Red Stick Mom

Mommy, I'm hungry! Mommy, what's for dinner? I'm Not a Chef! I can admit that I’m not the best cook. Some nights, I just don’t even feel like trying to come up with a meal. That doesn’t stop my family from being hungry though! With the kids growing tired of macaroni, grilled cheese sandwiches, or cereal, I had to come up with a new dinner idea. Lazy Mom = Best Dinner Ever! Introducing weekly charcuterie board nights! This has quickly become my kids’ favorite meal, and for me, it is one of the easiest. My family thinks that charcuterie board nights are special and fun when in reality I’ve just put whatever I could find in the fridge and pantry onto a wooden tray....

Here at Red Stick Mom, we offer dozens of ideas from diverse perspectives in our mom hacks, tips and tricks category. From taking road trips from Baton Rouge to meatless meals to natural cold remedies, we’ve written about it. We are here to help everyone as we navigate through this wild ride through motherhood. The journey of becoming a mother. Motherhood is a lost art. Don't get me wrong, motherhood has not been forgotten. Little girls grow up playing with dolls, being the "mommy". There is still a social expectation that if you are a woman you will become a mother. There is still that biological pull, the ticking clock, that hits us all at some point. But the "art" of being a mother...

I love the movement of body positivity, of embracing the ways our bodies change as we have children or age, of giving up the idea of “perfection” and coming as we are. I also know that there are times when we need to grieve our bodies. Grieve what once was and isn’t anymore. To say, “I wish I still looked like that” or “I wish this wasn’t this way.” My body has transformed over the years. The varicose veins that creep over my calves, the loose stomach skin, and I’m convinced that pregnancy made my nose grow. But even more recently, chemotherapy, in working to heal my body of cancer, has taken from it my long blonde hair, my dark eyelashes and...

In an effort to show our kids as much of the country as possible, my husband and I started gifting Spring Break trips as Christmas gifts to our two children a couple of years back. Our kids love traveling and have seen many states in their young years. Last year we when we were deciding on where our next adventure will be to, it was really a no-brainer. The most beautiful National Park of them all: Zion in southern Utah. Zion is located about 2.5 hours from Las Vegas right outside of Springdale, UT. Flying into Vegas and driving to Springdale is the most common way to get there if you are not from the area. While the drive might sound...

I know you’re here for the recipe, I get it! But aren’t I obligated to tell you about how I came about this recipe while traipsing through the humid, muggy, swamps of South Louisiana? Nah, I’ll tell you this amazing breakfast crowd pleaser came straight from my mother-in-law and I will never look back! Grabbits 1 - lb ground sausage (mild or spicy) 1 - 5oz jar Old English cheese spread* 1 - pack English muffins 2 - half sheet cookie pans Optional: Fried egg Sautéed mushrooms Caramelized onions Salsa In a pan cook your sausage. No patties, mix it up, cook it through. While sausage is cooking, fork open those English Muffins. You heard me, gently open up the muffins and lay them open faced on your cookie sheets. Now ,...