Homemade Tortilla Chips
For our Cinco de Mayo celebration we had last Saturday night, we made our own tortilla chips. Before you picture me rolling out tortillas and deep frying the little strips or triangles, think again. I purchase warm, fresh tortillas from my favorite local Mexican market, cut the tortillas and transform them into chips. These homemade {Read more about Homemade Tortilla Chips}
Meal Planning for Campers
Planning out what you are going to eat while camping is very important. You don’t want to get to your destination only to find out you’re missing a crucial food element. For some reason, camping makes everyone extra hungry, too. I think it’s all the fresh air, biking, hiking, and exploring that goes along with {Read more about Meal Planning for Campers}
Merry Christmas
May you and your loved ones enjoy a Merry Christmas! We’re enjoying a morning of strata, cinnamon rolls, and freshly squeezed orange juice. The strata and cinnamon rolls were made last night and are baking this Christmas morning. The house is smelling of wonderful holiday traditions. I hope yours is, too. My sister, Mary, called {Read more about Merry Christmas}
Confessions of a Leftover Food Lover
I confess. I love leftovers. I plan for leftovers. Whenever someone says they don’t eat leftovers, I can’t imagine why. Serving leftovers is a night off in the kitchen. When meal planning for the week, plan to serve leftovers and you’ll become a leftover food lover. Follow these simple guidelines.
Readers’ Questions
I’m calling this round of questions, “Kirsten’s Questions”, because all of these questions come from my friend, Kirsten Hope. Kirsten and I met when our daughters were in the same kindergarten class, several years ago. Kirsten and I both launched WordPress websites this year and have collaborated on our WordPress babies sites for the last {Read more about Readers’ Questions}
Food Waste: Not Here
I’m amazed at the number of blogs whose main topic is food waste. Maybe I’m completely out of it (my kids would agree…), but I had no idea this was such a problem. We never have food waste. If food is not eaten, I freeze it. We rarely even have food go bad to the {Read more about Food Waste: Not Here}
Kids and Cooking
Parenting is a big job. Along with everything else in life, we’re supposed to teach our kids how to be responsible and have good life skills. That’s no easy task. One program that we’ve tried and had success with is having our kids cook dinner. Each child gets to cook a dinner once a week, {Read more about Kids and Cooking}
Go Ducks!
The University of Oregon Ducks are playing in the BCS game on Monday and I’m totally getting into the spirit of it! The game is only being shown on “regular network TV” so we are out of luck at our house. Our good friends invited us to watch the game at their home. I’m bringing {Read more about Go Ducks!}
Eat Healthier in 2011
It requires a lot of work and constant attention to maintain a healthy lifestyle. The benefits of eating foods that are good for you are not always easy to immediately see or feel. The benefits take time. Don’t expect improvement in days. Keep at it. Tangible measures of lowered weight, a lower cholesterol level or {Read more about Eat Healthier in 2011}
