Life can be such a mess. Sometimes one right after the other. Sometimes one or two in the midst of another. Everywhere you turn it’s there. Kids sick. Clock ticks. Gotta get to the stores. Dirty floors. Tomatoes galore. Knock on the door. Unanswered emails. Fridge fails. Expectations. Situations. When I get through these messes….
Blueberry Coconut Banana Bread {with Video}
Blueberry Coconut Banana Bread – Recipe for homemade quick bread with blueberries, sweet coconut and banana makes an easy loaf. Fruit and coconut combination is perfect! {Edited, new video and rephotographed June 2017} I think you all know by now that I love coconut. It’s delicious in drinks, desserts and main dishes. This bread combines simple ingredients…
When Unperfect Days End with Perfect Moments
As I sit here my three children, ages 11, 9 and 5 shooed me away from the kitchen after dinner. Leave the mess. They told me to go. Go to take a nap. Go read a book. Not as easy as it sounds. I don’t quite trust their ‘cleaning up’ methods without any supervision. But…
Veggie Wraps
I’m finally going to the beach. It has been way too long! Yes, it’s been almost a year and I really miss it. You know that feeling before you head to the beach when you really start pondering what you’ll look like in your swimsuit? Yeah, I’m going through that phase. I’ve got to slim…
When You are Too STRESSED
This week is stressing me out. Just let me tell you. STRESSED is DESSERTS spelled backwards. I seriously think I could eat an entire pan of brownies right now. It all started with that lovely holiday called Labor Day. Now nothing bad happened on Labor Day. It was a great day of relaxing and eating….
Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies
I sense a theme with the dark chocolate and peanut butter for me for a while. It’s so delicious together. I just can’t get enough. This dark chocolate peanut butter recipe gets me going in the morning but then a little while later I need something to recharge. My oldest son loves desserts with peanut…
How to Be the Best Mother You Can Be
Have you ever started a day with such liveliness and a list of all you were going to do that day? But somewhere between the I’ve-told-you-to-do-that-6 times-already and he-said this-and-she-touched me you fizzled. You just wanted to throw in the towel at 10 AM. It’s happened more than I’d like to admit. But at times…