This week I'm starting off with a great tip about boiling water. It will save you time and frustration every morning, and on weekend afternoons too, promise. Our guest this week is Trish James, Vice President of Healthy Family Project. Trish recently attended the tradeshow Natural Products Expo West and so we're talking with her about all the amazing new products that we'll be seeing on grocery store shelves soon. We focused in particular on healthy products that will make packing lunches and making dinners easier.

I don't know about you, but a long weekend can really throw me off my game. I have a great time, or a relaxing time, but then Tuesday hits and I'm needing to get into gear! So, I'm sharing with you a tip to shave a few minutes off of your morning routine. It involves caffeine. I promise, it will be good! I've also got a meal plan for you that can optionally make use of any leftovers that you have from the weekend, but the recipes are simple enough that if you don't have leftovers to start with, you will be just fine. It's a crazy week and I needed a break, so we don't have a guest to talk to. It's just all about caffeination and food. MMhmm.

This week I've got the best.tips.ever for packing hot lunches. I even wowed myself this time! I'm not going to spoil the tips for you here though, I'll just say that they involve these two amazing products (hint, hint): Wide Silicone Funnel and Thermos with a Folding Spoon RIGHT INSIDE THE LID!!! Our guest this week is cookbook author extraordinaire Jill Silverman Hough. See her cookbooks here. We talk about Jill's recent series on TheCookful all about Salmon. She gives us her best tips for choosing salmon, grilling and panfrying it so it doesn't stick, as well as great ideas to use salmon for fancy entertaining as well as for quick weeknight dinners.

We're doing a whole series on Back To School to help get us all ready for the start of all the new chaos. This week, I give some tips for ways to use bagged salads as more than just salads. So tasty and easy! Our guest this week is Chris Freytag of GetHealthyUTV. We talk about the importance of movement for more than just fitness. It'll help us stay sane in the Back to School season and beyond! She also gives us some great tips for fitting movement into our crazy schedules.

We're doing a whole series on Back To School to help get us all ready for the start of all the new chaos. This week, I give some quick tips for school supply shopping, and I tell you about my favorite veggie burger recipe, which is really more of a formula. It's great for dinners and even better as a quick lunch. This week I'm talking with Amanda Keefer from Healthy Family Project about packing lunches in quick and easy ways, and about lunch ideas for pickier eaters. If you're looking for new lunchbox ideas, Amanda has the answers!

We're doing a whole series on Back To School to help get us all ready for the start of the new chaos. This week, I talk about a technique that is amazing for ribs and chicken for meal prep, and also to keep us going through BBQ season. I'm also talking with Lisa Lightner from ADayInOurShoes.com. She is one of the nation's leading IEP advocates (that's Individualized Education Plan) and she's talking with us about IEPs and also about time management when you have kids with extra needs.

We're doing a whole series on Back To School to help get us all ready for the start of all the new chaos. This week, I talk about a surprisingly delicious dinner that only takes 5 minutes of hands on time. And then, we turn to once-a-month meal-planning. Yes. We. Do! I'm talking with Donna Shenk of HeyDonna.com about how to meal plan only one time for the whole month. What's the process and why is it beneficial? Donna has the answers!

We're doing a whole series on Back To School to help get us all ready for the start of all the new chaos. This week, I talk about a fun dinner that celebrates the upcoming year with your kids. Then, I talk with this week's guest Alejandra Graf from Brown Sugar and Vanilla about plant-based Mexican food, and how to really spend time enjoying dinner time as a family.

Meal-planning and meal-prepping can be such a boring and time-consuming chore. Why not make it more fun by getting our friends involved? My guest this week is Heather McCurdy from Real: The Kitchen and Beyond. Heather explains what a Meal Prep Party is, walks us through hosting one, setting up cooking stations in your home, and what types of recipes are best for this kind of cooking. We might mention wine also ;). You can get more tips for a meal prepping party from her here.

Getting organized doesn't just help us to find things. Getting organized helps with all parts of life. But where do we start? My guest this week is Tammy Overhoff from Organize Yourself Skinny. We talk about how something as simple as making your bed in the morning can lead to better organization and to a healthier body and mind.