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  • Menu Planning Monday ~ Week of Jan 16

    Monday – hamburger gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans Tuesday – spaghetti with salad – Maybe garlic bread Wednesday – broccoli beef over rice, veggies Thursday – veggie soup with rolls Friday – The boys are going to their cousins’ house, so it will just be Hubby and me for dinner.  We have apple sage pork…

  • Homemade Tortillas

    Monday is Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday holiday.  This morning the Wee One started talking about the holiday and how it does not matter what color a person’s skin is because God made you the way you are.  It made my heart melt listening to the wisdom of a 6.5-year-old. Now onto my recipe –…

  • Fruit Smoothie

    Yummy!  And healthy!  That’s two words that describe these smoothies. Right before Christmas, I bought an individual smoothie maker with cups for a Christmas gift for the whole family.  The Imaginative One, and I love making and drinking smoothies.  He also likes to drink milkshakes made with a smoothie maker.  I will share his favorite smoothie…

  • Menu Planning Monday ~ Week of Jan. 9, 2012

    Monday ~ Greek-inspired crockpot chicken {new}, mashed potatoes or roasted potatoes, veggies Tuesday ~ Spanish-style chicken noodle soup, rolls Wednesday ~ grilled cheese sandwiches, basil tomato soup Thursday ~ Eat whatever you want night Friday ~ Pizza night Saturday ~ Stuffed Cabbage Casserole (me) – Part is going to stock the freezer for later meals,…

  • Pantry Challenge

    Pantry Challenge – Winter of 2012 As I was looking through various blogs, I found a pantry challenge.  IT DOES NOT mean only eating out of the pantry or freezer.  It means looking at what’s in the pantry or freezer before shopping or planning a menu. My goals for the pantry challenge are: 1.  Lower…

  • Baked spaghetti (Easy Meal)

    The Imaginative One only eats plain noodles, but he surprisingly enjoyed baked spaghetti I made. It’s an easy meal!

  • Charleston Cheese Dip

    I was looking at Mommy’s Kitchen’s blog on New Year’s Eve on New Year’s Eve.  She had listed a cheese dip named the Charleston cheese dip.  The name alone intrigued me because Charleston, South Carolina, is on my list of favorite places to visit.  My mother-in-law was born there and would spend summers there while…

  • Wordless Wednesday

    Monday ended up being a snowy day.  The Imaginative One and the Wee One went outside for maybe a total of 10 minutes.  Most of it was in and out the front door to complain about the cold, their brother, or to get more snow gear. Hubby told them if they got the living room…

  • Sugar Cookie Frosting

    Every New Year’s Eve, the Imaginative One, the Wee One, and I head to my mother-in-law’s house to ring in the new year.  A new tradition was created a couple of years ago.  The grandkids (4 of them in total) spend the night at grandma and grandpa’s house after staying up until midnight.  Mommy and…

  • Snow Day

    During December, we really didn’t see snow.  It tried to snow last Tuesday, but it was rainier than snow.  We had lots of rain.  In fact, there were a couple of times I thought I would need to take a boat to work because of how much rain we got.  Yesterday started out as a…