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 …
Americana I Spy
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 …
Red White and Blue Fruit Kebob
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 …
Easy Watermelon Sugar Cookie
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 …
Easy Crepes Recipe
*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 …
Meatless Meal Ideas
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 …
Easy Fresh Lemonade Recipe
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 …
Orange Bars
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 …
Easy Lemon Pound Cake
One of the beautiful things about Arizona during the Spring is the abundance of citrus we have available to us. So many of my wonderful neighbors are willing to share their bounties with us in the form of lemons, oranges, grapefruit and tangerines. Recently on our family nightly walks one of our neighbors has a tree overgrowing with amazing tangerines, …
Free Easter Look & Find
Hi friends! This week we have been planning and prepping for Easter. It’s an interesting time to celebrate a holiday, but I am excited for the at-home celebration we are working on. As part of our celebrations, I thought a new Easter themed Look & Find would be a fun addition. Free Easter printable look & find for your at-home …
Fifteen Essential Oils That Have Disinfecting Properties Plus DIY Cleansers
Right now, we all know that you are hard pressed to find a can of Lysol or a package of sanitizing and cleaning wipes just about anywhere. The good news is though, that even if you can’t find those items, you can still find some great essential oils that have antimicrobial properties and can help to boost the effectiveness of …
Peach Strudel Muffins
Hi folks! How goes hunkering down? It has been rainy and blustery here in Southern Arizona and so we haven’t even been able to enjoy very much backyard playtime, but I have been baking! This week I whipped up a super yummy and simple to make strudel muffin that is made from fresh peaches. It got a double thumbs up …
Lucky Pistachio Pudding Dessert
My youngest daughter Anneliese was born in the month of March and was asking me if we had a “lucky” kind of dessert she and I could whip up this month to celebrate her birthday and all things Irish. I laughed a little when she said this, because to me all desserts are lucky….. I did however, figure something out …
FREE St. Patrick’s Day Bingo Card Printables
Every year as St. Patrick’s Day gets closer, my family enjoys celebrating our Irish heritage. In case you are wondering, we are Mexican, Irish, Danish and more! Isn’t cultural diversity a beautiful thing?! This year to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, the JENerally Informed crew will have a few Irish themed dinner nights, complete with traditional Irish food tasting and some …