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Gift Ideas for Mom

April 29, 2020 By msmart Leave a Comment

gift ideas for mom

Gift Ideas for Mom We’ve been taking a little break from our Friday Love List, but it’s time for some gift ideas for mom! Moms right now are working harder than ever: Working from home, educating kids, entertaining families, walking the dog, cleaning the house, killing the germs and cooking non-stop. Women can seriously do…

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Filed Under: Friday Love List, Uncategorised Tagged With: a gift for mom, gift guide for mom, mothers day gift

White Bean Dip with Rosemary Olive Oil

April 27, 2020 By msmart Leave a Comment

This white bean dip with rosemary olive oil recipe is quick and easy and makes for a great appetizer

White Bean Dip with Rosemary Olive Oil White bean dip is one of the easiest appetizers you can throw together on the fly. Made from pantry staples you will most likely have on hand, it’s simple and straight forward. Garnish off with a drizzle of fragrant rosemary-infused olive oil, it’s a finishing touch that takes…

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Appetizers and Snacks, Dairy-Free, Entertaining, Gluten-free/Gluten-free adaptable, Grain-free Tagged With: appetizer, Dip, dips, easy appetizer, white bean dip

Weekly Meal Plan // April 26-May 1

April 25, 2020 By msmart 4 Comments

chicken tinga

Time for a Reset Hi everyone! We’re making this weekly meal plan fast today because we’re deep in house projects. Couldn’t let quarantine go by without some attic organization and closet clean outs. It’s also my youngest’s birthday tomorrow, so we have work to do! After tomorrow, we’re starting a Whole30 reset, teenagers included, so…

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Filed Under: Uncategorised, Weekly Meal Plans, Whole 30 Tagged With: easy dinner, family dinner, healthy dinner, meal plan, weekly meal plan, whole30 dinner

What Is Natural Wine

April 24, 2020 By msmart 1 Comment

What is natural wine

What Is Natural Wine? Guest post by Kaitlyn Ross Chances are you’ve heard of natural wine. Whether you can describe it or not! The truth is, there’s no legal definition, which is just confusing. In her recent book Natural Wine for the People, Alice Feiring nailed it, “Natural wine is wine without crap in it.” But…

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Filed Under: Entertaining, Uncategorised, Wine Tagged With: buying natural wine, how to find natural wine, natural wine, what is natural wine

Weekly Meal Plan // April 19-25

April 18, 2020 By msmart Leave a Comment

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Easy Dinners All Week Long Did you get my cooking class update? We’re hosting free live stream Smart in the Kitchen cooking classes through the month of April. I’m working on a full calendar of online cooking classes for May as well. I’ll have a set schedule of classes twice a week, as well as…

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Filed Under: Uncategorised, Weekly Meal Plans Tagged With: dinner plan, easy dinner, easy weeknight meal plan, family dinner, family meals, meal plan, meal prep, weekly meal plan

Weekly Meal Plan // April 12-18

April 11, 2020 By msmart Leave a Comment

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Keep On Cookin’ I bet you feel like that’s all you do. More ideas for what to cook below, as well as one routine change that’s helping me stay sane right now. You guys have maybe heard me talk about “come and take it” night. Every Friday, I clean out the fridge and let everyone…

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Filed Under: Weekly Meal Plans Tagged With: easy dinner, family dinners, family meals, quarantine cooking, quarantine dinners, quarantine meal plan, weekly meal plan

Easter Brunch Menu

April 9, 2020 By msmart Leave a Comment

Easter brunch menu

Easter Bruch Menu Ideas It’s time. Easter brunch is upon us, and I’ve been fielding lots of texts and questions about my Easter menu. While I want to give you ALL the ideas, I also don’t want to suggest that anyone should be making all of these. I’ve given you TONS of ideas to work…

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Entertaining, Spring, Uncategorised Tagged With: brunch recipes, easter brunch, easter brunch menu, Easter lunch, Easter menu, easter recipes, easy easter, spring recipes

Three Bean Salad

April 7, 2020 By msmart 2 Comments

Use those basic pantry ingredients to create a simple and delicious Three Bean Salad

Three Bean Salad This one takes me back. Anyone else? It’s an old school side dish my grandma used to make for lunches when I’d visit. I remember hers being deliciously sweet and almost syrupy. My variation of three bean salad uses healthy pantry ingredients and has multiple substitutions to make it work for you….

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Appetizers and Snacks, Dairy-Free, Dinner, Gluten-free/Gluten-free adaptable, Grain-free, Salads Tagged With: Bean Salad, easy dinner, pantry recipes, simple dinners, simple meals, simple recipes, Three Bean Salad

Weekly Meal Plan // April 4-11

April 4, 2020 By msmart 2 Comments

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We’re starting to understand the meaning of the phrase, “this is a marathon not a sprint.” Currently feeling like I’ve been running full bore and need to check my pace. Last Friday, we had a full deep clean at our house, with tons of laundry, vacuuming and disinfecting, I appreciate my housekeeper more than ever….

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Filed Under: Weekly Meal Plans Tagged With: easy dinner, easy recipes, family dinner, pantry meals, quarantine cooking, quarantine kitchen, weekly meal plan

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