Easy and flavorful, this Instant Pot Taco Soup makes a quick weeknight dinner that your family will love. This soup has a smoky taco flavored broth packed with beef and topped with your taco favorites. Kid-friendly, and loved by adults, this soup is a fun new meal idea and is great to stash in the freezer too!
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Rainbow Kabobs
Rainbow Kabobs are made with a rainbow assortment of veggies and fully-cooked meatballs and served with a creamy cilantro sauce! Super easy weeknight meal!
Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes
Simple Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes recipe made with butter and garlic. This is a super easy side dish to make for your family or holiday gatherings!
Tips to Get Your Kids to Eat Healthy Snacks
Here are my tips to get your kids to eat healthy snacks. Kids love to snack and we love feeding them food we can feel good about. These are healthy snack tips that are simple to implement and have helped our family.
Pumpkin Chili
This recipe for Pumpkin chili is made with canned pumpkin, ground beef, and pumpkin pie spice. It’s perfectly kid-friendly chili (not spicy)! I love serving this in the fall as a weeknight meal or I pop some in the freezer to save for future busy nights!
Losing Me in Motherhood
I was losing me in motherhood. Stranded in motherhood by the monotony of laundry, carpool logistics, and meal planning. Stuck in picking up the toys, refereeing sibling fights and begging them to put on their shoes. Mom. Mom. Mom. I wanted to change my name. I wanted time alone. I was at the point where … Continue reading
This Is About Us
We are divided. It is a time of me versus us. The television in our kitchen hummed with the latest polling results. We’ve sat in this kitchen watching presidential debates, Sunday political news coverage and the political commercials. Most of the time, we have to shut it off when the kids walk in the room … Continue reading
Balance in Motherhood Is A Lie
Moms are fed an expectation they can and need to do it all and that is impossible. Balance in motherhood is a lie and no amount of hustling will ever make it possible.
To Have and To Fold
My workout pants were tangled with my daughter’s pajama top inside a balled up bath towel. It was a laundry Jackson Pollock. The spots of colors splashed the room, the floor was no longer visible. The room was full of unfolded clean clothes.
MN State Fair Foods 2015
The ultimate MN State Fair Foods 2015 must-try list. 10 new savory and sweet foods you must eat at the Great Minnesota Get-Together.
Minnesota’s Largest Candy Store
All the delicious details about visiting Minnesota’s Largest Candy Store.
10 Things to Do: Largest Candy Store in Minnesota
The 10 Things You Must Do When Visiting the Largest Candy Store in Minnesota!
5 Easy Ways to Garden with Your Kids
Start a new family activity and spark a love of gardening in your children with these 5 Easy Ways to Garden with Your Kids.
I Haven’t Lost the Baby Weight
About the pressure to lose the baby weight and the strength to find the new normal in your mom body this summer. This essay was republished on Scary Mommy. The four of us scrunched into the pizza parlor booth. Our new babies sat sleeping in their infant carriers around us. We sipped sodas and ate pizza … Continue reading
Rainbow Pancakes
Rainbow Pancakes is a simple and fun recipe you can make with your kids.