My oldest daughter has always been my biggest challenge in feeding a health diet. I was saved by having two easy kids willing to eat anything that came along after her, to relieve my worries that her picky habits was all my fault. The days of her refusing to eat a basic scrabbled egg are in […]
French Toast for dinner, with a toddler chef
Everyone remembers loving the times they got to eat breakfast for dinner – right? It’s kind of like that once a summer treat when the kids get to eat ice cream for dinner. It’s something they remember and talk about all year long. This time I thought it would be a fun treat to have […]
Meal Planning and kids making dinner
A few weeks ago I put a dry erase board (made from a photo frame) above the sink and started listing a weekly menu – and by default, began a new system of meal planning. I was surprised how much everyone enjoyed knowing what was going to be for dinner. I was most surprised how […]
Simmons’ souper fabulous butternut squash
Before I share with you the recipe for an awesome Butternut Squash Soup I created last night, I want to let you in on some secrets about me. I’m terrible at meal planing. So bad that usually when 6:00 rolls around I still don’t know what I’m going to make for dinner. Somehow, it usually […]
Yes we can bake that. It’s Christmastime!
I’ve told you before how I love to bake, that I always have since I was a kid, and about the time I ran away from home with my Easy Bake oven. Well, come Christmastime my want to bake explodes into long list of ingredients and recipes as my tastebuds water and my creative noggin […]