There are many ways to stretch a dollar at dinner time. Usually these meals are the most expensive because many families think they need to eat meat with their meal. One way to make the most of your grocery dollars is to either incorporate meatless meals or to get creative with your meat a few [...]
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When I got in the car today to run an errand the thermometer read 95 degrees. I am sure if you live in the south it is even hotter. I know that when my house is hot I don’t feel like cooking and there is a huge temptation to eat out or get take out. [...]
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I have been so busy Conquering the Clutter, I haven’t had time to blog about it. Last week I cleaned out my school cubbies, so the next step was the school bins. These bins hold books, papers, and other resources for homeschooling that we are not currently using. Every once in a while I decide [...]
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Our first week of the kids making breakfast went very well. We still need to improve in the clean up department, but I am happy that they are all trying their best, and the breakfasts taste pretty good too.
My pizza on the grill from last week did not turn out as I expected. I burned [...]
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Since I have had site problems over the past week, I feel out of sync with the blog. Usually I have an idea of topics I want to cover for the week, but with all the site issues my mind has been elsewhere.
Grocery Shopping
Tonight I went to the grocery store and saved $26 in coupons. [...]
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Since I am baking today, I thought I would share a few bread tips that I have learned over the past few years.
Don’t add extra flour to your bread dough to make it less sticky. Too much flour in your dough will make your bread heavy and dry. Try oiling your hands to keep the [...]
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I have finally started the Conquer the Clutter Challenge, I am only two weeks late but am hoping the girls won’t notice.
Since the move, the Tupperware cabinet has been a nightmare.
I cannot find anything that I need to store food, so there is really no point in even having a cabinet. My daughters were sweet [...]
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After months of living with day to day breakfast plans I have made a decision to change the way my family does breakfast. Our normal routine (in the summer) is that I sleep while the kids whine around my bed for breakfast. I tell them what I am making and then they go downstairs and [...]
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Confession time… my kids dislike fruit and vegetables. Each child has a few favorites, but as a whole they squirm and grimace when something green in color is set in front of them. It is my goal to change this in my kids. I want them to like most fruits and veggies, and actually smile [...]
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We just returned from our weekend trip, we had a great time, ate way too much food, and stayed up way too late! We are supposed to go out of town again this weekend, if we can recover from our last trip!
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Breakfast —Waffles, pancakes, eggs, oatmeal, French toast, cinnamon [...]
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