Broccoli Cupcake

Welcome back! We’re all learning together so please ask a question, leave a comment or share a tip. You can also subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!For the next four weeks, I’ll be participating in the “Good and Good for You Challenge” hosted by the National Pork Board and Publix.  I’ll be sharing [...]

I’ve been anticipating this moment all day.  Bedtime.  The kids are finally tucked in and I have some time to myself.  And I really need it tonight.  Today was “one of those days.” To sum up a very long day as quickly as possible let’s just hit the highlights.  Got in the car to drive [...]

It looks like winter has finally decided to come to Nashville.  Our forecast is calling for temps in the 20s and snow by tomorrow.  This is big news around our house and has the boys crazy excited.  Who doesn’t love a good snow?  But after a few hours of snowball fights, snowmen and hot chocolate the boys will be over winter and [...]

The egg section at the grocery store can get pretty confusing.  There are white eggs, brown, eggs, organic eggs, grain-fed, pasture-raised, and many more marketing labels designed to convince us that we should buy that particular carton for it’s health benefits or value. I’ve gone through phases, starting with organic brown eggs, moving on to [...]

One of our family goals this year is to try one new food a week.  This week I chose a tomato cilantro soup. I knew everyone liked tomato soup, but we normally use the boxed version from Pacific Natural Foods for quick weekday lunches.  I wanted to try making my own without milk or sugar so this [...]