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I have mentioned this gap set a few times now – the linen skirt and matching shell. It is such a chic, cute set! It’s also extremely comfortable. It looks so nice and put together. The skirt has an elastic waist but isn’t too loose. It is not cropped on me at all, but I don’t have a long torso. I have it in two colors and want it in more. It’s just very pretty and classic! The skirt is such a nice length too. And I love that you can mix and match the colors. It can be dressy or casual!

SHOPPING

How adorable are these hot dog platter plates for the 4th? I also want this entire americana line to use for the holiday! The floral bamboo plates? And the hanging lantern balls! I love it all. This is when I love to decorate because the kids find it so fun. There are also so many fun stars and stripes backgrounds, balloon walls and more here.

LOVING

The rom com themed book plates?! My dream!! I am also still loving the jcrew summer sweater SO much. I take it with me everywhere. It makes for such a nice third layer, is just warm enough, looks great tied around the waist or shoulders – love.

SHARING

I’ve made lots of new videos over on instagram of some of my favorites! This peach arugula salad, cheddar jalapeno chicken salad, summer salmon spread, grilled bang bang salmon skewers, the best tortellini salad and garlic butter zucchini noodles.

WRITING

I used this one hour grilling meal prep routine to prepare a few meals when we got home from the beach on sunday. When I tell you – they have been saving me!! – not kidding.

BUYING

I bought the new rhode highlight milk and the bronzer. I have loved the blushes for years! Very excited about these. Rhode has never been hype for me – I’ve really liked everything I’ve bought and the prices are fairly reasonable compared to so many other beauty brands in sephora.

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June Favorites.

Jessica — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:30:08 +0000

A peek at everything I’ve loved in June 2026! You can also find my wishlist and current favorites here! Along with my recent purchases right here. It’s like a peek into my personal life, haha.

FOOD

Wonderful Chocolate Sea Salt Pistachios. New to me find from Target … oh my gosh. These are heaven! Such a perfect treat/snack. And they also have a toffee flavor too!

Chobani Cookies & Cream creamer. This truly tastes like an oreo in your coffee. It’s great! I make a latte and just add a touch of this with milk – the flavor is incredible.

Built Bars sour puff protein bars. I’ve avoided this flavor – it didn’t appeal to me, even though I really like other built bars. OMG. The peach and blue razz taste exactly like gummy candy. It’s wild! I actually love them. And they are a nice size too – not huge.

HOME

Owala sip tumbler. For me! This has taken over as my #1 and it is great. The size, the sleekness of the bottom – everything.

Sky check round enamel tray. This is one of my favorite MC pieces – I use it for everything! I have the black and white but the sky is so beautiful. I use this for every season and it’s absolutely perfect.

Ninja Fireside 360. This is exactly what I’ve been looking for for years – the right size that is portable. And I can use it for s’mores, haha. Love!

BEAUTY

First Aid Beauty toasted coconut scrub. This is the best coconut scent I’ve ever smelled. It’s not too sweet and it is more mature. Plus, this scrub is one of the best – it’s so perfectly grainy but not drying at the same time.

Banana Boat Light As Air sunscreen. Best sunscreen ever for the body – it dries just like lotion, isn’t sticky and feels nothing like sunscreen.

Cyklar glycolic spray. This stuff is incredible. It’s great to spray under your arms or even on your back, anywhere to prevent ingrown hairs, clear the skin – the spray/mist is also elite. I use it multiple times per week.

Pantene Miracle Rescue 10 in 1. The best of the best leave-in conditioner/heat protector. I cover my head in this before drying my hair – now Emilia does too! My hair looks and feels SO much better going back to pantene.

FASHION

Project Cloud sandals. These are SO comfortable. I love a slim flip flop and these ones have memory foam. Super comfy and cute.

Lululemon wide leg cropped pants. I had a version of these last year and this is the 2026 version! I love them. I wanted the white, but they are heavily lined and not as comfortable. The darker colors are so easy breezy!

New balance 9060s. Whyyyy do I love these? I hate how they look (but like how they look ON the foot) and they are SO ridiculously comfortable. I can’t get enough.

MEDIA

Keith Urban Flow State album. I live for yacht rock. It’s true. And this is his album of yacht rock. I am loving it!

