A delicious recipe for a crustless chicken pot pie. Using frozen biscuits on top of the traditional chicken pot pie filling make this a perfect, fast and easy comfort meal! Here are the words that frequent my recipe searches lately: “healthy”, “easy”, “one-pot”, “simple”, “fast”… noticing a theme here? đ I guess I’ve realized I…
Here’s an easy weeknight recipe that I’ve been making regularly for years. It is nice change of pace and I love that it’s packed with protein, fiber, and FLAVOR – a rare combination! The main ingredient, French green lentils (also known as lentilles du Puy), are an especially tasty and tender type of lentil. They also hold their shape…
If you frequent any frugal living blogs or websites you have likely come across the terms  “no spend” or “spending freeze”. Lots of folks out there advocate for taking a set period of time, usually a month, and attempting to spend money only on what is needed to survive – food, gas, bills, etc. There are of course…
My overarching goal for 2016 is to make this year my most intentional yet. As I shared in my post from early January, to me living intentionally means that my words, actions and finances are consistent with my ideals. I have been feeling like I owed y’all an update on my efforts… the thing I love most about…
An easy recipe for how to make colored rice for a great toddler sensory play activity! The highlight of our recent trip to Bull City Craft for toddler arts & crafts time was the rainbow rice sensory table. My little one and her friends spent the better part of an hour playing with the rice –…
If you have a kid in grades K-6 and have an interest in visiting a Six Flags park next summer, check out Six Flags Read to Succeed Program! It is available to teachers and schools (including homeschoolers) at no cost and rewards kids for reading 6 hours with a free Six Flags park ticket. Pass the…
An easy recipe for homemade potpourri that would make a great DIY gift for the holidays! I made some homemade potpourri for the stovetop this week and wanted to share this simple and affordable DIY gift idea with y’all. I heated the above ingredients in some water on my stove and the house smelled like…
Two things we do to help save money on our Disney World vacations are to eat breakfast in our room and have snacks and drinks on hand when we are in the parks. Though these sound like great ideas, they sometimes aren’t very practical, especially if you are flying to Orlando. You may not have…
Coleslaw is one of my 2 year-old daughter’s favorite foods… along with fried okra and hushpuppies. Can you tell she’s growing up in the South? đ I used to really dislike coleslaw, though I have come around and find that I really do enjoy it, provided that it is NOT too creamy or too sweet….
Here is another recipe from my post on making three healthy dinners from one rotisserie chicken. Iâve taken this casserole to several potlucks and everyone seems to really enjoy it. It has great flavor from the cilantro and lime and I love that it is loaded with all of these veggies! You could also serve…