him, was 100% Italian and my husband is quarter Italian, so I have learned […]
In the wake of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma (not to mention Katia and Jose), I have been doing a lot of thinking and pondering about our day and age. With all of this destruction and chaos, how can we possibly find joy? I have several close friends who have been affected or who will be affected. I truly believe that we are in the last days before the Second Coming of the Savior, Jesus Christ. These storms and afflictions will only get worse prior to His coming. Yet, I have seen the greatest side of humanity these past few weeks. People helping people, helping hands lifting the broken hearted and succoring the weak of body and spirit. I am humbled by what I have seen and have shed many tears of joy as well as sorrow. (more…)
In the wake of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma (not to mention Katia and Jose), I have been doing a lot of thinking and pondering about our day and age. With all of this destruction and chaos, how can we possibly find joy? I have […]
Overcoming fear will be a lifetime struggle and challenge for most of us. We may have fear of failure, abandonment, rejection, or fear of the unknown. I think I struggle with the last one most of all. Fear of the unknown. I went on a […]
This is a book review for the new release of the book Evarance – Rise of the Shadows. First of all, I am a little bit biased because my sister wrote the book. That said, I LOVED this book!!! I mean, wow. I had no […]
Today I want to talk about finding joy through adversity. This past week I flew back East to attend a funeral which is why I haven’t posted recently. This is a poem that was read at the funeral: Timur’s Poem Although your work on earth […]
There is an art to homemaking. It is one I think I will have to take my entire life to figure out. I often have to remind myself that “Rome wasn’t built in a day.” Often I tend to have an all or nothing attitude, […]