As many of you know firsthand, getting a healthy breakfast on the table on a weekday morning can be a challenge. Everyone rushing around with their own agendas….showers happening in one bathroom, teeth being brushed in another, backpacks being…
So I’ve been making a lot of this recipe lately. This is a homemade tea that I make all through the winter or anytime that somebody in the family is feeling under the weather. It contains no actual tea leaves…
A piece of my personality is always striving for more, for better. This can be a good thing when it comes to learning and growing and being the best version of our self. However, if I am not careful, this…
Here are my top 10 reasons to can your own homemade salsa: 1. You will save money 2. You will always have a quick appetizer to grab off your shelves and bring to a party or to open up…
As I’ve mentioned before, we love to eat blueberries in our family and so we try to pick as many as we can in the short summer blueberry season and freeze them to use throughout the year. We had…
I’ve always been interested in food but, when I became pregnant with our first child, I really started to pay more attention to where my food was coming from and what dangers might be lurking inside of it. So, for…
Our family had to say goodbye to our eleven-year-old dog, Lucy, this past week and it was way harder than I expected it to be. Lucy was our first and only family pet and Joe and I got her just…
I have always enjoyed putting together weekly meal plans or planning out a themed meal with recipes that complement each other. In fact, this activity was the initial inspiration for Cozy Cuisines, the personal chef service that I started with…
When we first changed over pretty much our entire, limited backyard space into a raised bed garden about four years ago, two of our first choices for what to plant in the new garden were asparagus and rhubarb. Both of…
Which is more important, eating local or organic? This question has been asked so many times over recent years and has many different answers, depending on who you ask. Even though you may not have asked, here is my version…