Flourless Blender Chocolate Banana Mini Muffins

My, oh MY have the terrible two's hit hard!  When baby girl hit 2.5, it appeared as though she had been saving up all of her temper tantrum energy to unleash upon us.  So now I've got a teething baby and a defiant toddler to keep my days busy. Of course, they are pretty cute…

The Best Smooth Pasta Sauce

This pasta sauce has actually been on the blog for awhile, masquerading within a different recipe.  However, I've made this sauce quite a bit, so I thought it finally deserved it's own spot. I'm sort of picky about my pasta sauce.  I like it to be smooth (maybe a few chunks, but I actually like…

From the Mouth of a Child…Things Toddlers Say

Who knows what goes on in our kids minds...I'm pretty sure that I do not.  Instead of trying to understand it (futile), I just prefer to laugh at it. Here are some things that baby girl has said in the last 6 months that I've gotten a good laugh over.  (She's 2 - 2 1/2…

Everyday Breakfasts: Stove-top Oatmeal (Sugar-Free!)

Everybody has their standard, go-to breakfasts for a quick meal when anything else sounds too complex.  (Or, in my case, when I'm too tired and lazy to think of making anything else for breakfast...which is most days.) Today, I'm happy to share with you one of my auto-programmed breakfasts.  I haven't bothered sharing it yet…

Our favorite chocolate chip cookies

Cookies are not my thing.  And that's not because I don't like eating them.  It's just that most cookies I bake come out flat.  So I don't usually ever try anymore.  The only chocolate chip cookies I have ever baked quite successfully are the kind that you leave in the fridge for 48 hours before…

How to Make Homemade Baby Food: 4 Recipes

Now that my son is all done with baby food, I think I'll post a baby food recipe... To be fair, this recipe has been sitting in my drafts for quite some time now, only waiting on some words and pictures to accompany it. And yet, to even get that much more done was a…