Cape Fear on Apple TV. Oh my gosh – this is SUCH a thriller and has me so jumpy but I love it. There are only 4 episodes so far, but they are excellent. The entire cast is incredible. Javier Bardem plays the bad guy so well.

Take Me With You. Loved this one this month. One of my fave authors!

KIDS

Pickleball paddle set. This is the set we have and the kids love it. I wish we could play everyday.

Reusable animal water balloons. A huge hit in the pool with the kids!

Diving gems. All three love playing with these. And they just create their own games!

Seago swim googles. I got these last summer and the remain the kids favorites. No fogginess, no leaking, etc.

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Peach Arugula Salad with Candied Walnuts & Blue Cheese.

Jessica — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:30:33 +0000

This peach arugula salad is the perfect summer dish! Candied walnuts, blue cheese and peppery arugula come together with juicy fresh peaches to bring a savory sweet twist to a simple yet incredibly satisfying salad. Delish!

Summer salad time!

As if I needed another one! This peach arugula salad is my dream salad for this year – with peppery arugula, juicy peaches, crunchy candied walnuts, tangy blue cheese and a balsamic that you will absolutely fall in love with.

Peach season for the win!

You know what a salad freak I am, and creating new seasonal salads is one of my favorite things to do. I have tons of ideas and never come up short of new ingredients to add to create fabulous combos – salads that we all actually want to eat! I first shared this on my substack a few weeks ago and so many of you have already made it, with rave reviews.

If you want the occasional sneak peek (and some exclusive) recipes, you can subscribe here.

So I’m not even exaggerating when I say that this is probably in the top five salads I’ve made and it’s simple. Delicious. Crunchy.

Easy.

This is one of those salads that can be a showstopper at a BBQ, a nice little starter for a dinner party or even your own salad for dinner tonight. It is complete as is or you can add more protein to it! Whatever you like – it will work on this beauty.

The combo is incredible because it’s sweet, tart, creamy, peppery and crunchy. Everything I want and love in a meal. These qualities make the salad so incredibly satisfying and enjoyable.

And it comes together so super fast.

The first thing I do is make the walnuts so they are finished and ready to go. I take walnuts and throw them in a skillet with some sugar, letting it melt until the walnuts get toasty and caramelized. Then, I let them cool on some parchment! Once cool, the nuts can be chopped or kept whole.

Next, I made the balsamic dressing. This is my favorite balsamic because it’s a vinaigrette but slightly thick at the same time. Don’t leave the sugar out! It makes all the difference. (more…)

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Tuesday Things.

Jessica — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 10:30:41 +0000

1. I am seriously craving these brownie batter cheesecake bars!

2. Shouldn’t even complain but we still haven’t had hot hot hot weather yet. Usually by this time, I’m already dying for fall. Figures this would happen since we now have a pool!

3. Definitely do remember most of these nostalgic 90s ice cream treats. We never seemed to have an ice cream truck come around (maybe once every other year?!) but now there is one in my neighborhood almost every single day!

4. I’m driving Eddie crazy because in my old age, I’m becoming more of a germaphobe than usual. I never feel clean while traveling or at the beach and hello, it’s ruining my life! Everything just feels so… grimy. This is an age thing, right?

5. TV things!! Just started Widow’s Bay last night!

6. I love these journaling prompts, especially that they can be filtered by month! In a world of chatgpt (ugh, loathe), I just think this is more important than ever.

7. Adding a drop of sugar to savory dishes makes everything so much better. Yesterday I prepped multiple salad dressings, a chicken salad and a cabbage slaw and I swear it’s just life changing.

8. It’s prime day! You can find all my faves right here. And here!

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My Top 25 Amazon Prime Day Picks!

Jessica — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 10:00:06 +0000

The best of the best amazon prime day deals! Everything I have and love and recommend.

Today I’m putting together a few of my favorite prime day picks so you don’t have to sift through the madness. Most of these probably sound familiar because they are in my monthly favorites over and over again. Everything is something I have and love! This is everything that I think is worth it, plus a new one that I’m getting myself!

You can find more of my picks here, as well as my amazon store front.

Top 25 Amazon Prime Day Deals For June 2026

Easy Everyday! You can grab my newest cookbook as well as all my others on sale today!

Parchment Paper Sheets. I buy these over and over again. Can’t live in my kitchen without them!

