Thank you to Shipt for kindly sponsoring this post. All opinions are 100% honest & completely my own. Guys, I'm struggling. I'm struggling to make it through the grocery store without wanted to collapse. I'm struggling with getting my kids to eat any vegetables at all. I'm struggling with what to eat during these first trimester days and how to stand the terrible smell of food cooking, while I'm at it! During my first two pregnancies, I either had no children or one toddler, who was very easy to please. With older girls and a much busier schedule, I'm feeling the demand to be better at this pregnant parenting thing. Enter Shipt's delivery services... again. Even though we live just outside of the delivery area, we've been using Shipt to deliver groceries and household items ...
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Best Christmas Cookies Ever
I've blogged about these cookies before, but with only a few days left before Christmas, you need them in your life! I'm not kidding you when I say that these babies are in high demand. My mom has baked them so many times this month -- to give to family and friends, to carry to Christmas parties, for Santa -- and this probably wasn't the last time we'll make them before the end of the year. My mom had all four grandkids over for cookie baking this afternoon and we're doing our best not to eat them all before Santa's arrival! Gran's Famous Christmas Cookies Ingredients: 2.5 sticks of butter 3 cups of sugar 3 eggs 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract 7 cups of all-purpose flour 7 teaspoons of baking powder 1 box of sifted confectioner’s sugar 2 tablespoons of ...
Live Your Best Life (and Build Your Best Burger) with Shipt Grocery Delivery!
Thank you to shipt.com for kindly sponsoring this post. All opinions are 100% honest & completely my own. There was a time in my life when grocery shopping was one of my favorite mama duties to tackle. Maybe it was because I was eating all the foods or maybe it was because it was the only hour a week when my life was completely quiet. Either way, I've grown out of that fascination and now just want my groceries to magically appear in the pantry. I can't be the only one. The very last thing I want to think about after eight hours in the office, is an hour long commute littered with errands and text messages reading "what's for dinner?" Especially when that eight hour day comes on the heels of a vacation where I didn't have to plan a single meal for five whole days. You want to ...
Ruby’s Famous Cornbread Dressing
In hindsight, I should have shared this recipe with you a month ago. The real story, though, is that I've been perfecting my recipe skills and I only just got this right on the morning of Thanksgiving. The good news is, you can cook this for Christmas and Easter and any other Tuesday you've got a craving! I've been enjoying this particular cornbread dressing for the last nineteen years. First, Josh's grandmother Ruby made it for us and, later, his mom took over the responsibility. I borrowed the recipe pretty early in our marriage, but Josh is quick to point out when his mom has me beat in the kitchen. This is one that I could always get close, but never quite right. It turns out, I made a few critical errors when transcribing the recipe. Since my recipe box is still in storage, I asked ...
White Chicken Chili
Josh and I are headed out of town today for a little weekend getaway and Heather was nice enough to fill in for me! It's my week to share some LiveWhole365 goodness with you guys, so she's sharing a great family-friendly recipe for Whole30 Approved White Chicken Chili. Hi, Taz and Belly friends! I'm Heather from My Life Well Loved - a healthy lifestyle blog that empowers women to be their best in style, fitness, family, and all the things in life WORTH LOVING. I teach at our local Pure Barre and work part-time in real estate doing marketing for the Jamie Goff Team. Like Kristin, I also live in Birmingham, Alabama and love this fabulous little southern city. I am also a co-founder of Home Grown Blog Events and would love to invite you to our Birmingham event in September! My ...
Independence Day!
I figured I better sneak in a post about how we spend Independence Day before the entire month got away from us! We usually end up with quite a crowd around the pool on July 4th, but so many of our favorites were traveling, that it ended up being a very low key day. The kids all wore stars and stripes and we spend almost every second of our day swimming, eating and playing dominoes. The forecast was a little iffy for the evening and we debated a picnic at Morgan Creek (like last year) right up until we left the driveway. The kids ultimately decided for dinner and dessert and we grabbed a quick red, white & blue photo op in the driveway before we left. /p> We opted for a selfie since Ella was struggling to manage the big camera. As usual, Ella's favorite part is to snap a ...
Holiday Recipe Ideas
We are only days away from a sunny holiday weekend and what better way to say "Happy Birthday, America" than with good food?! And in case you are still debating what to throw on the grill this weekend, here are three of our favorites! Stuffed "Beer Can" Burgers Stuffed, Grilled Mushrooms Bacon Chutney ...
Memorial Day Recipe: Stuffed Burgers
You might have missed the boat on making these for Memorial Day, but you should definitely pick up the ingredients for your next summer barbecue or put them on the menu for your July 4th celebration. After seeing a few viral videos detailing "beer can burgers" last week, Josh and I decided to try our hand at something similar to celebrate the holiday. We have been eating VERY clean the last ten days and wanted to steer clear of junk food on Monday, even though we knew there would be plenty of it. We did add cheese and their *might* have been a box of Krispy Kreme donuts somewhere around the pool, but I'm pretty proud of us for not over-indulging. INGREDIENTS 2 pounds of ground chuck, or your ground meat of choice 8 slices of bacon 8 slices of smoked gouda red and green bell ...