It’s Friday! Yay for the Faves!
I feel like I’m saying this more and more lately, but the news is heavy right now. No matter where you turn—online, on television, the radio, or podcasts—world events and their consequences feel impossible to escape. If you’re feeling a little anxious and in need of some self-care, check out these 5 tips for coping with the stressful news cycle. Or, turn on some music and bake a batch of chocolate chip cookies, like me.
It’s always a good time to start: New Year resolutions that reconnect us.
I work on this every.single.day: Let things be good enough.
After the holiday buying season and opting into deals with my email address, I spent a few minutes unsubscribing to email lists that no longer serve me—and ones I never signed up for in the first place! So annoying. Next up, committing to a weekly digital detox.
Either I’m turning into my dad, or I’m getting old … or both? The psychology of people who love staying at home.
The newly revised food pyramid for 2026: Here’s what’s changed. Thoughts?
91 kitchen tricks and tips from the Real Simple test kitchen.
We can’t start the new year without making a green smoothie, and if green isn’t your thing, give this one a try.
Potstickers are having a moment, and this main meal recipe is just one reason why.
These ground chicken bowls are a ground protein version of one of my fave chicken bowl recipes.
Protein-packed lentils turn this vegetarian salad into a healthy main meal. Plus, beets!
This one-pan pasta with meatballs din gets covered, baked, and the magic all happens in the oven.
Move over sourdough. Homemade potato bread is soft and fluffy and could become your new bread-making obsession.
This gluten-free fried cauliflower has the perfect Thai touch. Original!
This is my husband’s favorite birthday cake flavor combo.
If you like eating at Chipotle, you need to try this chicken.
If you add spinach to pasta with your favorite pot pie ingredients, somehow it just might look healthy.
With a gaggle of healthful ingredients, you won’t feel all that bad snacking on these cookies.
I love my lasagna with cottage cheese (I made it for Christmas Eve) so I know I’d like this cottage cheese pasta.
I’m not a fan of lamb, but if I were, I bet I’d really like this recipe.
Simple seasoning makes this sheet pan dinner an easy one to make for a weeknight wonder.
Crunchy while chewy, these granola bars are the homemade kin to a Kind bar.
Why you should treat your closet like your fridge. Smart! 10 cultural icons on the art of growing older.
Joanna Gaines new Hearth and Hand spring collection at Target dropped and here are a few faves:
- This ceramic canister comes in a large and small size and would look great on just about any style of kitchen counter.
- My 70’s roots are showing because I LOVE furniture with chrome accents, and this sling-back chair and ottoman are so up my alley at a decent price. The fabric color is so good.
- A 4-wick candle is so decadent, and this fragrance sounds fire. (pun intended:)
- The calming colors of these pinch pots add just the right amount of hue without taking over the table (or in my case, the photo when I’m shooting recipes).
- Ditch the metal tongs for these sleek wooden salad spoons.
- This modern pedestal table is perfect for perching a plant or your drink next to the chair.
- Okay, totally not sexy, but the design of these shower curtain hooks is so smart for a double-layered shower curtain.
Automatic outfit upgrade –> add a faux fur scarf to everything from jeans to dresses. Love.
Speaking of jeans, at just $28 a pair, you can’t beat them! I’m buying another in the darker denim.
This suit jacket with these trousers = feminine and totally in charge.
I asked my friend Courtney for a new playlist to work to, and she sent me this one, and it is now in my regular rotation. A good alt to my usual spa music to keep me moving but stop me from going over the rails.
2026’s most anticipated movies are coming to a theater near you. Grab the popcorn!
And that’s it for this week! Have a sweet weekend!
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