meal planning.   something I used to be SO good at.  I used to meal plan every single week. I also used to make a hot meal every night and attempted to continue that trend when the twins were born.. and sort of fizzled out after Baker arrived.  pregnancy keeps me tired and not hungry […]

we had a special and rather delicious delivery hit our doorstep last week.  while you might be thinking I’m talking about Baker’s cheeks.. I am actually talking about a giant box filled with a week’s worth of ingredients from hello fresh.  I found myself back in the kitchen this last week, excited to make and […]

one. kitchen sink stuffed peppers I made these stuffed peppers last week and they were SO stinkin’ easy.. I made another version again using sausage + quinoa instead of ground beef and rice as listed in the recipe below.  basically, anything you have in your fridge or pantry that needs to be used or tossed is […]

now that I’m in my second trimester Ive started to really get my appetite back.  food isn’t such a struggle, which I am thankful for, and I am enjoying food again. while I wasn’t terribly nauseous or feeling like I was going to throw up all the time, food just really wasn’t interesting to me […]

there is nothing more that I love about fall than warm soup on a cool evening.  well, this weekend we had a taste of cool weather (82 degrees!!!) and I was excited to whip out my favorite crockpot chili recipe – beer chili. all I had to do was dump all the ingredients in the […]

lately we have been going with the same staple items every week- meal rotations that I know are easy to please the family, but also ones that are E A S Y in general.  I try to add in some fun recipes here and there, but when I find one that was quick to whip together in […]