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Jenny Appleseed at the Farm!

In Cooking & Crafting, Parenting by Jen

My children are on Fall break from school for 2 weeks and yesterday we took a family outing to a working farm to pick some produce. It was beautiful and so much fun! I felt like a regular farmer as we picked and harvested all of our goodies! There were sugar peas, broccoli, zucchini, green beans, peppers, squash and pumpkins! …

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Fall Favorite Dinner Recipe

In Cooking & Crafting, Reviews by Jen

This shop has been compensated by Albertsons. All opinions are mine alone. #AStockUpSale #Albertsons #CollectiveBias Fall Favorite Dinner Recipe This week has already been a whirlwind of busy! My children attend an amazing Charter school. There are so many things I love about this school, but one of the things I really appreciate is their focus on the Performing Arts. …

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And They Are Off- Fuel Their Adventures

In Cooking & Crafting, Parenting, Reviews by Jen

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #FuelTheirAdventures and #CollectiveBias And They Are Off! At least that is how it feels in my home. Because from the second my children wake up in the morning to the second they go to bed at night, they are constantly moving. Sometimes their …

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Fall Treats And How To Spoil A Teacher

In Cooking & Crafting, Reviews by Jen

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #BakeInTheFun and #CollectiveBias Fall Treats And How To Spoil A Teacher This post has been inspired by Fall and very much by great teachers who work tirelessly to inspire and help teach my children. School started for our family at the end of …

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Fill A Hulk Sized Hunger

In Cooking & Crafting, Reviews by Jen

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #MARVELSnackBar #CollectiveBias I send my children to school everyday with healthy lunches and also with good for them snacks, but it never fails that the second they walk through the door after school they are ravenous! Starving almost and ready to devour the …

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Jen’s Kitchen: It’s Time To Pucker Up For Peaches!

In Cooking & Crafting by Jen

It’s time to pucker up for peaches! Guess what time it is right now? It’s peach season! One of my most favorite things to do in the summer is to make jam out of all of the delicious fruits that are so readily available during this time of year. Because during the winter months these fruits become much more scarce …

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You Need This Today- Orange Creamsicle Ice Cream!

In Cooking & Crafting, Parenting by Jen

Summer in the desert is an interesting experience. Today our high will be around 100 degrees Fahrenheit and that is actually rather mild, because in general around this time of year we are reaching nice toasty highs of 110 plus by 11 in the morning. Due to an intense storm south of the border, we are expecting rain tomorrow. For …

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How To Share Funshine This Summer

In Cooking & Crafting, Reviews by Jen

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #ShareFunshine #CollectiveBias As I write this post, my children have only 4 days of school left!! These last few weeks of school have felt like a sprint to the finish and because my kids have been working so hard I wanted to show …

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Trying To NAIL Dinosaur Rice Krispie Treats

In Cooking & Crafting, Pinterest by Jen

Dinosaur Rice Krispie Treats Three years ago while blogging for my book the Practically Perfect Princess I pinned a recipe that I thought would be fun to try for my children. It was what appeared to be an easy Rice Krispie treat in the shape of dinosaurs. My pin from this site to date has been repinned hundreds of times. …

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Man-Day Post: The Man Cooks Aebleskivers

In Cooking & Crafting, Man-day by Jensguy

This post contains affiliate links, by clicking and purchasing from them you are supporting JENerally Informed. Thank you! It’s time for another Man-Day post brought to you by Jensguy! I just polished off the last of the holiday Tamales.  I have to say, one of the best things about my wife is that she brought a wonderful Mexican food tradition …

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Make Your Own Christmas Glitter Dough

In Cooking & Crafting by Jen

During the summer I came across a recipe for Fairy Mud that intrigued me. I had planned on trying this out with my children, but never got around to it. In November our family spent a lot of time indoors as we recuperated from various illnesses, so I thought we would try making the mud. Putting my own spin on …

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Hosting A Frozen Palooza For Under $40

In Cooking & Crafting, Parenting by Jen

This last week we celebrated my daughter Rebekah’s 7th birthday! Like many, many little girls her age she is in love with all things Frozen and begged that I put on a Frozen Palooza for her this year. Finances have been a little tricky for our family this year and so I needed to make sure Rebekah’s party was fun …