My husband and I have 5 kids aged 12 to 30. We have spent practically a lifetime making child friendly meals. Our youngest is 12 years old and she is pretty willing to try just about anything. Our 17 year old is autistic though and has been slower to have any type of meal flexibility. .. [Read More]
Today is my husband’s birthday and try as I may to find someone who sells sugar free cakes – no luck. Of course in my search I contemplated quitting my job and opening a sugar free and gluten free bakery. Why is it so hard to find these things? Maybe it isn’t hard in the.. [Read More]
I have five kids – ages 12 to 30. I have spent decades eating macaroni and cheese that I hate! Why? Because powdered cheese is not CHEESE! Try explaining that to the kids though. I figure I have spent far too much time eating that so I decided to try my hand at a.. [Read More]
I love to provide fresh baked desserts for my family. The weekends are the perfect opportunity for me to do so. It really doesn’t take a huge amount of energy to make it happen. Don’t get me wrong – sometimes I make very elaborate dinners and desserts but other times – I just want.. [Read More]
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of 7UP®. The opinions and text are all mine. March has arrived and it has come in with a bang. Living in New England we were pretty happy with the way winter had progressed so far. We have had some cold (really.. [Read More]
This winter we waited a long time for snow – then it finally arrived with a bang. We have no snow this week and actually we have very nice weather. But next week – possible snow again. In fact a couple days ago the kids had a horse show in 60 degree temps. As.. [Read More]
I do everything I can to try to get my kids to eat more healthily. It doesn’t take much effort with our daughter but our son is a whole different story. He takes a great deal of effort. Although I am not a fan of sour patch kids – it seems all kids.. [Read More]
My son loves macaroni and cheese – however everyone else in the family is no longer interested at all in the boxed macaroni and cheese with the powdered cheese that we are all so familiar with. What were we going to do? The good news is our son was more than willing to.. [Read More]
Start Again As you know I have been working with Personal Trainer Food to get more healthy and change my diet into a much more healthy way to live. One way I ended up in the rut that I am in is because we are always on the go and pretty much just.. [Read More]
Tonight my daughter and I were able to have fun in the kitchen. We recently read the book Dex – see our full review – and we decided to have some fun. I took her to the grocery store and gave her full access to anything she wanted to try to make… [Read More]