Recipes

This time next week our kids will be counting the hours until winter break, and we will be filled with equal parts excitement and terror at the thought of our kids being home for twelve. whole. days. I don't...

If you’re like me, you are probably knee-deep in holiday baking, party spreads laden with gooey, cheesy dips, and family dinners with more side dishes than you eat all year. All of this celebr(eat)ing leaves me feeling more sluggish...

All you need is love…. and chocolate. Whether you’re spending Valentine’s Day in a long-term committed relationship, in a new exciting relationship, or with your child(ren), everyone will should appreciate a rich chocolate dessert. It doesn’t matter if you are someone who can...

The MAGIC of the holidays... what does that even mean?  Maybe you're one of those people who loves to go above and beyond when it comes to making Christmas magical. Maybe you're just trying to find easy, cheap ways to keep...

Between the glue sticks and the composition notebooks, we find our fellow moms. We will meet up again in the aisle alongside the colored folders. Together, we help decipher our supply lists and figure out which ones are the...

Cake, frosting, and just about everything involved with those two "tasty" words are treats I avoid. I am not on a crazy diet, nor do I have food allergies. As far as I can remember, I have never had...

Among the many jobs I do as a nonprofit development director, I run large scale fundraising events. Every fall, in the couple of weeks leading up to my organization's biggest fundraising event of the year, I share a conference...

I began making bread about eight years ago in a bread machine, and I thought I was a pretty awesome baker. Still, there was one recipe that always intimidated me: sourdough bread. My husband was the one who researched how...

It’s that time of the year. The twinkle and promises of the holiday season are fading away, leaving us with broken resolutions and frozen noses. There’s a reason January is both hot tea month and national soup month–after the...

After eating, drinking, and being merry over the holidays, I’m ready to refocus on providing my family with healthy dinners. However, anyone with young kids knows it’s difficult to provide a healthy meal that they won’t turn their noses...