It’s official… I’m no longer friends with my willpower. It has failed me. For quite some time, I was able to focus on my eating habits and portion control and lose weight. For just over 620 days, I logged into MyFitnessPal ...
Family and friends have those popular single-serve coffee makers, I’ve tried them at trade shows and they even have them at the auto repair shop and orthodontist. While it might be handy to own one because of their convenience, I̵ ...
When we started watching what we ate a few years back, we tried to make choices that fit not just to our “diet” but also to our minds. Completely cutting out foods that we loved and enjoyed just didn’t make sense. There ...
When it comes time for dinner planning, I’m not exactly the most useful member of the household. The extent of my planning involves grabbing chicken, pork or beef out of the freezer to thaw. What we eat with it and how it will be prep ...
It’s been over a year since we started eating healthier. I’ve come to the realization that the fresh produce section of the store is my new favorite department. In the time since we started, August of 2011, I think we’ve p ...
Anybody who has ever eaten at our house knows who wears the apron in the family. Even if you ask my kids who is most responsible for setting off the smoke alarm, they’ll say “Mom!”. That’s okay though because it has ...
Finally! Summer is here! Winter seemed to last forever… but that’s pretty normal since we returned to the Midwest from California. When we lived there, we didn’t worry about the seasons because it was nice all year roun ...
If there’s one thing I have a soft spot for, it’s cookbooks. While at the library book sale or at yard sales, I can’t help but buy them – even if they aren’t something I would normally cook. What’s funn ...
