Birthday Celebrations!
Our youngest son is turning seven today, which is so hard for us to believe! I know that everyone says this but it seriously feels like just yesterday that we were bringing him home from the hospital and adjusting to…
Reverse Engineering the Lovin’ Oven Muffin!
Joe and I celebrated our 12th anniversary last month and so we spent a day together in Frenchtown, NJ. We started by going for an 18-mile bike ride on the D&R Trail along the Delaware River and knew that we…
Share the Love (and a Brownie) on Valentine’s Day!
Tomorrow is the big <3 day and I like to make something special for the Valentines in my life. This year, I am sharing my recipe for Black Bean Brownies, which I made and cut into heart shapes for each…
New Year’s Chili made with Christmas Ham
Happy New Year’s Eve! I can hardly believe that our week of holiday vacation is coming to an end. We’ve enjoyed six wonderful days of fun with our extended families, including more board games than we’ve probably played all year…
Christmas Chocolate Bark
One of the holiday traditions in our family is to bake Christmas cookies together. Each December, we pull out our cookie recipes and pick out our favorites, gather and shop for the ingredients, turn up the Christmas music, and get…
A Holiday Recipe: Cranberry-Apple Chutney
If you are hosting a holiday dinner or looking for a dish to bring to someone else's house over the holidays, this Cranberry-Apple Chutney would be perfect! I don't know about you but we grew up eating the jellied cranberry…
How and Why to Massage Your Kale
One of the great things about kale is that it is locally available almost all year round. Our CSA runs from April through December and kale is offered pretty much every week during that time. Kale is a member of…
Potato, Kale and Egg Pizza
As I’ve shared in the past, one of our family food traditions is to have a Friday night pizza dinner each week. Whenever possible, I make homemade dough in the bread machine and we are able to eat homemade pizza. …
Weekday Dinner: Veggie Tuna Noodle Casserole
In our family, this is not only a back-to-school time of year but also a sports-and-activities-taking-over-our-calendar time of year :) I’m sure a lot of you can relate. Between flag football practices for all three boys, PREP classes at our…
Back to School Time!
It’s that time of year again! Our boys started school last week and so our school routines have been dragged out from the back of the closet along with the backpacks and lunch boxes. Today I am sharing a…