I am the antithesis of the horrendous and offensive term "morning person." If I wake up on my own without any alarms, then I'm okay. But, about 14 months ago, I gave birth to a permanent, living alarm clock that has zero snooze button capabilities, so since then there hasn't been tons of "waking up on my own." (He's the cutest alarm clock ever, though.) Things I can do to make my mornings less ...
Crock Pot Spaghetti Sauce
Spaghetti sauce is just one of those things that you have to make from scratch. I mean...I guess you don't HAVE to, but it's just so dang easy to do! It's not like making pizza dough from scratch, where you have to knead it for several minutes, let it rest, roll it out, etc...(though I do love making pizza dough ❤️??). With spaghetti sauce, you just throw a few ingredients together and let it ...
Sausage Stuffed Twice Baked Potatoes
UM HELLOOOOOOOOO May 26th = last day of school. Woop woop wooopppppppppp boom shacka lackaaaaaa. All done with my first year of teaching, whew! It has been an amazing year, but...suummmaaaaaaa time. In the words of Mr. Flatts, Summer nights, everybody, are you with me? Let that Igloo cooler mark your piece of paradise. Well said Mr. Flatts. And yes, I am with you. Thank you for asking. I ...
Kale and Turkey Sausage Saute with Parmesan [21 Day Fix]
Oh my gooodness this this thiiiissssss. Totally going to be a standard repeat dinner in my house from now on. It is so good. And SO SO SO easy. And healthy! There are only a few things in this recipe: Kale Turkey sausage Garlic Red pepper flakes Parmesan cheese Since we are only working with a handful of simple ingredients here, we have to treat them like they are our best frands. How ...
Zuppa Toscana [Olive Garden Copycat]
Have you ever been to Olive Garden? If you haven't been there, chances are you've heard of it. It's actually not my favorite restaurant ever - everything there is okay but not amazing. With one exception!! Can you guess what the exception is...? Yes! This soup! They have a soup there called "Zuppa Toscana," and it is basically my favorite thing on this whole planet. I am obsessed. If I go to ...