Growing up one of my favorite breakfast foods was Quaker Instant Oatmeal. I loved picking out my own individually-sized packet from the box of assorted flavors and “making it” myself (aka. adding hot water or milk). My favorite flavor was strawberries and cream, because the freeze-dried strawberry pieces (really, strawberry-flavored and sugar-infused milk sponges of …
A few weeks ago, we made our final student loan payment. In just over a year, we had paid off more than $50,000 in student debt. As in, a home downpayment. A luxury car. A start to a new business. Or, ahem, a UC system education. (Well worth the investment, but pricey nonetheless.) Was it …
As a total foodie and someone who loves planning (the word spontaneous is not in my vocabulary, much to my husband’s chagrin) I’m not sure what took me so long to put two and two together, but suffice it to say that when I discovered the concept of meal planning my life was forever changed. …
