Holiday Gift Guide for Her
Here are 15 excellent gift ideas for the woman in your life
Category: At Home
How to Wean At One
Here are some tips if you are ready to start weaning baby.
A Week of Meals for $25
I made a weeks worth of meals for my family of 4 for $75.40. That comes to $25.13 per person for an entire week of meals + snacks.
An In-Depth LILLEbaby Review
I cannot tell you how many times wearing my babies has saved my life. Here is all the good and bad about the LILLEbaby Complete Original.
The BEST Blueberry Scones
I had to come up with my own recipe for scones, because I couldn’t find one that was just right and not dry. I finally perfected this recipe while I was staying in Australia, and haven’t been able to stop making it since – I even made them while I was in labor with Juliana to help pass the time! I hope you enjoy!
My Strawberry Cream Cheese Breakfast Plait Recipe
On Saturday mornings, Isabel and I like to get the mixer out and bake away. This recipe is so simple, so quick, so easy AND great for doing with kids. It is a definite crowd pleaser and delicious with some warm coffee. I hope you enjoy!
I have a video here if you are more of a visual learner.
Ingredients
- 1 puff pastry
- 4 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 C powdered sugar
- 1 t vanilla
- 2 T strawberry preserves
- 1 egg
Directions
- Let frozen puff pastry thaw
- Preheat to 400
- Line baking tray with parchment paper
- Lightly flour or spray the parchment paper then unfold breakfast pastry on the baking tray.
- In a mixer blend cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla
- Spread the mixture in the middle of the puff pastry
- Spoon preserves over the cheese mixture and spread on top in the middle of the puff pastry
- Use a knife to cut 1″ strips on the outer 3rds of the dough
- “Braid” the dough by pulling in a 1″ section from the right and then the left alternating until the end.
- Give the braid an egg wash
- Bake for 20 minutes
What It’s REALLY Like to Breastfeed
Ahh, breastfeeding. It can be reallllyyyy hard. There were so many days with BOTH girls that I just wanted to give up. But I had a great support system, and I really believe it is the best thing for baby so I wanted to stick with it even though I had a horrible start to my journey both times. Here are the many things that I wish someone would have told me BEFORE I started breastfeeding.