Kindle Paperwhite. I can’t live without my kindle these days. Max also has one and uses it constantly when we’re on the go. I take mine everywhere. I actually get anxious if I forget it at home! I also have the tiny kindle which I love to take in small bags or leave in my car so I always have it!

Oura Ring. The oura ring has been life changing for me – I’ve talked about this at length. Having the data at my fingertips about just how poor my sleep habits were has totally changed my life! My sleep is SO much better now. I have the Gen 4 right now, but I’m going to buy the Gen 5 during this sale!

Ninja Fireside 360. I just bought this and it’s SO good. The combo of heating + firepit + s’mores maker is right up my alley, and I love that it’s portable so I can move it from the pool area to our deck. I’ve always wanted a fancy fire table and have just never bit the bullet. This is solving that desire!

Nutribullet blender. I don’t use this for smoothies, but I use it for salad dressings and sauces almost daily. It makes combining vinaigrette dressings SO easy. I use it for my ranch and caesar dressings too!

Le Creuset Dutch Oven. I use mine constantly, for sourdough, soups, even tacos. The best.

Eureka Rapidpro Vacuum. I use this nonstop, daily, as my crumb vacuum in the kitchen. I would not survive having little kids if I didn’t have this. It saves my sanity.

Breville Barista Touch Espresso Machine. This is the most used item in our house, along with the vacuum above. I use this every day, twice a day. When we have parties, everyone uses it and loves it. I bought it on prime day two years ago and have never looked back. It’s my favorite kitchen item!

Bose Quiet Comfort Headphones. These are my ultimate headphones. Better than my apple ones, better than all earbuds – they are so, so comfortable.

Wernies No Show Socks. My most favorite socks – they NEVER slip down ever. The best! Almost 100K reviews don’t lie.

CRZ Yoga Dolphin Skirts. Obsessed with this (and all the colors!) this summer. It is so easy to wear but makes you look put together.

SPF Shirts. I LOVE the look and feel of these shirts while walking in the morning. They are so easy to wear and actually look cute! But offer sun protextion at the same time.

La Blance Swimsuit. I have been wearing this swimsuit for over 12 years (since before I was pregnant with Max) and even this year, it remains my favorite. It is so flattering, stretchy but not too stretchy, the colors are amazing – I just love it.

Beckham Pillows. These are the only pillows we have in our house now, in every single room. They are so comfortable and we love them. Including the kids.

Magnatiles. Possibly the most versatile toy ever – my kids (ages 10 to 3) all still adore magnatiles. They keep them busy and are easy transportable. They have built some really cool things with them!

Toniebox. Jordan absolutely loved his Toniebox. It is incredible and I wish these existed when Max was his age!

Yoto Mini. This is what Emilia and Max have – it’s like the toniebox but for older kids. Emilia has used hers every single day for YEARS. She listens to it at night, we take it in the car, on vacation, everything.

Bose Soundlink Bluetooth Speaker. We use this every single day, inside and out! We have a few of these and have had multiple iterations. I’ve also gifted this to both of my parents. It’s great and so sleek.

Pro Belgian Waffle Maker. I love this waffle maker. Last year I started doing waffle bar parties and I have two of these going during the parties. They are super simple to use! And make delish waffles too.

Pavoi Tiny Gold Huggie Earrings. I have two pairs of these and barely take them out. I live in them! They don’t irritate my ears at all – I wear them showering, swimming, etc. I only take them out to clean my earrings every week!

Tatcha Milky Sunscreen. My favorite sunscreen all year – I’m on bottle number 4. I can’t even explain how incredible it makes my skin look. Works like a dream under makeup too!

Pantene Pro Vitamin Essence. I use this after every hair wash and have for months. It’s an excellent product and I buy a few at a time so I don’t run out. I definitely think it has helped my hair, which has just never been the same since having kids.

K18 Hair Mask. Another item I can’t live without. I use it once every week or two and it’s definitely helped the integrity of my hair.

Erborian CC Cream. This looks incredible on the skin – coming out white but almost instantly matching the skintone – and it looks super natural. It oxidizes the least on me out of any tinted moisturizer or foundation. And it looks SO pretty after hours of wear! Can’t live without it.

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Roasted Cauliflower Potato Salad.

