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I love my garden. With several young kids helping me haphazardly plant seeds, I only succeed in growing a few things (one of which is weeds). But I’m fortunate enough to harvest a few goodies from it each summer. Fresh produce and herbs are my favorite! If you don’t have a garden – no problem. I encourage you to drop by any of our amazing nearby farmers markets and take advantage of in-season produce by making these favorite late June recipes.

As the days of summer are flying by, it is time for our Green Bay Area Mom book club to announce the titles that we will be reading for the second half of this year. As always, we try...

Let’s cut to the chase. Moms are BUSY. Just you reading this means your kiddos are sleeping, not with you at the moment, or you need just 2 minutes of mommy time as they are tying your shoelaces together...

Being stuck at home due to this pandemic has been a trying time for all of us.  If you are anything like me, you've been eating (or drinking) your feelings as a way to cope with all of the...

I refuse to use our oven on hot days. It seems counter-productive. This means our summer meal options are cold sandwiches, grilling, stove-top skillets, or something that hangs out in my crockpot all day.

I'm going to be brutally honest... I don't like to cook.  I get overwhelmed easily and struggle to come up with ideas for my family's dinners!  Because of that, it's my personal Mom mission to prevent my kids from...

In honor of this being National Family Dinner month, we sat down with our calendar a few weeks ago, and they helped me sketch out a weeknight meal plan for September. Getting their input ahead of time = no disgusted faces at mealtime.

There is nothing like going apple picking on a fall day with your family, but what to do with all those apples?  Try this recipe for Simple Chunky Applesauce. Once the weather starts to cool off, my kids request our...

I was 16 years old when we met. Do you remember? I walked into that Holiday gas station with a few of my friends and there you were. It was as though you spoke to me even though you hadn't said a word. You looked so hot that day. I cut across the store so that I could be near you. We were so close that I noticed how amazing you smelled. My life was forever changed that day.

“Esther Everest Bergemann, spit out that grass! Yucky! You do not eat grass!” I hear this daily as my children play outside with our newest addition to the family. No, she’s not a goat or a cow (we would...