Food + Recipes

This post was created in Partnership with Grimaldi's. All opinions are my own.  There's nothing that my two boys and husband love more than a good pizza. Additionally, there's nothing that I enjoy more than a pleasant dining experience with...

Anyone ever CRAVE a good beef recipe! In my house, we sure do, especially since my husband doesn't eat chicken! Yes, you read that right doesn't eat chicken! Strange I know but after 13 years of marriage I've adjusted. Both...

This post was created in partnership with Frontier Co-Op, all opinions are our own. A few weeks ago I hauled both my little boys to our local natural grocery store on double coupon day. I was doomed to fail from...

I have had a $50/week grocery budget since I realized that a budget is a fiscally responsible way to plan your finances. Now that we are a family of 3 (and a half), our weekly budget fluctuates a bit...

This post was created in partnership with GoPuff - all opinions are our own I recently had the chance to try out a new delivery service in town called GoPuff. According to their website, GoPuff was created by college students...

I heard the voice as soon as I looked in the mirror this morning. It pointed out the bags under my eyes, critiqued my skin, and replayed the wrong thing I said in a conversation yesterday. It attacked the way...

Have you ever been trying so hard to lose weight you try so many different programs? That is definitely me!! Well, the one I keep coming back to is this plan**.  This time around I have lost 34 pounds...

Last August, my husband sent me a link to a document, “30 Whole30 Slow Cooker Freezer Meals.”  It had 30 recipes and a master grocery list. Each meal is assembled in a gallon-sized Ziploc bag and can be cooked...

What is Plant-Based? Plant Based is a less intimidating way of saying you eat Vegan. All of the following meals contain no animal products. Eat them three meals a day, or once a week. Either way, you're doing the earth a...

I'm not a huge fan of sweets, but every once in a while I'll share a dessert with my husband and daughter. One of my favorite desserts is funnel cake -- and guess what? You can get it in Flagstaff...

  Some winter day, far in the future, my son will sit around and talk about what the holidays were like when he was a child. I'm a sucker for nostalgia. One of my favorite quotes is from The Wonder...

*This post is in partnership with Wildflower Bread Co. All experiences and opinions are my own.  Effortless. The word's meaning is "requiring no exertion; achieved with ease," yet I've never tried so hard to achieve something in my life.  I am...

This recipe was dreamt up in the prepared boxed food aisle of WalMart! HA! It has been tested by my picky children and has been wildly approved! Then I sent it off to my best friend and she tried...