I’ve always tried to keep our grocery costs relatively low (usually around $450/month for our family of 5, which includes all household supplies like toilet paper and laundry detergent and diapers as well), but lately I’ve been trying to keep it even lower through meal prepping and not buying treats (oh M&M’s, how I miss …
Creamy Butternut Squash Soup + Our Favorite Breadstick Recipe
I’m not a fan of winter, but one thing I DO appreciate about the colder weather is that it greatly simplifies my dinner planning since I can start rotating soups and chowders back into the picture. At least once a week (usually on Mondays), we do a soup-and-breadstick night, which my kids are big fans …
90-Minute Italian Bread
Finally, a weekend when I finally felt I didn’t need to run around and around like a decapitated chicken. I actually had time to do some real pen-and-paper writing, sleep in until 9, AND go to the temple with Matt and our dear friends The Roses. Not to mention get a little fancy with my …
Here’s What’s Cooking . . . Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread
So I just had to share this with you–I mean, it’s only the most delicious pumpkin bread recipe ever, and you know I love you, right? Plus, there’s just nothing that makes a frosty autumn afternoon better than a hot loaf of pumpkin bread with a cold mug of milk. You’re welcome. And enjoy 🙂 Pumpkin …
Here’s What’s Cooking . . . Crescent Rolls
Are you sick of roll recipes? I sure am not. It’s like I have this crazy roll addiction that seems to come around every Sunday, just begging to be satisfied… Anyway, I found this recipe in The Food Nanny Rescues Dinner, and it is amazing (I think Matt ate 8 or 9 rolls the first …
Here’s What’s Cooking . . . Perfect Dinner Rolls
The search for the perfect dinner roll is over, my friends, and you didn’t even have to go through a million and three recipes like me to get there. You’re welcome. Warning: these rolls are the fluffiest, smelliest (in a good way), yummiest rolls in the whole world, and I bet you a batch of …
Here’s What’s Cooking…Golden Honey Pan Rolls
I’ve been on the lookout for the perfect roll recipe and while I haven’t quite found my goes-with-everything bit of fluffy roll perfection, I sure have had fun trying! I think that Matt secretly hopes that I’ll never quite find it so that we can keep trying out all sorts of yummy new rolls. One …
Cinnamon Love Knots // The Perfect Cold-Weather Treat
Outside, late fall is in the air in the form of fog in the mountains, drizzly rain in the mornings, and the occasional snowflake in the afternoon reminding us that winter is not too far off. With days like today, when even with all the windows open, it still seems dark, I’m most in need …