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I started dabbling in eggnog recipes a couple years ago. My husband loves the eggnog.I never grew up on the stuff, so I didn’t really know what it was. He would buy a few cartons for himself between Thanksgiving and Christmas and that was that. Quite a few years ago when I started looking at…
I love dressing my girls up for Christmas. Those dressy clothes don’t stay on for very long though! I love for them to have something comfy to wear while they play with their cousins and their new toys. I wanted something different than what you are going to find in the stores. While “etsy shopping”…
We usually have some form of spaghetti squash every other week here 🙂 It’s inexpensive, feeds a good 2-3 meals worth here, and kinda feels like an indulgence since it is so “noodle-y”! I usually make an alfredo sauce, tomato spaghetti sauce, or just plain butter, salt, and pepper for over top. Occasionally I use…
Melissa & Doug has been a part of Christmas morning at our house since my oldest’s first Christmas! I’m pretty close to choosing what the girls will be getting this year from our favorite toy company! This holiday, Melissa & Doug released their “Terrific Twenty Holiday Gifts”! Click the picture below to see what they…
Shortly after the birth of my first daughter, I started reading about toxic chemicals in soap – even popular baby soaps. I got pretty picky about what I was willing to buy for bath time, which ended up limiting a lot of the fun “bubble bath” type kids soaps. It was kind of disappointing to…
Here is a fantastic batch up lunch you can make up on a Sunday night for the first part of the week. And it takes just as long as it takes to make a few hard boiled eggs! We love egg salad served on sourdough or homemade soaked bread, on thick tomato or cucumber slices,…
Fall is in full swing here. We have spent the last few weekends digging ourselves out of leaves, roasting pumpkins, and enjoying the outdoors as much as we can before we are buried in snow!I’m not a super big fan of the colder temps, but I guess you ask for it living where I live….
I know everyone is loving the recipe we did a while back on the weekly crockpotted chicken. It is SO easy, convenient, and delicious. I’m enjoying the comments and emails about how that recipe has benefited your families! Now that the weather is cooler, however, I have been flipping a warm oven on once a…
Sometimes the greatest inventions in my kitchen happen when I am just about outta food 🙂 I made this soup up a couple years ago in the dead middle of winter (ie fresh produce selection was slim pickin’s in the frozen tundra that is Michigan.) I was tired of kale, spinach, squash, and all those…
I have gotten to meet some of the coolest people since coming on to write for theSIMPLEmoms! After writing a post about DIY elderberry syrup, the great people at Elderberry Life left some informative comments about elderberries, and then asked if I wanted to try some of their products…more elderberries?! Yes please! Elderberry Life grows…
One of the baby steps I love helping people make is getting cold cereal out. That is a hard one. Well at least people think it will be at first. But it is worth it. Cold cereals are toxic. The process the grains go through to become a flake, an “O”, or whatever shape your…
In honor of October being a national remembrance of pregnancy and infant loss, I share with you my story… My husband and I found out this past summer that we were to be expecting baby number 3. We were a little surprised, but SO excited. We lost the baby around 10 weeks. It has been…