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Five Of My Favorite Fall Essential Oils

In Cooking & Crafting, Reviews by Jen

Essential oils are a pretty big thing in our home. I have been using Young Living for over a decade and I have shared before some of my faves and also, which ones have disinfecting properties. Now that Fall is here, hooray!  Here are the essential oils that I am using the most in our home! Pull out a blanket …

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Grilled Mexican Street Corn

In Cooking & Crafting by Jen

Hello everybody! This last month has been wicked-busy. One of my major PR clients is in education, and if you have caught any of the news coming out of Arizona, you have seen that we are back at school, both remote and in-person. This back-to-school season though started with less than 7 days’ notice from our Governor, however, and so …

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FREE Back To School I Spy Printable

In Cooking & Crafting by Jen

It’s time for back to school! It’s going to be a weird one for sure this year, but hey, we have to at least celebrate the fact that we came through the summer right?! And what better way to celebrate than with a brand new JENerally Informed I Spy printable! Get ready for #backtoschool with this fun #ispy printable! #kidsactivities …

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Unicorn Cookie Cups

In Cooking & Crafting by Jen

* This post contains affiliate links. Last week we started Back to School…. online. and it was all kinds of lackluster and hard, and I decided we needed a little magic to come our way. It has been a rough couple of months, so as a family, we did two things. First, we had a giant foam party in our …

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Mango Salsa

In Cooking & Crafting by Jen

My family has some impressive skills in the salsa making arena. If that isn’t a real arena, it really should be! It’s time for a new show… Salsa Masters! We are all about the fresh and savory elements that mix together to create flavors that burst in your mouth. One of our favorite salsa recipes is for one that has …

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CopyCat Dr Pepper Shake

In Cooking & Crafting by Jen

 A few weeks ago my husband who is a certifiable Dr. Pepper addict took the children to try the new Dr. Pepper shakes at Whataburger.  When I heard about it, I thought it sounded a little weird, but my kids came back raving about them, and since then, they have repeatedly asked when can we go back and get another …

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Mexican Inspired Easy Corn Succotash

In Cooking & Crafting by Jen

I am kind of obsessed with summer side dishes. To me, they are almost as important as those delicious grilled main dishes that become a staple during the summer months. Recently, my husband and I whipped up a delicious succotash that was served at my son’s 16th family birthday party. Because I am Latina and we live in the land …

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Americana I Spy

In Cooking & Crafting by Jen

This week happens to be one of my favorite weeks of the year. My son’s birthday is on Friday and then my birthday follows right after on the 3rd of July. We top all of these birthdays off with 4th of July celebrations! This year, we are of course keeping our 4th of July celebrations low-key and at home, but …

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Red White and Blue Fruit Kebob

In Cooking & Crafting by Jen

I live in Arizona. The land where COVID cases are spiking and now fires are burning our entire mountains, so the 4th of July has officially been canceled for our community. But not for my family! We are having a backyard extravaganza for our little family of 6. As a mother, I want to try and do something to help …

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Easy Watermelon Sugar Cookie

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This weekend my girls and I felt like baking cookies. We of course didn’t want to make just any old, boring kind of cookie. We wanted to make something fun,  so we looked through what we had on-hand for ingredients in the pantry and decided to make a summer-inspired twist on the average sugar cookie recipe. Let me introduce you …

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Easy Crepes Recipe

In Cooking & Crafting by Jen

*This post contains affiliate links. Clicking and purchasing from these links helps to support JENerally Informed! Hello! I am so glad you dropped by. I am excited to share a delicious recipe with you today. Before we get to the recipe though, I thought you might want to hear a little of the back-story. Especially since you all know we …

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Meatless Meal Ideas

In Cooking & Crafting by Jen

If you have been to the store lately you already know that due to the pandemic the cost of meat has risen and not only that, there is a serious shortage. For my family this means eating less meat, which is probably overall a good thing. A few years ago we went mostly vegertarian for a child with an auto-immune …

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Easy Fresh Lemonade Recipe

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Maybe this will be my last citrus-involved recipe……or maybe not?!  Citrus makes me happy and hopefully, it makes you happy too! This week I have been juicing lemons and making fresh-squeezed lemonade for my kids. They have now become a bit spoiled and might not ever want to return to the canned stuff, but that’s fine because making your own …

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Orange Bars

In Cooking & Crafting by Jen

Remember last week when I shared a delicious recipe for lemon pound cake?! Now I am back and sharing another citrus-baked delicacy, equally as mouth-watering. Chalk it all up to the fact that Arizona is known for its citrus, and right now literally every neighbor has trees bursting with fruit that they are willing to share. Let me introduce you …