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No-Measurement, One Pot Recipe: Tasty Tomato Soup

by Rhonda | Oct 12, 2018 | Crumbs

Adaptations, methods, substituted ingredients, precise measurements: halfway through the afternoon, those things don’t matter. What matters is getting dinner on the table. – Rhonda Franz Make This Tomato Soup Your Way This simple tomato soup can be made in...

How We Incorporate (a little) Fun into Our Morning Routine

by Rhonda | Oct 4, 2018 | Crumbs, Kid Stuff

Does your morning routine with your offspring feel like crazy, out-of-control chaos? We wouldn’t be family if it didn’t at least some of time. But I don’t like this to be our normal, so we do a few things around here to incorporate the lighthearted...

8 Tips for School Smarts: One of the Best Back-to-School Tips List You Will Ever Read

by Rhonda | Aug 30, 2018 | Parenthood, Workload

Back-to-School Season’s Greetings! This season finds me feeding my office/school product junkie habit under the guise of buying extra school supplies for my kids. Where does it find you? Back to School Tips From a Mom Who Could Not Retrieve Any Of the...

Summer Kitchen Recipe: Spiced Corn

by Rhonda | Jun 4, 2018 | Crumbs

Undoubtedly, one of the best things about summer garden vegetables is the versatility they offer. Corn can be prepared on the cob and eaten fresh and free of any toppings, or made into a scrumptious dip. Fresh tomatoes add pungent flavor and color to any salad or made...

Simple Smoothie: It’s What’s For Breakfast

by Rhonda | Apr 10, 2018 | Crumbs

My kids are suckers for a good breakfast smoothie. Fruity, slushy, creamy: smoothies are full of healthy, whole foods they love and ingredients they don’t know are inside, and I feel like a regular fairy godmother transforming frozen fruits and a dying bananas...

In Defense Of: Staring at Your Smartphone (While Your Children are Present)

by Rhonda | Mar 5, 2018 | Parenthood

This post isn’t about how to stop looking at your phone all the time and pay attention to your kids. It’s about how looking at your phone can be a good parenting strategy.