When I learned that my second child was also going to be a boy, a moment of panic struck as my first thought was: how are we going to pay the grocery bills when they get older?! You see, I grew up with a younger brother who grew something like 10 inches in a year, eventually landing just shy of 6’4;” I am married to a man who, while not very tall, comes from a…
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Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays. I love the community aspect of it—everyone opening their doors to their neighbors and sharing food. I relish how people, young and old, take the time to play and have fun. I enjoy the spookiness of being out at night and the excitement of never knowing when a ghoul or ghost might jump out at you. I adore the creativity shows up in so many of…
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Fall Giveaway! Kitchen Gadgets for Easy Meal Planning As you know, I spend a LOT of time in the kitchen, either testing new recipes for The Scramble or prepping meals for my family. This is why I am particularly selective with the products that come in. When Mealthy contacted me, I wasn’t too familiar with the brand but I was open to testing their products. After making their Pressure Cooker Faux-tisserie Chicken (ready in…
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How to Make Easy Snacks Without Cooking For someone who loves food as much as I do, you would think that providing snacks for my kids would come naturally. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Snacks are the food item that I always seem to forget when I am planning out our meals for the week. This has become a bigger and bigger problem as my boys’ appetites have been growing, so this summer I…
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The Constant Kid Hunger What is it about summer that makes kids so ravenous? Over the years I have concocted a number of (totally not based on science) theories ranging from additional physical activity to increased Vitamin D to boredom, but none of these pan out to be consistently connected to the insatiable hunger that causes the constant clamoring for snacks and meals. No matter the reason, the challenge as parents of these ever-hungry beasts…
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