• Food

    How to: Professional Tips & Tricks to Organizing Your Fridge

    I’ve been wanting to do an organizational post about my fridge and pantry for a LONG time now…but for some reason, I have been afraid. I think it is because I feel like showing my usually cluttered, dirty fridge is embarrassing…especially because I know better, being a nutritionist. I’ve taken numerous classes on proper food storage and prep for optimal and healthy use. Also, any time I watch home shows and the inside of the fridge is shown, it is immaculate and perfectly organized. At the same time, all I can think is, ‘do they really need that many Fiji waters and Redbulls?’ And ‘who really drinks Pelligrino?’ AND ‘where…

  • Food

    Meal Planning Monday

    Mondays are my meal planning and prep days.  I know…it’s somewhat unusual.  Most people like to plan, shop and prep on the weekends.  I find planning and prepping during the week, while the older amigos are at school, is not only easier but gives me time to be more creative with the meals I choose.  With Bean and Keegs approaching teen years, their appetites have increased significantly in the last year.  I’ve had to get rather creative with meals and snacks to keep them appeased and well fed.  Someday soon I will have 4 boys who are teenagers and older and I suspect that I will feel like I am…