Happiness Is… – Recipe: Caramel Chocolate Cheesecake Brownies

Happiness is Fridays.  Of course, Friday is happiness! Happiness is having a fluffy pumpkin to love. Happiness is the fact that I cannot start singing or dancing without Summer immediately singing and dancing with me.  Seriously, she just cannot help it.  I will sing one note or start to dance, and she starts right up.  I love it! Happiness is rain clouds, especially when those clouds actually produce rain. Happiness is having a little girl who likes to play dress-up...even Continue...

What’s for Breakfast – Recipe: Turkey and Egg Breakfast Wrap

I am not always the best about eating a healthy breakfast.  I do know that it is the most important meal of the day.  And, because I know that, I do try to find, create, discover recipes that I know that my family will enjoy.  Weekday mornings are often so crazy that the boys eat fruit and cereal.  They leave for school at around 7 each morning.  And, for us, that is really early. They are like me, in that they do not have a hearty appetite in the morning.   Summer prefers pancakes or Continue...

A Few Great Things – Recipe: Asian Lettuce Wraps

I love a few things about Wednesdays.  The week is more than half-way over - I count the school week based on number of days that we have to wake up early.  Once we finish the wake-up process on Wednesdays, then the rough part of the school week is officially more than half-way over. I also love the trip to Sprouts that I usually take with my girl. Seeing all of the fresh, seasonal produce puts a smile on my face.  And, this Wednesday I was especially happy to see the apples and pumpkins Continue...