We are like so many others and ADORE a great guacamole. There is something about having a bowl of guac on the counter that just screams party!!! I learned how to make guacamole when I was in college and still use the exact recipe today. We prefer to use our guacamole as a condiment to our grilled meats and veggies....

Living off the land. We have been method cooking lately. The method is using what we currently have in our home and only supplementing if absolutely necessary. Each year, around this time, our family goal is to use as much of the food in our house as we can. We donate any non-perishables that we won’t be using and start...

Good morning and happy Sunday! Hope that you are all having a great start to your week. Before the week gets away from me, I wanted to share our menu for week 2 on the Whole30. Things have been going really well the first week (other than the occasional night sweats, which are crazy!) The food has been delicious and...

Happy New Year and Friday! Here we are on day 4 of the Whole30 and had every intention of posting this days ago. Better late than never, but apologies for the delay. Here is our menu for week 1 on the W30: The meals have been excellent and the time is flying by this round. An important note: smoothies are...

Good morning and happy Friday! I hope that you all are doing wonderful and have had the best week so far. I am so thankful that the weekend is here and that I am finally feeling a bit more like myself. One thing that has definitely helped me feel more normal after surgery was getting back in the kitchen. Cooking...

Hey there and happy Friday! I am so excited to be sharing a menu plan for this week. I am really, really going to work at posting these each week. I think without the pressure of having to add a bunch of pictures, I can make this routine stick. Also, if you want to see pictures, you know where to...

Good morning and happy Saturday! You all have asked, and I am listening. I am going to work on getting you our weekly dinner menu plan. I use a blend of recipes from cookbooks, the internet and my brain and will try to translate them onto here for you to use. Menu planning for us is all about the week...

Good morning and happy Easter weekend! It has been well over a month since I last shared our family menu plan for the week. We went through a period of time where we were using ingredients that we had on hand to plan our meals and it was so nice to clean out the pantry and the freezer. We would...

This time of year is the best time to make soups. I could eat them every single day, but sadly Michael doesn’t share my same love affair with soups. We only make them about every other week. I love that you can pack them full of veggies! Also, they make the best leftovers for a quick lunch during the week....

There is something very therapeutic about menu planning for me. I love to look at beautiful food pictures, imagine what the meals taste like and think about what our family would enjoy eating. At first, menu planning felt like another item on my to-do list. Now that I know the benefits of menu planning. It is a vital part of...