Food, Family, and Lifestyle
There are may advantages to living in a ‘beach’ town besides the beach. One of those advantages are the seasonal restaurants that are open from May to September. One of my favorite’s is Fra’s Italian Gourmet. They have some creative sandwiches and I had a major craving last week. I also had a major craving…
Happy Friday! I think I have come up with a meal that you will love both for your belly and your pocketbook. Although I consider most of my recipes quite frugal, I am ready to even break the cost down on this one AND it is fast. We picked up some multi-grain rolls, fully cooked…
One of the products that I was super excited about and thrilled to find at BlogHer was the Smashies organic squeezable pouches and thought if the kids liked it, we could add this to the list of lunch box staples. Here is what I appreciate about the product: organic, no added sugar and affordable. Cheaper…
I do not know about you but with all the ‘back-to-school’ ads I have also been thinking about lunch boxes and what to put in them. So I decided to do a series on healthy lunchbox ideas starting next week. For inspiration this Wednesday, I headed to my trusted resource, EatingWell Magazine. Do your kids…
As many of you know, we have a sweet little garden producing some great herbs and vegetables and so do some sweet friends of ours. They have quite a large garden and so they stopped by one afternoon to give us some cucumbers. Their visit is the kind I love: an unexpected drive-by. You know…
Many of you know that I have been a part of the ‘Day Made Better’ Campaign and am lucky enough to be an “OfficeMax Mom”. Well, today I was fortunate to be able to surprise the hometown winner with a large box full of supplies. In fact, it was so heavy that I had to…
Yesterday was our 8th year Anniversary and I was so excited as I saw the FedEx man drive off. What could he have brought? Could it be a surprise from my husband? Well, I am happy to say that it was a gift for both of us: The newest album from Michael Buble titled Crazy…
We have heard it a million times: a healthy breakfast is the way we are supposed to start our day and if you have children, you know from experience that it is essential! But we do not always have the time to make or put together a healthy spread and so we need to rely…
