Food + Nutrition

The other morning before the sun had even risen, my very charming four-year-old ran into our bed room and shook me awake. Our conversation went like this: My son: "Mama, Mama, I have a great idea!" Me: "Oh yeah, what’s that?" (In...

The other week I was invited to lunch for a small gathering at a friend's house. I was pressed for time and needed to bring something healthy to share. I grabbed the zucchini from my fridge, and had this delicious...

With the Super Bowl just around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about what to cook up on game day! I don’t think I am alone in professing that one of my favorite snack foods this year has become Buffalo Chicken Dip....

Now that we are getting through  holidays and settling into the throws of winter, it's a great time to try on  some new recipes. If your household is like mine, the past several weeks have brought in a stream of...

I think it would be safe to assume the majority of you moms have Christmas cookie lovers in your homes, amiright? Kids love cookies so much that when my son was a toddler, if he would ignore my calls of...

{Sponsored by Simply Whole by Devi, but all opinions are my own. I received some healthy snacks and recipes in exchange for my honest review.}  It feels like just yesterday when I was eating out at nice restaurants in my fast-paced...

I created this recipe when I was trying to come up with a vegetarian entree for a recent Thanksgiving potluck. It’s a twist on traditional lasagna that features seasonal vegetable and bit of pumpkin.  It was a hit at...

My husband is a wonderful man: kind, compassionate, giving, and a devoted husband and father.  That being said, he doesn’t always “get” the idea of romance.  He doesn’t often think to commemorate special days with flowers or chocolate.  He...

{This post is sponsored by Full Belly Fare, a local mom-owned business we think you--our readers--would love to get to know!} Every busy mom knows the frustration of trying to cook healthy meals everyone in the family will eat. Not to...

One of my favorite things to do during the summer is to can and preserve all of the amazing fruits and veggies that we grow in our garden and pick up at our local farmer’s markets. Canning and preserving...