As I push my adopted cart with one wobbly wheel through the grocery store, I peruse my list and hit up the produce section first. I remind myself that I’ve read you should stay on the perimeter of the store, since the healthiest food is located there. I remind myself of this every time. I load up…
Old School Blogging – Fall Into Fall!
I am SO very ready for Fall to arrive this year. Unfortunately the fact that it begins this weekend is lost on Southern Louisiana. It doesn’t usually kick in around here until mid to late October and right now we are still dealing with temps in the low 90’s and the humidity from H.E. double…
Lunch Packer – Russbe Bags {Giveaway!}
Packing lunches is one of my morning tasks. I pack in the morning because I like everything to be freshly placed in the kids’ lunchboxes the same day. Also, I just do not really want to do it the night before. By the end of the day, I’m done. But I find a certain pleasure…
Fight or Flight
The warm cup of coffee sits before me and I think about all the things that would taste good with it. Like a muffin or a scone. Like a bowl of “cinnamon cereal”. Just one small bowl. And then the word “NO” pops into my head. A HUGE fonted “NO” that screams at me, YOU…
Family Time & a Fruity Giveaway!
This weekend we bonded as a family in a few ways, including three of us running a 5K together. Yes, a family that runs together also gets king cake at the end together, at least where we live and during the Mardi Gras season… 
In this case it’s calories out, calories in – in…
Disappearing Marshmallow Brownies (and some improvisation)
When I was the age that we would now categorize as a “tween”, my mom found a recipe for Disappearing Marshmallow Brownies. Back then she would have gotten it out of a church cook book, a magazine or the local paper. You know, instead of Pinterest. She made them the first time when my…
Random Acts of Udi’s
Can we talk Snickerdoodles for a moment? Okay, let’s. I love Snickerdoodles. I am usually a chocolate of any kind fan but second place in the dessert category goes to cinnamon and sugar so that is where Snickerdoodles come in. After chocolate chip, they are quite possibly my favorite cookie. I know you wonder where…
Thanksgiving Snapshots
I am just about coming out of my carb coma from this long weekend full of pie and well, CARBS. Sooo many carbs, my friends. I think that small dollop of green been casserole I plopped on my plate totally cancelled them out though, don’t you? Absolutely not. Our trip over the river and through…
Pumpkin Bars!
I have been craving pumpkin anything for a while now. I love to eat and drink pumpkin-flavored things in the Fall but so much of what I like includes loads of sugar, that which I have been trying to avoid. Too much sugar = bigger Elaine. That being said, a little bit is okay. As…
Almond Chocolate Cherry Clusters
I like to eat chocolate. A lot. I also really like things that only take a few ingredients to make. Like these: I actually found this little recipe in a magazine a few years ago and adapted it just a bit. There’s not much you can change on a three-ingredient recipe but I managed it….