Many people skimp on eating fresh fruits and vegetables for reasons that may or may not have to do with their taste or culinary skills (like living in a food desert). But if the flavor or the inability to figure out how to prepare and incorporate more produce into your diet is what’s holding you back, you’ve come to the right place. We get it—meeting the recommended four servings of vegetables and three of fruit per day can be challenging....

This Hawaiian pork and pineapple shish kebab recipe is perfect for any summer get together! Use pre-marinated pork, add a little pineapple, and grill up for one sweet and tasty summer dinner. The entire plate full of kebabs will be gone in no time! One of our favorite things to do during the summer is grill. After grilling on a grill pan for way too many years, we finally bought a brand new gas grill to go with our new house and big backyard....

While these chores aren’t exactly fun, most of them only take about 15 minutes and promise to make your home safer while also helping your belongings last longer. Plus, once you finish the to-dos below, you won’t have to worry about them for another six months. Want another idea for what to do with your extra hour? Professional Organizers Share Their Ultimate Speed-Cleaning Routines. While you’re at it, go ahead and clean your mattress....

Fresh Sweet Cherry Nutrition expert: Megan Roosevelt, R.D., founder of Healthy Grocery Girl Why It’s Good for You Cherries contain vitamin C and anthocyanins, a compound that has been linked with fighting inflammation. That means sipping a cherry smoothie after a workout may help your body rebound more effectively. Recipe: Sweet and Creamy Cherry Smoothie Serves: 2 Ingredients: 1 cup fresh sweet cherries, pitted1 ripe and fresh avocado, seeded, peeled, and sliced1 cup fresh spinach1/2 fresh lime, juiced1 cup non-dairy milk beverage (like coconut or almond milk)1 cup of ice...

This post contains affiliate links to products I recommend. If you purchase via my links, I will receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Come Follow Me Young Women’s Program A couple of months ago I was asked to work with the young women ages 12-13, the beehives, for my church. You can learn more about my church here. One of my main responsibilities is to teach lessons to the girls on Sundays using the new Come Follow Me teaching program....

As my oldest son gets older and older, he’s quickly growing out of the simple things like this St. Patrick’s Day i-spy and growing into things that take actual reading, searching, and advanced thinking like word searches and crosswod puzzles. Luckily I don’t think he’ll ever grow out of my scavenger hunts, but that’s not the point of this post. So I thought it’d be create some St. Patrick’s Day word searches that you could use for the holiday!...

Friends become family, especially when living away from home, and Friendsgiving is a way to celebrate this—not just in the states, but also internationally. And no celebration is complete without smart food ideas, a doable menu, and post-dinner party games. If you’re really leaning into the Thanksgiving theme at your Friendsgiving, don’t forget the Thanksgiving wishes and Thanksgiving table decor, too. With an abundance of fall recipes, there’s no shortage of Friendsgiving food ideas....

Whether you have long rolls of holiday wrapping paper or small gift wrap ribbons, the Zober Wrap Organizer can store it all without squishing. The gift wrap storage container is large enough to hold about 24 rolls up to 40 inches long, and it even has straps to secure wrapping paper in place, meaning they won’t shift around when you move the box. To buy: From $30; amazon.com. While its main function is to store wrapping paper, it also lets you store other accessories, like scissors, bows, and gift toppers, thanks to a customizable divider with a Velcro adhesive, allowing you to create a smaller or larger section for them as you need....

There are very few shows I could watch over and over and over again. And laugh every single time. Gilmore Girls is one of them. I’m a little obsessed, especially now that the new Gilmore Girls Revival is less than a month away. Come on Thanksgiving! I created these printable Gilmore Girls bingo cards specifically to play while you’re watching the revival on Black Friday, or if you’re not quite as obsessed as I am, whenever you finally get around to watching it....

With Halloween falling on a Saturday this year and several challenging months behind us (and likely more to come), it’s only natural that people want to celebrate, big time. But many of the traditional things to do on Halloween—parties, parades, haunted houses, and crowds of kids trick-or-treating—may feel a little questionable during a pandemic. But don’t cancel your Halloween costume order or forget your ideas for easy Halloween costumes just yet....

