Recipes

When you think of bento lunches, do you think Eco-Friendly…or OMG that’s a crazy amount of trouble? They can be both, but they don’t have to be hard. Bento lunches on Pinterest and Instagram seem sooooo rotten cute–and so incredibly unrealistic for most moms of school aged kids. I mean, seriously? Who’s got time to …

Got snow? Amaze your kids by turning it into SNOW CREAM! Snow around here is hit or miss, so when we get a decent snow fall I like to make the most of it. Sledding is daddy’s department, so I stick to making snowmen, snow forts…and snowcreme! Snow Cream works will any sort of clean …

This French Onion Soup is a St. Louis classic, once served up at hour home town department store, Famous-Barr. I know, right? Soup at a department store?  Famous-Barr Tea Room In the hay day of downtown shopping, the Tea Room at Famous-Barr was quite the scene. It was a fancy hat and white glove sort …

Nothing beats a bowl of frosty homemade ice cream on a hot summer day! Obviously, with all the great local ice cream shops around it’s pretty easy to BUY a scoop of ice cream, but sometimes it’s more fun to make your treats at home.  When I was a kid, homemade ice cream was considered a …

St. Louis is definitely known as a beer city, but sometimes Dad (or Mom for that matter) might like something a bit stronger. 

Sometimes you want pie. But not a whole one! A whole pie is too way too much commitment for a week night dessert. Besides, I never mastered my mom’s excellent home made pie crust, and anything less than scratch is an insult to her efforts to teach me pie craft.  But a pie pocket? Mmm, …

Quick, easy meals! No more, “what’s for dinner, Mom!” Learn new cooking skills!  Yep, I finally decided to check out subscription meal kit services. Will it be worth it? Will it transform our meal times and save my sanity? And most important, is it worth the price? Let’s dig in! First, I want to let you …

Show that special someone how much you love them with a super cute sweetheart mini cherry pie! These individual sized mini cherry pies are perfect for celebrating Pie Day, Valentine’s Day or anytime you just feel like a cherry pie. You know how they say, “easy as pie?” If you used canned cherry pie filling …