Meal Planning

Giving Lentils Another Shot and More Menu Planning Talk

November 28, 2011 15 comments

My husband gave me (what I think was) a compliment this morning: “You sure did a good job of using up all our food before we left [for Thanksgiving]. The pantry and fridge are BARE!” Bare? Um, methinks he was exaggerating a tad, but I did try my best to be diligent about menu-planning from [...]

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Time for Another Shop At Home Meal Plan

November 13, 2011 6 comments

Is it SERIOUSLY nearly the middle of NOVEMBER? Ugh.  Christmas is inching closer and closer and closer . . . and this Mama has barely begun planning out the Christmas gifts.  Eeeeeeek!!!!!!!! Maybe this is just how life is when you have a child in school but it feels as though our schedule is so [...]

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And, We’re Eating Pork for National Pork Month

October 9, 2011 8 comments

Growing up in a ranching family where beef was “what’s for dinner,” pork wasn’t a protein often served outside of breakfast bacon and Easter ham.  But. I married a pork-lovin’ Texas boy, making it a necessity to widen my protein palate to include the other white meat. Fortunately, for Hubby … and our marriage … [...]

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Getting Healthy As A Couple

October 3, 2011 14 comments

First of all, I had my brother in law take our first family photo this weekend. Despite the fact I failed to change my camera’s settings before handing the machine off to him — leaving the picture’s quality far from perfect — the kidlets still look pretty darn cute. Next time, however, I’ll remember two [...]

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Can You Be In Love With An Appliance? ‘Cause I Think I Might Marry My Slow-Cooker.

September 26, 2011 4 comments

There has never been a time, in my married life, when I have NOT used my slow-cooker, but I have never appreciated it more since the birth of Barney Kneeknuckles. This simple appliance has kept my family fed and Mommy SANE. I love it, love it, love it. LOVE IT. Not only is it a [...]

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What Can I Say? I LOVE Food.

September 11, 2011 5 comments

Now that I am past the late-pregnancy killer-heartburn stage, I (once again) am having a love affair with food. I’m trying to be sensible about it — after all, I’d rather NOT regain the 30 pounds I’ve lost in the 3 weeks since Barney Kneeknuckles’ birth.  Yeah, I’d like to avoid that scenario. But Pinterest [...]

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