But the more time we spend hunkering down indoors, the more ingredients seem to vanish from supermarket shelves and online grocers. Don’t let it stop you. No eggs? Find your substitution options here. No yeast? We’ve got you. And who even needs all-purpose flour when you have so many other options? Cake decorating shall be the next frontier. Whether you want to pull out all the stops for a loved one’s birthday, virtual Mother’s Day celebration, or maybe you just have a sweet tooth and a ton of time on your hands (hiii), now’s the perfect time to let loose and get creative....

If there’s anything I’ve learned from cooking various styles of eggs, it’s that perfection doesn’t come overnight. Whether scrambled, over-easy, hard-boiled, soft-boiled, sunny-side up, poached, or fried, there’s always a precise method to making them taste so dang good. My latest egg endeavor involved preparing a creamy, decadent, buttery French omelette, which is traditionally served as dinnertime fare in France. If you’ve never had a French omelette, you haven’t truly experienced the full potential of how delicious a simple egg can be....

According to celebrity colorist and Redken ambassador Matt Rez, herringbone highlights weave a pattern of colors through fine sections of hair to complement and celebrate natural gray hairs, blending them into the hair color design rather than covering them up entirely. The aptly named technique mimics the palettes, tones, and patterns seen in various styles of herringbone wooden flooring to create seamless highlights that intentionally feature grays. “This herringbone pattern of highlighting will bring brightness to the collective color so there is a perfect balance of warmth and coolness, creating more of a vibrant neutral vibe,” he explains....

This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase something via an affiliate link, I may receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. If there is one song at Christmas that I can always remember the words to, it’s the 12 Days of Christmas. I can’t the same for the rest of the world based on the answers provided in this Christmas Family Feud game but hey, everyone has their own strengths!...

Last year my oldest son was obsessed with doing mad libs. We bought book after book and would do them at dinner while enjoying blueberry lemon muffins for breakfast. Now they’re even more fun to do together because they’re learning about the different parts of speech at school, so he actually knows what it means when I ask for a verb or an adjective! I thought it would be fun to put together some Christmas mad libs of my own inspired by three popular Christmas stories – the Polar Express, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, and Twas the Night Before Christmas....

Is there anything better than fresh homemade rolls? The rolls are definitely my favorite part of any meal whether it be Thanksgiving, Easter, or just plain dinner. I mean fresh rolls, some gravy, and mashed potatoes. Yum! We typically switch between making these homemade yeast rolls and these homemade crescent rolls – just depends on what we’re in the mood for. They’re both pretty easy to make and delicious! You’ll love these dinner rolls because they’re soft, fluffy, and have the perfect amount of salt!...

Lightfoot and Pawlowski’s approach to organizing is empathetic, compassionate, and intentional: “I think our general, overall approach to everything in the home is that you don’t need to be a minimalist,” Pawlowski says. “But you do need to be intentional about what you’re keeping.” Through their decade-old New Jersey­–based organizing service and new book, Lightfoot and Pawlowski are hoping to change the way we bring new items into our home—and how we get rid of (or keep) those things we just can’t seem to let go of....

Since Covid-19 began, millions of Americans have filed for unemployment—many of whom were women. From February 2020 to February 2021, 2.4 million U.S. females quit the labor force according to National Women’s Law Center analysis. So chances are that the percentage of women feeling financially secure these days has dropped far lower than that 62 percent. But pandemic or no pandemic, there is a way to stop feeling powerless when it comes to money and saving money....

As soon as I moved to New York City for college, I made my salon appointment to go ginger (sorry, Mom!) and I couldn’t have been more excited. I walked in with a picture of Emma Stone and hoped for the best. My hair turned out better than I expected, and I felt more like myself than I ever had before. I strutted out as a new woman… but was back again only two weeks later because my virgin hair wouldn’t hold the dye....

How long does a Christmas tree last? How long your Christmas tree lasts depends on how well you take care of it. If it is kept well-watered, a Christmas tree can last around four to five weeks before drying out. You can tell you’re doing it right if the tree doesn’t shed its needles or bow under the weight of your ornaments. The species of tree also contributes to the tree’s lifespan....