A Week In The Life, Vol 37.

Crazy that it’s almost the middle of September. How on earth is this baby three months old today?! I can’t believe it! This week every time I nursed him, he would just give me this huge smile and giggle and do it for a few minutes straight. Every time! He is a dream! Max is […]

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Crazy that it’s almost the middle of September.

How on earth is this baby three months old today?!

I can’t believe it!

This week every time I nursed him, he would just give me this huge smile and giggle and do it for a few minutes straight. Every time! He is a dream!

Max is still absolutely obsessed. Always wants his picture taken with Jordan.

Emilia and I (and Jordan, of course) went apple picking with some friends on Friday morning!

Um this could be a Hunter ad! Haha.

Apples are her fave.

Getting to the end of the sunflowers here.

We had so much fun!!

Went mini golfing this week too.

That neon blue water… haha.

Hi many times this is the only way I get anything done.

Morning snuggles for everyone.

I can’t even handle him!!!

Hockey started this week!

Fave egg in a hole on sourdough.

This has to be impossible.

We did another make-your-own pizza night… the kids basically ask to do it every single day.

Fun fact: Max’s favorite part is the crust.

Have a lovely week!

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Beef Stew with Pumpkin

This hearty beef stew cooks low and slow on the stove with pumpkin (or butternut/acorn squash) added when the beef is tender. Serve with crusty bread to soak up every last drop! Beef Stew with Pumpkin When the temperature starts to drop, I love to warm up with a comforting bowl of stew. Therefore, this […]

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This hearty beef stew cooks low and slow on the stove with pumpkin (or butternut/acorn squash) added when the beef is tender. Serve with crusty bread to soak up every last drop!

Beef Stew with Pumpkin
Beef Stew with Pumpkin

When the temperature starts to drop, I love to warm up with a comforting bowl of stew. Therefore, this Beef Stew with Pumpkin hits the spot! It’s made with chunks of beef brown with onions and garlic and then cook on low in a mixture of broth and red wine until tender. The stew is flavored with oregano, thyme, and bay leaf, and fresh pumpkin or winter squash is added halfway through. For some different beef stew recipes, try this Beef and Kabocha Squash Stew and Carne Guisada (Latin Beef Stew).

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60 Healthy Meal Prep Ideas

Is anyone else trying to get in a new meal prep routine this fall? Jack and I took some time off last week for an end-of-summer trip to Michigan. It was so fun and relaxing, but when we got back, I realized just how busy the next few months are going t…


Is anyone else trying to get in a new meal prep routine this fall? Jack and I took some time off last week for an end-of-summer trip to Michigan. It was so fun and relaxing, but when we got back, I realized just how busy the next few months are going to be. Thankfully, I have a full arsenal of healthy meal prep ideas to help us get through it. 🙂 In case you’re also having a busy fall, I’m sharing over 60 of my healthy meal prep ideas today. They include meal prep recipes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, […]

What To Eat This Week: 9/12/21.

Finishing off the season with a few summer favorites! And slowly bringing in those delicious fall flavors too… What To Eat This Week Kick things off with the best summer corn and sun dried tomato chowder! Make it one more time for the season. The goat cheese croutons MAKE it. Next up, chicken marsala and […]

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Finishing off the season with a few summer favorites!

And slowly bringing in those delicious fall flavors too…

What To Eat This Week

Kick things off with the best summer corn and sun dried tomato chowder! Make it one more time for the season. The goat cheese croutons MAKE it.

Next up, chicken marsala and green beans! My mom made this once a week when I was growing up and it’s a huge favorite here.

A honeycrisp kale salad for mid-week, to celebrate the start of honeycrisp season. Woohoo!

But summer is still going strong! Make this summer tortellini carbonara with the corn and fresh basil. It’s delightful.

This cedar plank salmon with asparagus is one heck of a delicious meal too.

Cheeseburger tostadas for the weekend! Wins all around.

For lunches, go with my tomato picnic toast!! And for breakfasts, a most delicious strawberry cashew smoothie.

What’s on your menu this week?!

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You live and breathe by list…

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You live and breathe by lists, Google Docs, or a cryptic collage of sticky notes on the fridge. We’re right there with you, parents. But no matter how organized you are, it can feel like a Sisyphean task to get dinner on the table for the whole crew seven nights a week. Even with the occasional pizza delivery in the mix, a well-stocked pantry is key.

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In 2008, my then-boyfriend J…

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In 2008, my then-boyfriend Joseph and I almost broke up over a chicken wing. It was a typical Sunday evening at a college-town pub, filled with mediocre beer, half-off wings, and gripes about grades. As was our custom, our Caribbean crew ordered more wings than we needed. That fateful night, one wing perched alone on the platter, when Joseph requested the bill and…a box.

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How to Cook for Your Family in Spite of Your Children

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I remember the precise smell…

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I remember the precise smell of my mom’s lamb curry. It would carry down the driveway, walloping us when we got home from school. I hated it, just like I hated eggs, but that didn’t stop my mother from serving those things. She didn’t ask us for our suggestions; we ate what she felt like cooking. And at our family dinner, when she served something she knew my siblings and I disliked, she didn’t flinch when we moaned.

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7 Shelf-Stable School Lunches Kids’ll Actually Eat

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A very specific sort of terr…

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A very specific sort of terror washes over parents when they realize their kid is departing for school momentarily...and has no lunch. What if said lunch also needs to stay fresh from drop-off until chow time—around four hours? What if frozen cooler packs are a no-go? Cue blind panic.

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A Theory from the 1980s Could Be the Key to Solving Picky Eating

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Last year Ellen Kehs, a mom …

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Last year Ellen Kehs, a mom of three boys all under 10 in Papillion, Nebraska, signed up for an online workshop called “Stress Free Family Eating.” It ended up changing her life—or, at least, her dinner table. Before she took the class last January, Kehs recalls, she heard a constant nightly refrain: “I’m not eating that. Can’t we just have chicken nuggets or cheeseburgers or take-out?” A fight with the youngest would ensue. The middle kid would storm out.

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