Meal Planning for Dummies: Tips for the First-Timer
I like to make dinner fresh, as in just cooked. I also love using real food as much as possible, not a lot of processed ingredients, so as much as...
Oatmeal Pancakes
by Melissa
Hopefully this winter presents to you some opportunities for mornings in. There is nothing better to me than a Saturday morning with nothing to do, nowhere to go. In our...
Make the Holidays a Little Sweeter with Breyers
{Twin Cities Familys Blog has partnered with Lunchbox for this sponsored post. We love pairing Breyers ice cream with any dessert, but we especially love the Natural Vanilla with apple pie....
Parmesan Chicken
by Melissa
{Twin Cities Familys Blog has partnered with Target and Unilever for this sponsored post in support of Feeding America. Melissa knows a good recipe when she sees one and this...
Make Your Life Easier This Winter
by Cate Mezyk
I’m about to give you one of the best tips a fellow mom could ever share. You need to host a freezer meal workshop. ASAP. I’m a mom who loves...
Recap: Metropolitan Pediatric Dental playdate at Way Cool Cooking School
Another fun Metro Pediatric Dental Associates playdate in the books! We met up at the Way Cool Cooking School in Eden Prairie for a fun morning of making pizza and...
Turkey Day in the Kitchen {How to Cook Your First Turkey}
Somewhere in the first few years of my marriage, my husband’s family decided that the only place that could hold all 50+ people for Thanksgiving dinner was Old Country Buffet,...
Tricks and Treats and Halloween Eats
by Melissa
Holidays are just too much fun with little ones in the house. They get the biggest kick out of the tiniest ways of celebrating…an innocence that I just adore. Halloween...
The Perfect Brunch Shower Menu
by Melissa
This photo you are about to see is pure joy to me. Pure. Joy. It is a photo of myself (yes, very huge and very pregnant) with two girls that...
Nealy’s Favorite Recipes: Autumn Squash Pumpkin Soup
by Nealy
There’s no better way to ring-in fall weather than to make a big pot of Pumpkin Squash Soup! It’s really the highlight of fall for me…well, that and football, boots,...
Simple and Easy Homemade Basil Pesto (and Tips For Growing Great, High-Yielding Basil Plants)
by Laura
Every summer, my favorite thing to grow in the garden is basil. It’s easy to grow, nearly maintenance free, and because I grow two plants every year, it’s quite cost-effective,...
Apple Season: Picking Plus Saucing
by Melissa
It’s the hap-happiest season of all! That crazy song had it all wrong…parties for hosting, marshmallows for roasting and caroling out in the snow? No thank you. I’ll take pumpkin...
Summer Salads
by Melissa
Summer is in full bloom, friends. And if you ask me, there is no better way to celebrate than with a fresh, light, refreshing salad. This Summer Cherry and Prosciutto...
Nealy’s Favorite Recipes: Strawberry Lettuce Salad
by Nealy
There’s nothing better in the summer months than a huge, fresh salad – yum! I realized I have quite a few favorite salad recipes, actually I have quite a few favorite...
