It is time. Break out your Crock Pots, friend. If you have not yet jumped on the slow cooker bandwagon, get with the program. This is the wave of the future, er, past. Whatever, so what if it's something your grandma did. I love my Crock Pot, though I do detest cleaning it (buy those bags - ...

Well, the fall is upon us and we're looking sadly at the pool and the swimsuits and talking about the process of closing everything up for the year. We did our annual Topeka Zoo visit (it's a great zoo for little ones, by the way — short and sweet and can be accomplished before naptime), ...

The Ballard Center, where I work at my "day job" (and don't worry, I won't quit it), is a child care center, and much much more. It's very unique, as early education centers go. One of the many things that I love about where I work is that we have a full-time position dedicated to family ...

Do I make stir fry too often? Probably. Do I care? Not really. It's delicious, economical and, best of all, fast. Still, I do try to change it up here and there. I had a 2.5 lb top sirloin steak thawed out on Sunday afternoon and four adults and a kid to feed dinner to. I needed a way to ...

Everyone has had that "last meal" conversation, right? Even if it was just in your own head? I have it too often. Not because I'm morbid or afraid I'm going to finally get pinched for that heinous crime I did in a prior life. It's because I just love food THAT. MUCH. I love it so much that I ...

I have somewhat recently found myself part of a group that makes me a bit of a fish out of water. I'm the communications coordinator for the WorkWell Lawrence group, which is a subgroup of Livewell Lawrence. I love being a part of this group and they are certainly helping me shape my ...