5lbs in 5 Days JUST From Changing What I Eat

After finding out that I have high cholesterol, I took immediate action in getting it lower.  IMMEDIATE ACTION!
I headed to the store and bought a few things to get me started.  I’m not exactly educated when it comes to healthy foods so finding them presented a challenge for me. I called out for help on… [Continue Reading]

Pizza and Breadsticks and Football

My older boys are obsessed with pizza, and football so it’s no surprise that we combine the two around here just about every weekend during the season. We actually learned this ritual from the Calandro Family.  They made weekly pizza night sound so awesome that we decided to do it ourselves at least once every… [Continue Reading]

Around the Table Again…

It’s been crazy around here with Summer, school, travel, and now sports.  Things are finally slowing down a bit thank goodness but I thought I’d share some of what’s been going on at the other sites.  Did you guys know that I started a new site?  I don’t think I’ve mentioned here but it’s called… [Continue Reading]

Cheesy Chicken Cups

The kids are back to school and while you may or may not have to worry about lunch for them, you do have to figure out what to make for supper. My boys are older and don’t exactly love school like the little ones do and during football season they don’t even get home… [Continue Reading]

La connaissance de Julia

Coming to our home in t-minus 4 days…….. Please meet Julia.  I named her after Julia Child because she’s tall, bold, embraces the French culture, and loves food.
KitchenAid French Door Bottom Mount Interior Dispensing Refrigerator-Architect Series II

Disclosure: Appliance being supplied by KitchenAid.  All opinions of the product are always my own ’cause that’s how I… [Continue Reading]

GOT MILK? Me and My Girlfriends Do!

While in NYC this past week, I had the opportunity to participate in a GOT MILK, Milk Mustache campaign.  While anyone could have their photo taken for the mosaic, 4 of us were chosen to be featured.  It was so much fun to hang out with the ladies and get silly.  I was honored to… [Continue Reading]

Breakfast and Pasta on a Busy Day

Busy days mean quick meals.  For breakfast, I slathered some barney butter on a slice of bread with bananas on the side.  It’s packed full of protein and it gets me going in the morning.  We’ve had some busy days around here and their about to get busier. Between family vacations, cowboy works, and doctor… [Continue Reading]

A Lazy Man’s Blueberry Peach Cobbler

So my brother-in-law is always talking about this blueberry peach cobbler he ate out on the wagon one time and told us that if we ever make it, we had to call HIS blueberry peach cobbler.  Since it’s not technically Andy Falcon’s Blueberry Peach Cobbler recipe, I’ll just call it the lazy man’s version. It’s… [Continue Reading]

A Smoothie Morning

I can remember everyone talking about Jamba Juice. I had no clue what they were talking about because when you live out the middle of nowhere Texas, you don’t exactly have the food wonders that are available to the rest of the world. “Oh my gosh, it’s the best ever, it’s sooooo good”….those were… [Continue Reading]

The Treasures of an Obsessed Kitchen Collector

I’m not as obsessed as my mom but close and I often tell you about things that I love, but how do you decipher the things that I love from the things that I REALLY REALLY LOVE? Well it will be easy now thanks to Open Sky. It’s my own little shop of… [Continue Reading]

A Whole Lot of Lovin Scoopfuls of Ice Cream!

There are tons of ice cream brands out there but what if you could buy one that is a little bit better for you to eat and donates a whopping 25% of proceeds to a good cause?  Not only does Lovin’ Scoopful ice cream taste good, it’s those other two things as well.  When my… [Continue Reading]

KitchenAid Needs 1000 Cooks! Will YOU Help?

Just the word Kitchenaid gives me a happy feeling but even more so when I see them doing kind & charitable things for people and partnering with Cook for the Cure.  Since I’ve had two family members both dealing with Breast Cancer, then it’s very important for me to participate and spread the word.
From July… [Continue Reading]

Almost Anna’s Perfect Flour Tortillas

Imagine being a lower income family, feeding 8 kids during Summertime, and not being on any kind of welfare. This is my husband’s family. He has 5 brothers and 2 sisters, all within a 1 1/2 years of each other in age. They didn’t have much but they always had food and… [Continue Reading]