Crunchy Cornbread

This yummy cornbread is distinctive because it uses a coarser ground meal. In the past I could only find it in some Hispanic foods sections, but now Bob's Red Mill also makes a good one, too. PrintCrunchy Cornbread Prep Time: Cook Time: Ingredients1-1/2 C coarse...

Roast Chestnuts

When I was 19, I took a semester away from my university studies to travel with my parents in Europe. We settled for a semester in a flat on Grove Lane in Leeds, England, while my dad—a math professor at BYU—was on sabbatical at the university there. It was in England...

Best Floss Picks

While I never intended to write about oral health, I just have to tell you about a product we found last week. Until a few years ago, I'd always been a floss purist. We used regular floss that you pull from a roll. Our dentist introduced us to floss picks a few years...

Do the Reuse Challenge

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Aladdin. All opinions are 100% mine. When I was in second grade, Mrs. Black talked to us about litter. This was back in the day of public service announcements featuring Smoky the Bear (“Only you can prevent...

Home Fitness Made Easy

I have six kids. That fact alone would almost assure that I not only need a fitness program, but need an efficient and convenient one as well. Having exercised regularly since I was a teenager, I have amassed myriad ways to fit fitness into my life. As a mom it's been...

Get a New Eye Doctor

The first time I asked an eye doctor for my daughter's prescription, he balked. As if my own child's eyeglass requirements were some kind of trade secret that I had no right to see. The bottom line was that this was about his bottom line, not about what was best for...