Jessica — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:30:24 +0000

This cauliflower potato salad is a delicious twist on the classic potato salad! It’s packed with flavor and texture, plus the dressing is fabulous. Great for the 4th of July!

Need a new potato salad recipe for the height of summer?!

I’ve got you! This roasted cauliflower potato salad has all the goodness of your traditional favorite, but with roasty veggie flavor and texture and a fantastic dressing that will have you making it over and over. Definitely 4th of July worth!

I can be very hit or miss with potato salad. Ordering it from a deli? Never. I don’t want it prepared hours ahead of time and I don’t want it to be wet. You might even remember back in the day (almost 20 years ago, omg), I shared a few potato salads without creamy dressings.

Now in my old age, I’ve come around – a bit.

It was never, ever the potatoes. In fact, until I was 17, I’d probably tell you that potatoes were my absolute favorite food. Baked, scalloped, fried, roasted, mashed – any and every way, I adored them. And still do.

So, it’s this whole combination in the bowl, including the amazing dressing, that makes this a top notch recipe for me.

The roasted cauliflower with bits of caramelized onion is packed with flavor as is.

You may also know that I don’t love raw celery – I mean, who wants to eat stringy flavorless water?! But there are a few instances where I find it acceptable and this is one of them. Diced finely in this particular potato salad – I can handle it. In fact, the crunch is really nice!

Plus, it’s covered in dressing and herbs. Perfectly fine!!

Yes, this is sounding like a very picky-eater post, but these are the reasons that potato salad has never been high up there for me. This smashed potato salad? Unreal.

This cauliflower version? Perhaps even better.

The texture!

The flavor!

I’ve always thought that roasted cauliflower has a buttery popcorn flavor and it brings that right to the potato salad so well.

Plus, the dressing!!

This dressing is such a fabulous combo of creamy, tangy and herby. It’s rich but light and refreshing. A little mustardy, a lot summery.

There’s also a bit of diced pickle in there because what’s a potato salad without it? Sweet or dill relish works – even a mix of both! (more…)

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A Week In The Life, Vol 25.

Jessica — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:28:46 +0000

We had the best week ever!

Finished off week off at the beach in neon style.

Woke up last Monday to our friends!!

Seriously the best ever.

I can’t even tell you how long these kids can play on the beach together. HOURS.

Like 8 hours straight!

Tons of boogie boarding.

It was so much fun.

Love her.

All the seafood.

Max and I snuck out late for ice cream one night.

Soft serve with reeses… my new fave thing.

Went on a seashell walk!

With strawberry lemonade.

And hot dogs.

Spicy margs for moms.

While the big kids went fishing!

Waaaay out to sea.

Can spot them anywhere with the neon!

We had gorgeous weather but so much WIND!

Blast nonstop.

And kept it super casual with lunches and dinners all week long.

And all the ice cream!

Obsessed with my neon babies.

They played so well together that at one point us adults said we were BORED.

Not even kidding.

Feels like summer.

Dinner on the beach.

With the best sandcastles.

We finished every night at the pool.

They are such little fish!

Went to the boardwalk!

Where Eddie won Jordan all the toys.

The first BFFs!

I can’t.

The craziest fog rolled in.

Pretty sure they will remember this forever.

Second coffee of the day.

We did go out once…

Spy the orange crush.

Perfection!!

Seriously the best friends ever.

They had to leave so then it was just us… whomp whomp.

Lots of Cape May strolls.

And lobster rolls.

Even more ice cream.

He was going for it.

And a beautiful last beach day!

We had such a blast.

Finished with pool pizza.

And pool poke!

Feels like we are out of babies at the beach in the sand era and I can’t even believe it.

Came home and right on the ice.

Then Father’s Day prep!

Eddie requested corn, burgers, salad, and pasta.

Had a lovely little day and now back to the grind.

Oh but first! I did make peach cobbler.

Great way to end the best week.

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What To Eat This Week: 6/21/26.

Jessica — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 10:30:22 +0000

Really, officially summer!!

What’s on your menu this week?!

What To Eat This Week

Tomato pie galette

Chili lime salmon tostadas

Grilled gorgonzola chicken

Ginger beef lettuce cups

Summer stuffed shells

Grilled shrimp caesar chopped salad

Summer chicken tortellini salad

Bacon cheddar scallion scones

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