What are the most basic items to keep on hand? We referenced Dinner Done and Dinner Done 2 to discover which ingredients are truly the most commonly used. This is the master pantry and fridge list you can turn to when you’re stocking up a new house or simply replenishing. After the debut of the…
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Slingers: The Shoes They’ll Live In All Season Long
From camp to the pool to late night BBQ’s, these are the shoes your kids will be wearing all day, every day. Are you looking for the shoes that can do it all? Meet Slingers, perfect for real life. Running? Check. Climbing? Yup. To the pool, beach, and back home in time for BBQ season?…
Our Favorite Bath Toys (That Won’t Mold or Mildew)
How to choose bath toys that stay dry (mold and mildew free), plus top picks, here. In my younger parenting days, I picked bath toys based on what I thought would keep my kids happiest (i.e. busiest) in the bath. Things that squeezed, floated, sank, whatever was most colorful and ‘fun.’ Then the toys didn’t…
The Sister I Didn’t Know I Had
If you grew up without a sister, you can still fill the gap. The letter came addressed to me as “Fave Sister.” This may not sound like a big deal, but to me it was. I don’t have a sister. I always wanted a sister. Being the big sister to my younger brother in our…
Top 10 Health Tips for Teens
These are the tips we wish someone had told us when we were teens. As kids move into their teen years, many things shift. Not just for them, but for us too. When it comes to food, our role slowly changes from managing and directing to teaching and guiding. Teens start making more of their…
30+ Modern & Stylish Amazon Outdoor Furniture Picks ($99-$589)
Choose it once, and then enjoy your outdoor space all summer long. We’ve searched and found the most up-to-date highly rated outdoor furniture picks that Amazon will deliver. There’s something about that outdoor furniture investment that simply pays you back. Every. Single. Day. It pays you back when you go outside each morning to daven….
Honey Garlic Sheet Pan Chicken and Broccoli
Make this Honey Garlic Sheet Pan Chicken and Broccoli in about 20 minutes from start to finish without using any pots. Asian dinners seem to always be a family favorite. On Between Carpools, there’s the all-time popular Beef and Broccoli that works just as well with chicken. There’s the popular Crispy Beef that’s also a…
It’s A Basics Stock-Up!
Hot weather has hit! Time to fill their drawers with the tops and bottoms they’ll wear all season. Top picks, below. Despite having dressed our kids for a dozen days of Yom Tov and another half-dozen of Chol Hamoed, mine all of a sudden have nothing weather-appropriate to wear. The sun is shining, the AC…
We Picked Some of the Best Modest Skirts on Amazon
With midi and maxi skirts more popular than ever, these tried-and-true styles are available on Amazon in no time (and at great prices)! It seems we’re always looking for more skirts. Basic, a bit stylish, comfortable, washable, dressy – there’s always something on the list. Especially when you have teenagers. So we decided to turn…
Solving Corner Cabinets
They’re the black hole in the kitchen and you’re not really quite sure how to optimize them. Dear Devorah, My corner cabinet feels like a black hole. Things disappear, I forget what I own, and every time I open it, I get annoyed. Is there any realistic way to make a corner cabinet work? – …
