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TweetPlanning a time to get together with my girlfriends is always difficult. If one of us is available only on Tuesdays, someone else is available only on Thursdays. It’s a pain in the butt to get old, have children, and be a responsible adult, is what I’m trying to say. I don’t recommend it. As [...]

Barilla Whole Grain Pasta

barilla whole grain pasta

Tweet I’ve mentioned before that I love making pasta for a quick and simple lunch when I’m tired of our usual peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. (Click here for a simple pasta recipe that is perfect for lunch!) I try to buy good quality, healthy pasta when I can. Generally the kids don’t notice, but [...]

Homemade Oreo Cookies

chocolate and cream sandwich cookies

Tweet Pin It Much to the disappointment of my children, I don’t buy prepackaged cookies at the grocery store. I don’t want to be all braggy or anything, but I can usually knock the pants off of a store-bought cookie with my own homemade version. This true in almost all instances. The exceptions? Girl Scout [...]

Random Thing Thursday

school day

TweetThat title makes it sound like Random Thing Thursday is going to happen every Thursday, doesn’t it? And the way I capitalized the title in that last sentence? Also makes you think this is some big, exciting, new recurring event. It’s not. I’m really not good at sticking to things, like weekly blog posts about [...]

Gooey Chocolate Dulce de Leche Cake

cake with dulce de leche

Tweet Pin It We all know that I’m not much of a cake baker. I mean, sure, I try. But, I usually fail. Layers split apart and fling themselves onto the floor. The fillings end up oozing out the sides in a most unattractive manner. The moist cake that I imagine is, in reality, a [...]

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