These One Pot Black Beans and Rice hit all of the key features that make for a staple meal prep recipe: fast, delicious, healthy, and cheap. This simple recipe is a nutritional all start that won’t break the bank. The ingredients list is short and filled with common ingredients that pantry staples for your […]

This Slow Cooker Banana Bread Steel Cut Oatmeal make a perfect breakfast on cold winter mornings. Slow cooker oats are a staple in the OBH household, especially in the winter. They are easy to throw together, which is perfect for meal prepping when you are a busy parent (and aren’t we all?). They are incredibly […]

The woodland nursery decor theme in Reeves’s room makes it one of my favorite places in the house. And I’m not just saying that because our baby boy’s nursery is the first and only room that we have decorated in the house so far. I love how peaceful and relaxing it feels to be in […]

Whenever I need a no-fuss, delicious salad, I reach for this Arugula and Apple Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette. The ingredients list is short and except for the arugula, is filled with pantry staples. I do the bulk of my grocery shopping at Costco, but they sadly never carry arugula which means I have to make […]

We had our first snow of the winter this year and this Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup really warmed our cockles. There is just something about enjoying a hot bowl of soup on a winter day with your family that makes life feel so good. Now, I’m not one of those people that keep their slow […]

You know how sometimes, right around Halloween, you get a hankering for sweet, delicious, guilt-free brains but just can’t seem to find the right recipe? Well this jello brain is for you. I was in my local dollar store the other day scoping out the Halloween decor when I came across a plastic brain mold. […]

Am I the only person that thinks of September as that month we have to get through before the holiday season starts? The minute the weather starts to cool, all I want to do is get some spiced apple cider simmering on the stove while I spookify our house for Halloween. This year I found […]

Inside: Sugarloaf Mountain Maryland is a great place to hike, have a picnic with the family, and take a few family photos. When most of us think of traveling we think of sandy beaches and far away tourist spots (like our upcoming family trip to Singapore). But family travel doesn’t always have to be to […]

The first time I visited a house on a lake, I fell in love. It was my second year of law school. One of my friends invited the rest of our circle to spend a few relaxing days at her grandparent’s lake house in upstate New York. It was a cozy, homey place with a […]