What happens when one failed resolution leads you to another... One of my new year's goals is to eat healthier. I know, I know-join the club, right? The beginning of this week started like any other except I was embarking on my first week of the keto diet. Now if you haven't heard of the keto diet it is basically where you eat lots of protein and fat leading your body to then go into a Keep Reading >>
Happy 20th Birthday Entenmann’s® Little Bites®
To say I'm shocked that Entenmann’s® Little Bites® is turning 20 would be an understatement. I can't believe it, can you? If you've never had a package of Little Bites® you are in for a treat! Entenmann’s® Little Bites® are the perfect pre-portioned pouches of delicious baked snacks that you’ll want to ‘sink your teeth into.’ They are made with real ingredients like blueberries, Keep Reading >>
RubySnap Cookies
My sweet sister-in-law Karey sent me a lovely package of cookies from RubySnap for the Holidays. I decided I would do a review of the flavors I received. I had never heard of RubySnap before receiving some of their cookies in the mail. So when I received the cute red box with the tagline "you know you want my cookies..." I knew I had to know more so I set out learning as much as I could about Keep Reading >>
Nordic Christmas: Cookies
This post is part of our series exploring Nordic Christmas traditions. To see the entire collection, visit the Nordic Christmas home page. Oh Christmas baking, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways ... There are many ways to learn about a new culture, but my favourite is through food. By eating the foods of another culture, partaking in this more primal act, I feel more connected Keep Reading >>
Nordic Christmas: Winter Solstice
This post is part of our series exploring Nordic Christmas traditions. To see the entire collection, visit the Nordic Christmas home page. It's easy for us to think about what we lose. And we lose a lot in winter. As we watch the trees lose their leaves, the days lose daylight, and the earth lose warmth, we can feel that sense of loss deeply. This is before we endure painful personal Keep Reading >>
Nordic Christmas: Julbord
This post is part of our series exploring Nordic Christmas traditions. To see the entire collection, visit the Nordic Christmas home page. Julbord, the Christmas feast, was the first thing I planned to do when I conceptualized Nordic Christmas. I knew IKEA hosted a Julbord every year and I thought that looked like a lot of fun. Unfortunately I missed the date of the Julbord at our local Keep Reading >>
Nordic Christmas: Saffron Rolls
This post is part of our series exploring Nordic Christmas traditions. To see the entire collection, visit the Nordic Christmas home page. Early in my research for Nordic Christmas I found recipes for saffron rolls everywhere. I'm no stranger to bread-making, and I even keep saffron in my spice cabinet, so this task did not daunt me at all. However, on my recent trip to IKEA I noticed they had Keep Reading >>
Nordic Christmas
This is the year I finally follow through with my "someday I'll..." plans. For years I've talked about instituting International Christmas wherein each year our family will celebrate Christmas according to traditions of a different part of the world. Every year my friend has done this and I have watched and said "oh that's awesome. Next year." But not next year! This is it! This is the Keep Reading >>
Trick-or-Treat with Slammers Snacks
Every year little spooks show up at my doorsteps uttering the phrase, "trick or treat!" I normally load up their bags and buckets with chocolate galore. However, this year we are going a different route. Still a delicious one but also healthier one thanks to Slammers Snacks. This is a sponsored post. This has in no way impacted my opinion. All opinions expressed are my own. Slammers Keep Reading >>
Taste Testing Fall
"What's your favourite cider mill?" is as common an opener in Michigan as college students asking each other their majors. Fall in Michigan means one thing above all else: cider mills. For so many years if our family was going to visit my inlaws we tried to coincide our trip with cider mill season. (It's generally Labor Day weekend to Thanksgiving, although each cider mill varies Keep Reading >>