I was on Pinterest for a brief moment today and found this menu planning idea. While I loved the concept, I do like to plan more than 4 meals per week and I wanted something a bit more colorful and fun. So, I set about to create my own menu planner. The one below is a screen shot of the one that I made. Read the rest of the post because I have a surprise More to read…
We are trying to think outside the box and be more creative with our meals. Today is a perfect example. We cooked chicken breast up, but had no idea what do with it. Enter the bag of spicy cheese in the freezer, the leftover tortilla shells in the fridge, the cut up peppers, the cut up onions, the bags of chicken bouillon give to us just today, and you have easy enchiladas. We loosely used More to read…
Gluten-free, Casein-free Diet For Autism Before the twins, Zion and Hosanna, were born (they turn four in six days) our family went on the gluten-free, casein-free diet to help our oldest son, Elisha, who has autism, with his behavior. The diet was challenging. The learning curve was steep. I had no idea what was really in some of our foods (and we don’t eat that many “weird” foods), until I started seriously reading labels. We More to read…
It’s the week of the ROAST over at our house. We bought a giant roast this month. When I say giant, I mean G-I-A-N-T! The man behind my husband in the line at the grocery store asked who we were feeding with our half a cow. It’s just the seven of us (and my parents), but we shop for a month. On the Large Family Good Eats menu this week are all things roast beef. More to read…
What are you feeding your family this week? We have a busy week ahead of us, so it was important to me that I take the time to figure out what our food was going to be for the week. This post is how I hashed all of that out. Come along for the ride. Pantry Challenge I was realizing tonight that I need to dig through the pantry and freezer and figure out what More to read…
I have written about a variety of topics, for Top Ten Tuesday, over the course of this year and I thought it would be fun to revisit them. 10 Things We Love About Our New Kitty - A fun post about our new kitty with some adorable pictures. Top Ten Christmas Decorations From My Childhood - This post was a nostalgic walk down memory lane for me. Top Ten Things I Say To My Kids Everyday - I More to read…
Christmas is fast approaching and all I can think about now is baking cookies, creating sweet treats, and making Christmas dinner. Things to do: I need to do a baking inventory and make sure we have all of our supplies, so Jonah can make a last minute run to the grocery store (across the street). I also need to take our turkeys our of the deep freeze and put them in the freezer tomorrow morning More to read…
This post is for the Canadian mamas, but you American mamas might be able to glean some information from these resources too. I have written a few posts before about couponing. You can read them here: Intrigued by Couponing Baby Coupons and Samples My Coupons Arrived There are Coupon Bloggers in Canada More Coupons in the Mail I was invited to a couponing class this past weekend and it generated my interest all over again. More to read…
We had a crazy busy weekend and I never got around to making the menu plan for the week, so here is our Menu Plan Monday on Tuesday. Breakfasts oatmeal pancakes grilled cheese sandwiches muffins and apples or carrot sticks breakfast skillet cinnamon toast Lunches grilled tuna sandwich and green salad biscuits and green salad spaghetti and sauce with Caesar salad and garlic toast muffins and apples turkey salad Dinners pizza (with spinach) sweet n More to read…
I have something important to talk to you about today. Something very important to me. Grab a coffee or tea and settle in to read because you are going to be here for a while (this is a long post compared to most of the ones that I write). Confession Time Many of you that read here don’t know that I am severely over weight. Well, you know now (and you still love me just More to read…
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