I was reading through a magazine the other day and came across an article on how to get your kids to eat vegetables. It didn’t go into tricks on how to get them to eat veggies, instead it had these recipes to try on your kids to get them to eat veggies.

I’m all for new recipes, but there’s this new trend on the “trendy” food. It made me laugh, as the following recipes were included: Read the rest of this entry »

When I was pregnant the first time, I stopped drinking all coffee. But I definitely had an issue when it came to waking up, or should I say staying awake throughout the day. Kids have that same lull in their day, happening both when they wake up and mid-day during school. So what’s the best way to combat it?

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With winter here, at least for us Coloradans, you can’t really do a family barbecue until spring hits. I always think it’s healthier to grill burgers than to fry them (although when I fry them it reminds me of my mom making them for us when we were kids). When I was single I always used my George Foreman grill. It worked great and I loved to see the fat just pour out of that machine. But now we have a house of four, soon to be five, so how do we grill inside? Read the rest of this entry »

Now that Christmas is all said and done, I always turn my thoughts to the year ahead. This year I have many goals, but one has gotten a little help from a Christmas present from my husband. He always scares me because he doesn’t really ask me what I want, he just thinks about what he thinks I might want and then gets that. This year he got me a gift that I just love, but I’m sure 99% of people wouldn’t… Read the rest of this entry »