How much do you normally spend at the grocery store each week? $100? $200? $300? More? Why do we spend so much at the grocery store? For some, it’s impulse purchases—that box of cookies to keep your kid quiet while they shop with you, that $5 chocolate bar that looks too good to pass up, the chips because you’re starving and can’t resist, or the pre-made food because after making it through the grocery store

One of the complaints I hear most often from people is that while the cooking is OK, the cleaning afterward makes them crazy.I get it, I really do. You’ve made a meal for everyone, they’ve eaten (or not), and then you have to kick back into high gear to clean it all up. Or, perhaps even worse, before cleaning you have to do bedtime duty. You finally get the kids down for the night, only

Whether you want to take advantage of the low price of apples at the grocery store, you’re receiving too many apples in a farm share, or you went overboard with apple picking, having too many apples is actually a great problem to have! To make it less overwhelming for you, though, I wanted to share some of my favorite tips and recipes to use up apples. Table Of Contents Apples: A Favorite Fall FruitTips on

The other day, we went to visit my in-laws. As we were leaving, my mother-in-law gave me baby spinach, red cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, a bunch of zucchini, and two pints of blueberries that she wasn’t going to be able to use up. I was a bit reluctant to take it all since I had just done our weekly shopping and wasn’t sure how I was going to be able use it all. But the idea

Being a small business owner and entrepreneur is one of the great joys (and challenges) of my adult life. While it can often mean that I have a flexible schedule that allows me to be present for my kids, there are also times when the work load is crazy and long hours are required. During a recent busy stretch, as I was tucking my younger son into bed, he told me that he missed me.