Meal Planning

Serve Breakfast in Bed

Breakfast in bed is a wonderful treat for visiting guests, birthday boys and girls, and parents on their special days. Here’s how to pull it off with style and ease. All photos by Heidi Last weekend, a few friends and I journeyed to Charles City, Virginia. We stayed at the Peace Hill Bed and Breakfast, [...]

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Make Your Own Breakfast Items (Freezer Cooking)

Making your own breakfast items to freeze and enjoy in the weeks ahead can be a great way to save money. Raspberry Baked Oatmeal(Cakes) Last month I did a big day of cooking with my kids and freezing the fruits of our labors. We’ve eaten well, yet we still have a lot left in the [...]

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Foods that Comfort Kids After Orthodontia

Any kid subject to orthodontia work is going to struggle with pain as well as hunger. Here’s our list of foods to comfort kids after a trip to the ortho. Over the last five years we’ve ushered three of our children into the world of orthodontia. We’ve done palatal expanders, retainers, and braces, among other [...]

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Once a Month Meal Planning & a Pantry Challenge

Once a month meal planning is a great way to make good use of your pantry and freezer’s resources as well as make sure that dinner gets on the table in short order. Today is a new day. A new year. A fresh start in a myriad of ways. A time to dream some big [...]

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Afternoon Reading: Once a Month Meal Planning

As you know, I’ve streamlined life just a tad by planning my meals for the entire month. Check out my November meal plan over on my food blog, Good Cheap Eats. Some of the highlights of the month? Breakfast bar continues. Dinner bar begins. My kids are stoked on the buffet idea taking root at [...]

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Take Food With You (Frugal Friday)

Last week I mentioned how one of the best ways we saved money on our vacation was to bring our own food. Mammoth Lakes has only one grocery store. And during the busy season, there’s reportedly a very long line at said grocery store. I did a lot of shopping before we left. And since [...]

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Eat Your Veggies, Kids! (or How to Have a Healthy Lunchbox Day)

I’ve regaled you with accounts of our journey toward better eating. We have cut down our intake of processed foods, starting eating more organic produce thanks to a weekly produce co-op, and trying to dance that fine line between good old-fashioned home cooked food, a busy life, and taking advantage of convenience items that buy [...]

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Once a Month Meal Planning

This happens about this time every year. Every year. We transition from easy, laid-back summer into the craziness of school. And I realize that something’s gotta change. My time management. My coffee-intake. And my meal planning. There’s just more to do than I could possibly do, so I have to switch gears. And about this [...]

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