Are you looking for a little Valentine's Day inspiration? Have you been scouring Pinterest for the perfect card, craft, snack, etc? Well I've done the scouring for you and compiled a list of my favorite Valentine's Day finds! Cards and...
Perhaps the only thing that qualifies this as "French" is that it has Herbes de Provence in it, but let's just use our imaginations, shall we? If you're anything like me, you're trying to eat a bit more healthily in...
I learned how to make Cinnamon Biscuit Jammers probably over 10 years ago when I was babysitting for a family. And ever since then I have been looking forward to the day that I could make them for my...
With three boys in the house, we go through a lot of peanut butter around here. A LOT. I can buy the cheap peanut butter in a huge tub and it would last forever. Like literally, there is so much...
I am stuck in a food rut - does that happen to you? You are eating the same things for dinner week after week? I am ALWAYS looking for easy and somewhat healthy recipes for my family. A few...
It's the final countdown and you are going over in your mind everyone that you will see this week at parties and play dates. You would be such a gracious and thoughtful friend/party guest if you could get it...

Puffed Apple Pancake

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This dish is one that brings me back to every Christmas morning I've ever had. It started when I was a kid, awake way too early, and lying in bed, waiting waiting waiting for it to be Time. Time to...
First the LAX shooting. Then one at the Garden State Plaza in NJ. Followed by some phone-in bomb scares at local NJ schools. My stomping grounds. I've written and re-written my reactions to all of this recent terror so many...

Thai Sweet Potato Soup

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Fall is, by far, my favorite season to cook in. Crock pot meals and stews and roasts and soups.  I absolutely love soups. I made this one the other night because I had two sweet potatoes that were pushing the...
 Jam-packed With Goodness! We've all had morning glory muffins but sometimes the raisins and nuts can be overwhelming for sensitive young appetites. Here's a new spin on fall's favorite muffin. The good news? They're high in fiber, vitamin C, vitamin...
Lately I have been feeling left out of the Pinterest world.  More specifically, I have felt a tad jealous of all my blogging sisters and their incredibly creative and yummy creations.  You know, I’m an excellent cook, a mediocre...
Yogurt and granola has become the go-to after school snack for everyone in my family. My two elementary aged children felt it was time to give our homemade granola a make-over. Together, we came up with something pretty darn...

Apple Recipe Roundup

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If you're anything like me, you are currently swimming in apples. It's one of the great things about living in Vermont in the fall: there is no lack of orchards and farms to visit and fill bags and baskets...
I realize that I already posted a pumpkin recipe. But honestly? I can't get enough! This recipe was so quick and easy...not to mention delicious....that I just had to share it with all of you! Oh, and you can...

In + Around Vermont

Moving to the Vermont Gayborhood of Our Dreams

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My wife and I, with our then 2-year-old, moved to Vermont in 2021 from rural Missouri.  While we had great friends and community in Missouri,...
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Why I HATE Fall… Y’all