My whole family loves pizza. While ordering from a pizza restaurant is great, nothing beats homemade pizza. You can customize the dough and toppings and add unique ingredients you won’t find in mainstream restaurants. Plus, you can save some money. Believe it or not, you can even whip up an amazing homemade pizza in as Read more

This was our dinner conversation the other night: Jeff: “So….when are you making this again?” Finn (age 5): “Mmph.  Mmph. Munch. Munch.” Stephen (age 3): “Chew. Chew. Chomp. Chomp.” Sam (age 2): “Yum.  Yum.  Yum.” Ben (age 1): “hmmmm…” while doing the “more-more” baby sign language sign. Me: “I don’t know.  I figured we should finish eating this Read more

Food allergies.  Food sensitivities.  Health concerns.  There’s a bunch of people in this world who have given up gluten.  Or, at least want to avoid it, whenever easy to do so.  We did a trial run of going gluten-free to see if some of us in our family was sensitive to it.  Luckily, we’re not Read more

Disclosure: Contains Amazon affiliate link. All opinions are mine. I went camping in the Utah mountains this summer with my husband, his three sisters, their spouses and all seven of our children. That’s 15 people to feed, which is no simple task, especially when you are cooking with a campfire. I was expecting the typical Read more

Bacon, bacon and more bacon! What is there not to love about bacon? These 20 delicious bacon recipes get you thinking outside of the traditional bacon & eggs. Have you ever tried bacon chocolate chip cookies? Sounds crazy, but just try it. I think it’s an amazing combination. How about bourbon and bacon tater tot Read more

Growing up in my family, the birthday kid got to pick what mom made for dinner that night.  90% of the time, all 3 of us kids always picked tacos.  My mom makes amazing tacos!  They aren’t anything fancy, but maybe that’s part of the appeal.  She fries the shells by hand and serves all the Read more

Summer’s here!  Well, it’s almost here.  Depending on what part of the country you live in, your kids are probably getting out of school sometime this next month – possibly next.  Either way, those of us that suddenly have kids at home might have a little moment of panic about “What do I feed them?” Read more

Summer cooking. Had me a blast. Summer cooking. Spring just couldn’t last. Summer’s a comin’!  Got your pool body ready?  Got your kids’ activities planned out?  Nailed down any summer vacation plans? For me: My pool body looks a lot like my snow shoveling body. My kids’ activities looks a lot like bike riding and Read more

Have you heard this song by Nichole Nordeman?  If you’re a parent, it’ll hit you hard. If you have very little ones, it seems like time isn’t going fast.  But, one day, you wake up and you have a 5-year-old – even though it feels like you just gave birth to him.  I can easily Read more