You know what goes really well with chilly, fall weather? Baking. Give me all the cinnamon & vanilla & ginger & nutmeg! Baking signals the start of the holidays for me– a warm, spicy aroma in the kitchen with music or a fun movie playing in the background. I’m notching a change in baking with…
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I’m just going to cut straight to the secret, you guys– this is the closest you can get to eating dessert for breakfast while still consuming something healthy. Whether you like eating zucchini or not, zucchini has a magical component when it comes to baking…you can’t actually taste it, & yet it amplifies…
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So we’ve switched things up a bit with our cooking show & have now started focusing on things we can make for weekday breakfasts . Homemade breakfasts are fun, but I don’t know anyone who gets up at the crack of 5 to make homemade pancakes on a Tuesday. What’s even better is if we’re…
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Alas….it’s Sunday evening & the blazing September sun is setting on another weekend. Do you feel bummed about the weekend ending, or do you get excited for the possibilities of the week ahead? I’ll admit, I’ve trained myself to dread Mondays. Sunday afternoon rolls around, & I get sad… kind of like when I realize…
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I love baking…way more than cooking. During my senior year of college, I looked into Le Cordon Bleu’s pastry school in Austin (but then again, I also looked into the English program at Oxford…nobody will ever say I didn’t dream the dreams!). If I’m baking with a small sous chef, it’s fun & keeps me…
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Breakfast has always been my favorite, even when it looked like a bowl of cereal. Shoot, I love cereal. But it leaves something to be desired in the actual filling up your body & fueling it part. So when it comes to my kids, I have two questions: 1) Does it fuel their bodies? 2)…
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The kids’ last day of Mother’s Day Out was today so summer has officially begun in our house! We kicked off the season with a surprise field trip to Chuck E. Cheese (It was as much of a surprise to me as it was to them….they wanted to celebrate with ice cream, & I was…
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When I was pregnant with Jude, I had horrible eczema. I’ve dealt with it the majority of my life, but this was the worst it has ever been. Thinking it could very well be diet related, I cut out gluten (& maybe dairy & coffee for part of that?? I don’t even remember anymore…). Well…
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A few weeks ago, Collins had to get three cavities filled. I’m not going to lie, I was sad about it. She’s not even five, & three cavities? I brush her teeth every night, & she doesn’t eat/drink much sugar. What gives? My sad inner dialogue morphed into a tinge more dagger-mode when I asked…
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We can see it, y’all! Summer is a’comin– & that means it’s time to stock up on sunscreen & hats the size of fishing boats because it’s going to get toasty. And sometimes when it’s so hot you consider storing your sheets in the freezer so you basically get to sleep in an ice box…
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