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Meal Planning: Freezer + Crockpot + Grandparents = Easy

March 14, 2010

Carnitas Soft Tacos
Talk about your easy weeks in the kitchen! What the freezer doesn’t provide, the crockpot or the grandparents take care of. Hallelujah!
Carnitas with Corn Tortillas, Beans, and Rice
Asian Chicken Salad with Noodles
An Irish Feast!
Swedish Meatballs, Mashed Potatoes, Cornbread
out of town to visit grandparents — taking a frozen Lasagna with me
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Frugal Friday: Making My Own Instant Oatmeal

March 11, 2010

Last week I mentioned how I love breakfast in a box. It makes our mornings go so much more smoothly when I serve food that is easy to prepare, easy to clean-up. The kids can actually do it all themselves! Cold cereal and instant oatmeal are the favorites. But, recently they went through one box [...]

Celebrate St Patrick with An Irish Feast!

March 11, 2010

Photo source: Tracy Hunter
We love food at our house. My kids are all gluttons, I mean, foodies, like myself. One of their favorite hobbies is sampling exotic foods at the grocery store or club market chain. Recently, I was asked to return to the back of the store after our shopping was done so that [...]

Ultimate Recipe Swap: Whole Grains

March 10, 2010

Children learn what they live.
My mom had that on a plaque at our house growing up. And I’m finding it very true in many instances of life, particularly in food choices. You see, my parents did not like oatmeal as children. Or liver. As a result, those are two foods I was never required [...]

Meal Planning: Homemade Convenience Foods

March 7, 2010

Basic Homemade Pizza
All  of a sudden, life seems to have imploded on me. My trip early last month took a week of planning and a week of recovery, and I’ve been racing to catch up ever since. But, time waits for no mom. Life continues: laundry piles up, schoolwork needs to be assigned and corrected, [...]

Recipes that Use Flour: An Ultimate Recipe Swap

March 3, 2010

This week over at Good Cheap Eats, we’re talking about ways to Build a Frugal Pantry. Each week will feature a different ingredient, including storage suggestions, price points to watch for, a collection of recipes, and a wealth of guest posts. And each week over here we’ll share recipes that use that ingredient. This week’s [...]

Finding Convenience in the Good Ol’ Cereal Box

March 3, 2010

Early morning breakfasts can be a harried affair. And if one child — or three — keeps me awake during the night, the last thing I want to do is cook up a big breakfast. In fact, in my newfound resolve to make daily mealtimes a little easier, FishPapa and I have decided that boxed [...]

How Can You Eat Cheaply in California?

March 3, 2010

There’s this attitude out there that one must be rich to live in California or that one certainly can’t save money and reside in the Golden State. However, being born and raised here and then having lived in the MidWest for five years, I can attest to the fact that frugality and California really are [...]

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