Happy Weekend, Friend! Happy Halloween weekend to those who celebrate! We're making Monster Face Smoothies in the morning and pumpkin shaped pizzas with our homemade pizza dough for dinner. Then on November 1st, I'm putting up my Christmas tree. Yes, it's early and yes, it brings me so much joy I don't mind being one of the early birds. November has so much delicious food coming our way (Thanksgiving side dishes! Desserts! Holiday breakfasts + treats!), but today, I've got a brand new recipe...
2 days ago • 2 min read
Happy Weekend, Friend! This time of year is a lot of things and one of those things is chili & cornbread! I'm a sucker for a good bowl of chili this time of year, and I love to freeze leftovers for lunches or other recipes (like chili mac!) another day. This week, I published two new recipe refreshes to update some of my favorites. Starting off with a budget friendly chili with a kick! better than ever VEGETARIAN CHIPOTLE BLACK BEAN CHILI This budget-friendly recipe uses pantry staples, a...
9 days ago • 2 min read
Happy Weekend, Friend! We've been cooking our way through this month's meal plan, and one thing my kids are SUPER looking forward to this weekend is a batch of these juicy Chicken Parmesan Burgers. One of my kids doesn't like beef, so chicken burgers are always a win at my house, and this combination is UNBELIEVABLY good. They're a spin on our Chicken Parmesan Meatballs, and we love them so much they always need a spot in our rotation in one way or another. new recipe CHICKEN PARMESAN BURGERS...
16 days ago • 1 min read
Happy Weekend, Friend! When I had two toddlers at home and we were in the thick of the picky eating phase, I remember everyone telling me that my kids would eventually like vegetables. Well, I would formally like to request a refund, because...now I have two teenagers who still don't love vegetables. For SURE it's better than when they were toddlers, and I still present a weekly rotation of veggies with dinner, but if there's one thing that always comes through for me, it's got to be...
23 days ago • 2 min read
Happy Weekend, Friend! It was a rainy week at my house this week, which called for cups of ginger tea and a batch of my chicken noodle soup. It was just the ticket! This weekend, we're watching Kiki's Delivery Service, making homemade pizza, and getting ready for my parents to visit. I'm so ready for fall break! One thing that's streamlining things for us is reliable dinners that don't take long to put together. That way I can spend less time in the kitchen and more time enjoying our break!...
30 days ago • 2 min read
Happy Weekend, Friend! It was my 40th birthday this week! It feels WILD (in the best way) to be moving into my 40s. My kids each made me a homemade card, which is my favorite thing ever, then we got some flu shots, watched the Wicked movies, and went out to eat. Speaking of good birthday food, here's what I made for my birthday dinner this year. (Some of my favorites all in one place!) birthday dinner CHICKEN PARMESAN MEATBALLS I've taken to always making a double batch of these since we love...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Happy Weekend, Friend! Are you in full fall mode yet? Or still waiting for the weather to catch up? We put up our (few) little fall decorations this weekend, and it's feeling a little more cozy around here! Even though it's still over 100 degrees where I am, I've been working on Thanksgiving and Christmas recipes already (bananas, I know!). Outside of filming and writing and testing, I've been cleaning out basically every room, drawer, and cupboard in my house, and taking everyone to get...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Happy Weekend, Friend! September is one of my FAVORITE months of the year. Wrapping up summer with Labor Day weekend, celebrating my birthday (I'm turning 40 this year!), and ushering in fall all give me that fresh start feeling. it won't look like this at ALL here in the desert this fall, but a girl can daydream! This week, I freshened up my bedroom a bit, made myself a new fall phone wallpaper with my mood board in mind and it gave me the idea to make a September recipe mood board to kick...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Happy Weekend, Friend! Friday night is movie night at my house, and it's my kids' favorite night of the week. We spread out an old quilt, have a "picnic" dinner on the living room floor, and watch a movie together. As my kids have grown up, the movies have, too, but one thing that never changes is how much my kids' love movie night dinner. I pick things that are fun to eat, easy to eat on my living room floor (i.e. not something like spaghetti or soup!), and easy to clean-up, since I'd rather...
2 months ago • 2 min read