Countdown to Christmas Here we goooooo! Make your lists and check them twice. Advent season is in full swing and it’s starting to feel a little magical. That’s mostly because we just drove for three hours in the snow with Christmas music blaring (well, only for the last five miles, but it sure felt festive)….
easy family meals
Weekly Meal Plan // December 12-18
Busy Days Call for Easy Dinners There’s no time to wax poetic about family dinner. Let’s get right to it, shall we? Hope you all have a great week ahead. SUNDAY Chicken and wild rice soup and a big green salad. I’m making this in the Instant Pot, but you could just as easily make…
Weekly Meal Plan // Dec 5-10
Dinners for the Week Ahead SUNDAY Christmas cookies all day over here. And the dishes to prove it! Peppermint bark, peanut butter blossoms, and the best of intentions to make Joy the Baker’s peanut butter balls. I’m heating up leftover bolognese for dinner and tossing a Caesar salad. I make this dressing in a glass…
Weekly Meal Plan // Nov 28-Dec 3
December, Here We Come! One more reminder of some serious Smart in the Kitchen deals! I don’t want you to miss you on the chance to join my cooking school for the best deal ever! Plus, it includes my knife skills course as a bonus! Here’s the details: HB + SITK aprons are 50% off!…
Weekly Meal Plan // November 14-19
The Last Stretch Until Thanksgiving Today I’m heading out to Houston Oaks Holiday Market for their inaugural show. I’ll be there with Hunter Bell + Smart in the Kitchen aprons on Sunday and Monday! Come say hi if you’re attending, it’s open to members and non-members alike and will be a FUN way to kick…
Weekly Meal Plan // November 7-12
Here We Go! Dinners for a Busy Week I had so many things I wanted to say tonight, but I’m not quite sure where to begin. Instead, I’ll just say that there’s a gaggle of boisterous senior girls laughing in my kitchen and that makes the world feel ok and a lot less scary. And…
Weekly Meal Plan // October 24-29
Dinner in a Flash I’m making this super quick! It was a busy weekend and I’m packing up for a trip to Round Top tomorrow. Come visit me at Bader Ranch on Monday from 10 am-5 pm! I’ll have the Hunter Bell + Smart in the Kitchen aprons with me. Please introduce yourself and say…
Weekly Meal Plan // October 17-22
SUNDAY The plan was to make “clean out the fridge soup” otherwise known as kale and white bean minestrone. But then I started doing laundry, and listening to Atomic Habits, and cleaning out my closet. I honestly don’t have the energy to cut and chop one thing. Been there? I’m making a simple pasta casserole…
Weekly Meal Plan // October 10-15
The Dinner Plan Here’s our real life weekly meal plan. Take a minute on Sunday to make a plan for the week, you won’t regret it! SUNDAY We have a fall break this weekend, and I’m happily in Austin eating all the tacos. If you’re having a lazy weekend at home, make these protein pancakes…
Weekly Meal Plan // October 3-8
Comforting Soups and Sandwiches No time for a long diatribe about the week ahead, it was homecoming weekend and our house looks like a train wreck! Laundry needs to be wrangled into the laundry room, flowers put in vases, and dresses hung up. Everyone is tired, yet they still have reading and homework, college apps…