The crock pot.  I feel like it has a permanent place on my island countertop these days.  We have been living and breathing simplicity since we find out I was pregnant (funny how that whole exhaustion thing works, eh?) and what is more simple than dinner being ready just moments after you arrive home from […]

Risotto has never fallen off the fancy train, so I’d call this meal fit for company AND a weeknight.  Of course it always gets a bad rap.  TAKES FOREVER.  Really.  Really it doesn’t.  This recipe, start to finish, is less than 45 minutes.  That includes all the chopping, roasting, and stirring. Typically I read my […]

I’ve had this recipe pinned for.. like.. ever.  Anyone else pin things and then forget about them?  I have such good intentions with my addiction to Pinterest – which was exacerbated by bed rest and then improved since 2 toddlers entered my world.  I have actually started a ‘private’ pin board to help me with my dinner […]

Pasta anything sings to the tune of Jordan’s heart.  When meal planning I do my best to include it in the rotation 2-3 times a month, and it ends up being even more than that, because, well.. I’m a pasta lover at heart, too.  Usually the first place I go when I get a new […]

I amped it up a little more with the Fall Fare – we are in the first week of October, ya’ll!  Can you believe it?  Warm meals and root veggies are the way to my heart during this time of year.  We have a jammed packed week, so in turn simple meals with a handful […]

Tuesday was a weird day for me.  I probably cant say I’ve had a day like that before. It was ‘weird’ in a good way. A great way, you guys.  My day started off with a morning almost completely to myself.  I woke up a little later than usual – the girls were still sleeping […]