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With summer coming to a close, so is our grill. I don’t know how you do things in your family, but in our family, summer is grilling season. When September rolls around, we start transitioning out of summer and into fall which means the grill is used less often and eventually cleaned and closed up […]

More often than not, come dinner time, I’m feeling lazy. After a morning of work (oh, the emails) and an afternoon of homeschooling and chores (oh, the whines), this mama is tired, and as much as I’d like to go out to eat somewhere so someone else can cook for me, in a small town, […]

If you’ve been following my Monday Meal Planning series for long, you’ll know that this whole meal planning process doesn’t come easy for me. I’m constantly learning how to do things to make getting healthy dinners on the table easier.  One of the things I struggle with most (besides breakfast) is having certain foods prepared […]

I have something to confess. I am not a natural at gardening. Folks, I am serious when I say that I do not have a green thumb. People often look at me in surprise because they assume that because I write about natural health and use herbs on a regular basis, I must automatically have […]

Hey, mama! I hope May has been a great month for you. Summer is almost here, and we’ve been enjoying 80-90 degree weather here in East Tennessee.  I’m back today with another sneak peek into my life by sharing 5 things I’ve loved this past month with you, and as usual, I’d love to know what […]

Preparing healthy breakfasts for my family may be the hardest part of sticking to my meal plan and eating a nutritious diet. Nutritionists recommend that you eat something within 30 minutes of waking up. For my kids, this isn’t a problem. For me and my husband, it is. You’ve heard the TV jingle, “The best […]