Recipes

We are truly in the dog days of summer here in South Louisiana. Just coming back from San Diego, I long for the cooler days & nights again. To stay cool this summer, my family and I will be hitting the pool constantly. Moms always have snacks and bring them everywhere – even the pool! Here are some of my favorite poolside snacks, and the best part … some are easy! 1.  Fruit Salsa with Cinnamon Sugar Pita Chips INGREDIENTS Peaches, peeled and diced Mango, cored and diced Kiwis, peeled and diced Strawberries, diced 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice 2 tablespoons honey 2 tablespoons fresh basil chopped 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1 tsp cinnamon 4 large whole wheat pita chips coconut oil...

Louisiana cookin’ in my house is a staple. Almost every night we are cooking something with carbs, whether it be rice, pastas or potatoes. The house smells like roux most days. The problem is? Mama has been eating healthy nine years now. Yes, I have cheat meals, but I try not to. How do I do it and still eat what everyone else is eating at the dinner table? I try not to cook something separately than what everyone else is eating because who has time for that?! My favorite products/hacks are below: Seeds of Change Quinoa & Brown Rice - I have to start with this one first! Yep, I still eat my gumbo and jambalaya. I either eat this with a...

It is comical that I, a mom free of any culinary ability, would offer up a recipe blog. You should probably not ask me for advice on how to make dinner for your children. Even crockpot meals intimidate me. But thanks to my mom, who has become quite the cook, I have mastered making bacon. So, if I can make perfect bacon, so can you. Because perfect bacon really is divine. Buy the good stuff. Thick-cut slices of bacon are where it’s at. Wright’s applewood bacon is my personal fave, although Wrights Hickory Bacon will also do. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Then loudly discourage your toddlers from touching the oven as it heats up.            ...

When I had my twins, my cousin and her husband made an insane amount of frozen chicken enchiladas to have in the freezer. It was probably one of the most caring and best things anyone could have done. We had people bring us food when I had my fourth baby or when a baby had surgery. It literally made me feel so cared for. It also was wonderful because it took the guesswork out of dinner! It was literally something I never thought about prior. It had always been a thing to drop off food after a death in the family, but I never thought about doing it during other big life moments. I started making a dish for friends...

February is our family’s only month that doesn’t entail making a birthday cake.  For all other months, there is a birthday…and there is a cake.  And this, of course, does not include the cakes that usually are made for events such as graduations, sacraments, Mardi Gras, etc.  Summary:  in our house, there are a lot of cakes. This means that there is often a lot of leftover cake that just hangs around the kitchen until all of the cake is gone. What I learned very quickly as our family grew was that we only needed ONE day of cake because “sugared up” kids were no fun to manage.  Since I am not one to waste, the “recycled cake” was...