This last weekend our church had a fire and ice activity where people brought homemade chili and ice cream concoctions. My husband Jen’s Guy as he is known around here on the blog, was tired of all of the other “braggards” who told him they were going to bring their award winning chili. He heard their challenges and ran with …
Donut Valentine’s Day Printable Tags For Everyone!
It’s been a while since we have talked about donuts, and I think it is high time we remedy that! Last Valentine’s Day I shared a simple little donut card you could share with someone you love, but this year I created a new variation of that same card. Why you ask? Because with this new card you can show …
Share These Sugar Cookie Bars With Someone You Love
Two magical things happened this Christmas. The first was someone dropped off a plate of sugar cookie bars that were so good they left me wondering how I had made it to the ripe old age of 40ish and never had one before?! The second magical thing was the gift of brand new baking sheets. Now since the alignment of …
Celebrate Winter With These Five Crockpot Soups
Now that the holidays are officially over (boo) and my kids are heading back to school, it’s time for my family to buckle down and start eating real food again. And not food like the tamales and copious amounts of cookies that we have been surviving on for a while now. That type of diet is just not sustainable, so …
Easy Eggnog Shake
My kids love eggnog. A lot. The first time the “nog” hits the store shelves for the Holiday season, you had better believe my kids will start asking when we can bring some home. Something easy and quick I like to make for them is an eggnog shake. I know you can buy them in restaurants, but if you are …
Get Ready For Christmas Eve: Reindeer Food and Letter To Santa Printable!
Can you believe it is just a few short days until Christmas? As a family, we have a Christmas Eve tradition to write thank you letters to Santa and also, to leave out some magical reindeer food for all of his crew. I love this tradition that we have done with our children. It is kind of a quieting down …
Entertaining In A Pinch: Easy Apple Strudel Muffins
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #EasySqueezy #CollectiveBias It’s the most wonderful time of the year…. and also the busiest time of the year for many of us! As our calendar gets filled up to bursting with lots of entertaining, including opportunities to gather with friends and family. For …
Kitchen Crafted Italian Meals At Home
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #KitchenCraftedItalian #MichaelAngelosMeals #CollectiveBias Are you feeling the crunch right now? You know the crunch that comes as we slide right on past the end of Fall and go hurtling towards the Holidays?! I kind of feel like an Italian vacation might slow things …
Easy Spruce-Up Idea: Bring Style & Comfort To Your Bathroom
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #UnbeatableComfort #KeepLifeRolling #CollectiveBias I am a master at quick and easy spruce-up decorating. The kind of projects I am talking about are the ones that require very little in the way of treasure and time. The beauty of projects like this is they …
Delicious Dairy Free Pumpkin Ice Cream
Hi everybody! Can you believe it is just a few short weeks away from Thanksgiving? It’s time to start thinking Turkey and of course, all things pumpkin. Since we are still working on some dairy allergies in our family, today I am excited to share with all of you a new JENerally Informed creation! A dairy-free ice cream recipe that …
Easy To Make Hermione Wand
This year our family went ALL out for Halloween. Usually I tell my kids to go scrounge around in each other’s closets and figure something out, but not this year! My husband Jen’s Guy and I helped our kids to pull together four pretty awesome costumes. Pictures will be coming to a blog post near you soon. We are fairly …
Easy Pumpkin Empanadas
You know what really bugs me? The fact that every time I go to buy an empanada, the pumpkin flavored ones are always out! It is almost like you have to get to the store the second they put them out or you are leaving the store empty handed, which I normally do. Sad, right? Anyways, have you ever had …
Spooky Halloween Printable
Yesterday I volunteered some time at the Kindergarten fall party with this cuteness. I can’t even… This year Anneliese is way into all things Halloween. Not the spooky of course, she is more into the whole idea of getting bags of free candy as we attend all of the upcoming trunk-or-treats we have planned from now until forever… Fellow parents, …
Easy Halloween Monster Eyeball Cookies
This post contains affiliate links. By clicking and purchasing from any of the links you are supporting JENerally Informed. Whew has it ever been a week! One of my larger PR clients has kept me really hopping as I have helped them with several big events and organizational structuring. It is exciting being able to do things like that after …