Sure, kids love mac and cheese and tacos but raise your hand if you are over the regulation chicken finger thing. You can’t see me of course, but I have both hands up. In fact, if I see one more chicken finger on a “kids” menu, I think I’ll scream. Sure, kids like them (unless …

Since we have so many expecting mama readers, we thought we would have a guest writer today. Kelly Whitehead is a birth doula, a birth advocate, a high-risk scientist mom and author of High-Risk Pregnancy – Why Me? Understanding and Managing a Potential Preterm Pregnancy. She was more than happy to share her 10 tips to a …

Choosing a caregiver for one’s children is never an easy task. I found it to be one of the most stressful aspects of being a parent. My husband used to DJ every Saturday night while I stayed home alone with a newborn and fourteen month old. The nights were long and lonely. Then I would …

In our house we have a First Aid kit, Earthquake Kit and locked cabinets full of medicine and emergency needs for our kids. What I didn’t realize we needed was a Sick Bin. Now before you go and call me crazy/too cautious/too organized, think of the times when your child unexpectedly vomited all over you, …

I know we’re just getting to know each other, but I have a confession to make.  The slow cooker scares me.  There, I said it!  I think I’m a pretty good cook but for some reason I cannot manage to figure out cooking in my slow cooker.  Every time I make meat it comes out …

After my recipe, the Ultimate Pretzel Crusted Peanut Butter Cookie Candy Brownie Bars, pretty much became the most popular dessert on Pinterest this week, I started getting the same question over and over. Would this recipe work as a cupcake? Well, I was thinking the same thing! Let’s make these brownies portable!  And that’s just …

This weekend when family was over, I didn’t just make one dessert but two! The first dessert was the wildly popular Ultimate Pretzel Crusted Peanut Butter Cookie Candy Brownie Bars that exploded on Pinterest!  It had every right to light up on Pinterest because that recipe is freakin’ awesome!! And the other one was the …

It’s time for the famous Ultimate Pretzel Crusted Peanut Butter Cookie Candy Brownie Bars recipe. We had family stay at our house this weekend and it’s the unspoken word on both sides of the family that I will have something yummy baked for them while they visit. Yes, my cookies, brownies and bars have a reputation …

Okay, I’m feeling a teensy bit guilty about throwing brownies and cookies at you lately.  It’s just not nice especially if you are watching your figure. Funny thing is, like I told you before, I’m in the middle of doing the Jillian Michael’s 30-Day Shred. As you can imagine, cookies and brownies are not on …

Dear Pinterest, I can’t quit you!  I NEED to quit you! My thighs NEED me to quit you! But I obviously can’t. You are an online drug that sucks time away from my work and my life. Good thing you give me things like yummy brownies or it would totally be a one-sided relationship! I know …

When I said on Friday that I wasn’t going to torture you with my recipe-making attempts. Well, clearly I lied.  I should have never made a promise (or rather a statement!) like that. I can’t help myself!  Pinterest is getting the best of me and my inner baker!  This is recipe is from another photo …

For new parents, picky eating is especially frustrating and confusing and, at times, heart breaking. It’s tough. But, and as a mom with a toddler who’s been there (and is still “there” from time to time), I’m hear to tell you that while tough, it’s (or, picky eating) not impossible. Based upon my experiences, here …