March 9, 2018March 9, 2018 - goatandlulu Leave a comment

Marinated Olives

We love snack trays in our house. Cut up veggies, some crackers, cut up apples and grapes, nuts, hummus, cheese or other spreads, and pickles make for a perfect snack for the kids after school or for a happy hour tray for the adults! We’ve even put them together for super easy “serve yourself” kind of lunches or dinners on the weekends. And I have one new addition to the trays- Homemade Marinated Olives! Now, you’ve all seen the amazing[Read more]

February 22, 2018February 22, 2018 - goatandlulu Leave a comment

Homemade Elderberry Syrup

If you haven’t heard (or have been living in a cave), this year’s cold and flu season has been horrible. Every single family we know has been affected in some way, shape, or form, and not just by bad colds, but the flu, upper respiratory infections, strep throat, or a terrible combination of a few! Typically I am not a big germaphobe, but I have been trying really hard to keep our family healthy by taking vitamins, diffusing and applying[Read more]

February 5, 2018 - goatandlulu Leave a comment

My Favorite Instant Pot Recipes + Weekly Meal Plan

If you follow along with any of my meal planning or recipe posts, you know that I looooooove my Instant Pot. It’s the electric pressure cooker that I got Christmas 2016 and used it so much over the last year that I leave it out on the countertop all the time. We use it almost daily for one thing or another and is easily my favorite appliance in the kitchen. I know it was a very popular Christmas gift again this[Read more]

November 23, 2017 - goatandlulu Leave a comment

5 Ideas for Thanksgiving Leftovers

Hello friends! I Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday! We spent it at home, our sweet little family, and had a wonderful day. I prepped several dishes Wednesday night, so my cooking on Thursday wasn’t bad at all, but actually relaxing! In fact, I think it was one of my best Thanksgiving dinners that I have prepared. And, as expected, we have plenty of leftovers to last us at least until tomorrow, if not the rest of the weekend! And if[Read more]

November 20, 2017 - goatandlulu Leave a comment

Meal Plan Monday: Thanksgiving Edition

We’ve had one dinner already (as shown above- Thanksgiving at Mom & Dad’s house this past weekend), but I’m also getting ready to make Thanksgiving dinner at home for the five of us on Thursday! I don’t want to make a huge dinner with tons of leftovers, but I also want to include all our traditional favorites! So here’s what we’ll be eating and celebrating with on Thanksgiving Day: Turkey- Instead of roasting a full-size bird for our family of five, the past few years,[Read more]

August 29, 2017August 29, 2017 - goatandlulu Leave a comment

Honey Vanilla Iced Coffee

It is no secret that I am a HUGE coffee drinker. If it’s hot, there is a 99% chance it’s either black (coffee) or a latte (espresso), but if it’s iced, I like to branch out and try different flavor combinations. So when I read about a Honey Vanilla Iced coffee the other day, I knew I had to try it out, and now it’s my favorite cold, mid-afternoon pick-me-up! I’m sharing my “recipe” with you today! I put “recipe”[Read more]

July 3, 2017 - goatandlulu Leave a comment

A Change in Our Diet + Weekly Meal Plan

Hello, my friends! And Happy Independence Day weekend! We had a jam-packed weekend, are doing a bit of work today (SO MANY fun, new things going on with Magnolia Marketing Group!), and then we’re doing some more celebrating tomorrow! Over the weekend, we watched a few documentaries that made a pretty major impact on us and how we eat. What the Health and Forks Over Knives (both on Netflix) both examine how a whole food, plant-based diet is much better[Read more]

June 19, 2017June 19, 2017 - goatandlulu Leave a comment

Links I Love: The Food Edition

Even though I love (and collect!) cookbooks, I get almost all my meal and snack ideas online. Here are 10 links I love for my favorite recipes, cooking tips, and food tricks that I have found online lately– 8 Frozen Yogurt Bar Recipes Every Kid (and Mom!) Will Love (Shown Above). Perfect for the summer! 12 One-Pot Pasta Recipes. Easy to fix with ingredients already in your fridge and/or pantry! Never buy bottled salad dressing again. This simple dip with pita chips looks[Read more]

April 4, 2017March 29, 2017 - goatandlulu Leave a comment

The Ultimate Chopped Salad

Like I posted last Friday, as the weather gets warmer, I crave lighter, fresher dinners. And since we spend several nights a week at the baseball field, or at church, or on the soccer field, not only do I want something light and fresh, but also quick and easy! And it’s hard to get easier than a nice, big NO-COOK salad. For those nights that we either have very little time between dinner time and leaving for the ball fields[Read more]

March 20, 2017March 20, 2017 - goatandlulu Leave a comment

Easy Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Pie

I love a good frivolous celebration, and so Pi Day last week was the perfect excuse to have a sweet treat after dinner to celebrate a made-up holiday! I wanted to make something very simple with very few ingredients, and this ice cream pie was perfect! As Ben and I walked into Kroger, I got the idea for the ice cream pie. A pre-made pie crust filled with ice cream and a yummy topping would make for a super easy,[Read more]