Mom Hacks, Tips & Tricks

Maybe you've seen the posable elves? One that can effortlessly climb the refrigerator door? And you wonder, just how those elves got blessed with magic while your elf has sitting magic. I'm here to tell you Elf Surgery is simple and easy! My little sister is an elf surgeon and performed surgery on our first elf. Last year I may or may not have found some on clearance to add to our outrageous elf collection but I needed them to be just as much fun as our original! So I put in a call to the Elf Surgeon and she walked me through, step by step--it was very Grey's Anatomy! And now we have 3 posable, magnetic elves to...

Disclosure :: This post is written by Savanna Latimer, RDN, LDN of Ochsner Eat Fit Baton Rouge. Healthy Gumbo Recipe Are you looking for a healthy twist on a southern favorite? This gumbo uses whole wheat flour in place of traditional roux, Al Fresco chicken sausage, Tabasco, and no-salt stock to keep the sodium low, and it is packed with greens! In place of traditional white rice, serve over brown rice, cauliflower rice, or without rice. Spicy Chicken Sausage & Seafood Green Gumbo Recipe Makes 6 servings 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 tablespoon whole wheat pastry flour 8 cups no-salt-added chicken stock, divided 1 onion, diced 3 stalks celery, diced 1 green bell pepper, diced 3 cloves garlic, minced 5 kale leaves, washed, stemmed, julienned 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 1 teaspoon file powder 1 teaspoon dried...

My husband is a carnivore, he wants meat with every meal. I, on the other hand, can be completely happy with a week of meatless meals. I don’t particularly like red meat and one can only eat so much chicken before you’ve just had enough. Over the years, we’ve worked in some meatless meals that we can both agree are tasty and filling.  Here are three meatless meals that are on the menu in our house and a couple of bonus soups. I think soups are great meals, but my husband says we have to agree to disagree on soup as a meal. These meals are also toddler approved, despite or maybe because of, ingredients like quinoa, couscous and lentils.  This...

Toys. Toys ending up everywhere and me nagging the kids to clean it up, and me needing to supervise the entire process to ensure they didn’t get distracted and me losing my cool because toys EVERYWHERE. And repeat. Day in, day out. If you have little kids, I know you know what I am talking about. The toy clutter in every nook and cranny possible is enough to make anyone’s chest feel tight. And so day in and day out, my kids would witness a full blown mom tantrum brought on by the sight of toys everywhere. We didn’t need a better organization system because if you know me, you know that organization is my jam, and the playroom has a...

Remember when we didn’t want to grow up because if we did, we couldn’t be a ToysRus® kid? Well, Total Wine is the TOTAL fix for that. If you know anything about Louisiana, you know we love our libations. The only thing better than finding your favorite spirits in the local grocery store is a SPIRIT MALL! Yes, I said it. Total Wine is the Grown Up ToysRus®, the Happy Hour Mall. And wait, you don’t even have to schedule your trip around your kids because Total Wine totally has curbside pickup. Don’t let the name fool you, Total Wine totally has everything. Think cheese, hard liquor, snacks, mixers, you name it! I will also admit that upon entry of...