Are you looking for a quick, convenient, healthy and delicious meal for busy days? Not a problem at all. Bake up some Chicken Meatloaf! Serve this recipe for dinner and then be sure to pack some up in your lunchbox too. This is healthy comfort food your whole family will love. It is also gluten free.

To read more and to get the recipe please head over to my post on the Attune Foods blog.

This stunning wispy wisteria frames a home on Redwood Hill Farm. Have you had a chance to check out my visit to an organic goat farm in Sonoma County? It is guaranteed to make you happy.

Be sure to follow my Pinterest inspiration board too with color theme related pins. You can also learn more about this color palette over at Kuler.com.

Also here is a fun little type treatment using this palette….

Have I ever told you how much I love my job….I mean really. Look. At. Those. Faces.

Before my visit to Redwood Hill Farm the kids and I were trying to figure out what sound a goat makes. We knew it wasn’t baaaaa, we had a feeling it might be maaaa. It was somewhere in between. I am so excited to share a visual journey of one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen…

Let’s go!

Continue reading: A Visit to Redwood Hill Farm

Wishing all you moms out there a glorious day filled with LOVE + HUGS !

xo

Continue reading: Step by Step: How to Pack a Lunchbox

How about baking up a batch of Double Chocolate Banana Scones? Which by the way are vegan and gluten free. No excuses for anyone not to have one, or two! Don’t forget to eat the crumbs…

Be sure to check out and follow my Pinterest inspiration board too with color theme related pins. You can also learn more about this color palette over at Kuler.com.

I can’t believe Mother’s Day is this Sunday! If you are anything like me then you plan stuff last minute. My mom is kinda used to it. After all I have been her grateful daughter for quite some time. She knows even if her gift arrives a tad late that I still LOVE her more than anything in the whole wide world.

Right mom?

Continue reading: Gifts for Mom and RIPE Cookbook {giveaway}

Today we need to have a talk. A little talk about strawberry love and pink milk. In this house we have a thing for all kinds of berries (I even have a Pinterest board called Berries Thrill Me).

Thankfully here in Southern California bright red strawberries are abundant pretty much year round. Our ground does not freeze and the crops keep coming. This time of year they are at their peak! There are a few strawberry farms within a mile of our house.

Thank goodness…

Continue reading: Strawberry Milk

Last weekend I toured the most beautiful organic farm ~ Redwood Hill Farm. I am going to share a beautiful folio of photos from my experience soon. In the mean time I hope you enjoy this capture of spring in full bloom with my { Cherry Blossoms } ColorFresh palette.

Be sure to check out and follow my Pinterest inspiration board too with color theme related pins. You can also learn more about this color palette over at Kuler.com.

Really great things can happen when there is an abundance of one ingredient on hand. I had cooked up a great big batch of barley and only needed a small amount for a lunch box recipe. Immediately I went into breakfast mode and came up with this super tasty breakfast bake!

Do you ever have barley for breakfast? If not you must! Let’s explore this fun grain together….don’t forget to grab those blackberries too!

Continue reading: Blackberry Barley Breakfast Bake

Not too long ago I created these Creamy Roasted Carrot Shakes. They taste like carrot cake in a glass. For reals. I think about this milkshake non stop and decided that they needed their own color board! I love the way the warm oranges blend with the golden yellows along with the light caramel colored shake. It all plays so well against the baby blue font on the vintage flour sack.

Check out my { Carrot Shake } Pinterest inspiration board too. You can also learn more about this color palette over at Kuler.com.

Make a shake and decorate!

I adore Ranunculus flowers! They arrive each spring in so many vibrant and elegant colors. We enjoyed them in all their glory last year at the Carlsbad Flower Fields. Have you ever been? We missed the show this year but I bought these pink and white beauties so we could relive the memories. The blooms have been splendid on our dining table and of course worthy of a few blog post features. Enjoy them with us in this color palette and in my Spring Bouquet Popsicles recipe post.

Follow my ColorFresh {Blooms } board on Pinterest for more color inspiration based off this palette.

For more detailed color information about these colors hop on over to Kuler.com or click on the image above.

Conditions of use: Please keep my logo intact when using my palettes and also link back to Family Fresh Cooking or these ColorFresh posts. I can’t wait  to see how you are inspired by the color combos I come up. Feel free to share your joy on my Facebook Page or email me.

I have a super fun gift basket of goodies for you from the folks at McCormick®. Remember those pretty Easy Herbed Sugar Snap Peas I posted a few weeks ago? Well this giveaway ties back to all the spring festivities we have been celebrating over here the since the beginning of April.

Let’s check out the gift basket shall we?

Continue reading: McCormick Spring Baking Giveaway {closed}

Who? What? Me? Yes!! I am officially in a Dummies reference book! Who knew that after almost 3 years of blogging I would end up in this vital handbook, Food Blogging For Dummies. Thrilling I tell ya!

If you are a seasoned or aspiring foodie, food blogger, curious person or need a great Dummies book to add to your library then you must get your hands on this one. Like now. Happily I have a book for you right here. If you simply can not wait one more second then fill your cart with some books at my Amazon.com store…

Continue reading: Food Blogging for Dummies {giveaway closed}

The weather has sure been all over the place lately in Southern California. My kids keep begging to go to the ocean and my husband and I keep begging for it to get a bit warmer before we splash splash. This photo I took on Seven Mile Beach in the Cayman Islands. The weather was warm, bright and the perfect inspiration for a ColorFresh color board!

Follow my ColorFresh { Island Dreams } board on Pinterest for more color inspiration based off this palette.

For more detailed color information about these colors hop on over to Kuler.com or click on the image above.

Conditions of use: Please keep my logo intact when using my palettes and also link back to Family Fresh Cooking or these ColorFresh posts. I can’t wait  to see how you are inspired by the color combos I come up. Feel free to share your joy on my Facebook Page or email me.