I love the food in Italy. Honestly, even after 30 days of eating meals in Italy both at restaurants and cooking, I didn’t get sick of the food. The restaurants are wonderful and more family friendly (in my opinion). I enjoyed cooking meals there too. Grocery stores are small and friendly. There are tiny markets with amazing produce. And… the… Read More
It’s September, not quite fall yet but you can see the days are growing shorter and before you know it, the cooler weather will set in. Over at my house, as we prepare for back to school, we also relish the last days of sunshine and ease and summer’s very best produce. As a busy mom of three, these days… Read More
I used to love a good, challenging dinner recipe… that was 10 years ago, pre-kids, when I had hours to prep dinner on the weekends… and hours to shop for ingredients… Now I still like cooking good, fresh food but the first thing I look for in a new recipe is how few ingredients it has! It makes cooking the… Read More
By: Kristen Mider, Cooking for Friends When Courtney and I were brainstorming ideas for summer recipes, I also happen to receive a ton of requests from friends for salad recipes. Salads that were more than just greens and tomatoes but not necessarily pasta or potato salads. Salads that are healthy! But also, salads with some bite to them! Salads that… Read More
I do not like grocery shopping. I also do not like to feel unorganized and like I am spending too much money where I could be saving. When it comes to weekly shopping, I was finding I visit the same stores weekly but with no plan of action. I knew there were certain things I needed from certain stores, but… Read More
I’ve been on the hunt for a great DIY insect repellant using essential oils. A friend who is extremely knowledgable about oils (more about her soon!) shared this recipe. It’s also the oils my aunt, another super knowledgable oil lover uses. It’s been great so far and my kids are usually covered in bite. I’ve tried a few “natural” bug… Read More
3 Summer Salad recipes to enjoy this spring and summer! Recipes and post by Kristen Mider Before Courtney moved across town from me, my favorite warm weather tradition was meeting her at my back fence to catch up (perhaps over a glass of wine) while the kids hopped the fence, happy to be with their backyard buddies. Often, we wound… Read More
Remember my friend Kristen who shared that delicious Valentine’s Day date night recipe last month? Well, she’s back! This time she has an awesome recipe for moms, called The Hungry Lady Snack Bars. I tried one and can 100% say they are without any doubt, the best snack bar I have ever had. I am sure you’ll enjoy the recipe… Read More
This post was sponsored by Tai Pei, all opinions expressed in my post are my own. We are trying to stick to a real grocery budget this year (it’s about time!) and with that, we’re trying to cook more and eat out less. That’s not always easy. We try to eat dinner together as a family when my husband is… Read More
This is one of my favorite recipes. It’s easy and if I make it in the beginning of the week, it’s my lunch for a few days. I am terrible about remembering to make myself lunch and typically end up eating my kids sandwich crusts as I clean up their lunch. So when I have all the ingredients for this… Read More