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Homemade Healthy Popsicles

Homemade Healthy Popsicles

Hey party people! When I was planning my posts for this month, I thought I’d totally be in the mood for a yummy ice-cold popsicle! Well…I was photographing this outside in a big sweater & boots! Not something you’d imagine…

Hosting at Home Tip

Hosting at Home Tip

Hey friends!   Raise a hand if you’re ready for some warm temps and sunshine!   With school beginning its final months until summer vacation and spring around the corner, Mike (my husband) and I look forward to houseguests. We…

Happy New Year

Happy New Year

  Last year I celebrated the new year from the maternity ward of our hospital, since our son had just arrived. It was fun to see fireworks over the city, but did feel strange having a nurse bring champagne at…

10 Ways to “Green” Your Cooking Routine

10 Ways to “Green” Your Cooking Routine

    Sneaking greens under your kid’s noses and into their mouths can be a nearly impossible task, and one that almost always ends in a suppertime-standoff at the dinner table, with a pile of limp, cold, and untouched broccoli…

My little black salad: Watermelon and jicama salad: arugula, cotija, and balsamic reduction

My little black salad: Watermelon and jicama salad: arugula, cotija, and balsamic reduction

If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably got a few things in your closet that you just know make you look like the best version of yourself, without even trying them on. (And you’ve probably got a frightening laundry pile that you…

A birthday treat best: Cappuccino ice cream with dark chocolate + sea salt

A birthday treat best: Cappuccino ice cream with dark chocolate + sea salt

Sort of along the lines of “What do you get a girl that has everything?” is the perhaps not-asked-as-oft question: “What do you get a girl that positively swoons over scoops of ice cream?” Of course anything less than ‘ice cream’ or something ice…