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Tonight’s Dinner Menu: One Pot Wonders

Do you have your back to school dinner plans yet? (And I don’t mean at CPK or takeout!) As summer is winding down, you may be thinking, “Uh oh I have to get serious again about cooking dinner.” Days of al fresco dining will soon be ending. Back to school usually means that meals are now based on your kids schedule; putting it all together between picking them up from soccer practice and helping with homework. It all comes with a certain amount of stress and a lot of clean up.

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How to Recover Financially and Emotionally After Losing Your Home in a Wildfire

How to Recover Financially and Emotionally After Losing Your Home in a Wildfire

Los Angeles is the birthplace of ModernMom.com, and it’s been heart-wrenching to see so many suffering in our community. 

When a natural disaster strikes, the financial losses are staggering, but as moms, our first concern is often for our families. How do we explain this to our kiddos? How do we support our partners while holding ourselves together? How do we even find the strength to ask for help when we feel like we need to do it all? How are we going to get through this? It’s all so overwhelming.

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Pumpkin Spiced Donut Holes Recipe [vegan, gluten-free]

A few weekends ago, the four of us jumped in the car and drove to a beautiful spot in the forest along a river. It is times like this I feel incredibly grateful to live in scenic North Idaho. My husband and kids had a wonderful time fishing. It’s all catch and release in this particular area. The sound of the river and smell of the pines does wonders for the soul. I couldn’t help but think about how amazing these Pumpkin Spiced Donut Holes would be for a snack when we got home.