Since this week’s meal plan began with fish and ended with shellfish, I had to break up the seafood with some pork and beans in the middle. Not pork and beans mixed together, although I do love that meal. The beans we ate this week were not one but two nights. Tuesday’s garbanzo beans sautéed… Continue reading Weekly Meal Plan
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Spicy Hummus
“Ewwww….your breath is bad.” My daughter whispered to me during church one recent Sunday morning. “What do you mean?” I whispered back, “I just brushed my teeth.” “Please don’t talk to me.” She said as she covered her nose and mouth with her hand, shaking her head. You can imagine the look that accompanied this… Continue reading Spicy Hummus
Shrimp and Quinoa Salad
I love having a hearty pasta or whole grain salad on hand for a healthy lunch or dinner. Who am I kidding? Breakfast and after school snacks are a great time to eat a hearty salad, too, and unless I put a note on the food in our refrigerator that says "Keep Out!" with a… Continue reading Shrimp and Quinoa Salad
Three Easy Herbs to Grow
This should really be titled, “Three Fool-Proof Herbs to Grow” because these herbs are easy to grow even if you’ve never gardened before. Growing herbs is an excellent way to get started gardening because you don’t need fancy tools or special equipment to do it. All of these herbs can be grown in the ground… Continue reading Three Easy Herbs to Grow
Three Easy Grains to Cook
When it comes to keeping a stocked pantry, I try to always have certain items on hand so that when I check my meal plan to see what’s cooking for dinner, I know there will be enough of something when it comes time to prepare it. These are three easy grains that I like to… Continue reading Three Easy Grains to Cook
Weekly Meal Plan
The theme of this week’s meal plan was eat through. That’s what I like to call it when we we’re going on a trip and I don’t want to do lots of grocery shopping before we go out of town. We also needed to make room in our freezer, refrigerator, and pantry for our home… Continue reading Weekly Meal Plan
Weekly Meal Plan
This week’s meal plan went according to plan, mostly. Well, I forgot we had dinner group on Friday and our kids ate at home without us. My son had signed up to make dinner on Friday but I don’t like to assign a dinner for someone else to cook if I’m not going to be… Continue reading Weekly Meal Plan
Weekly Meal Plan
Another week, another week of meal planning and making dinners. The freshest meal this week was Monday’s dinner. The eggs were from our backyard chickens who are finally back into their routine of laying and the mustard greens were fresh from the garden. The greens had grown all winter (meaning they hadn’t died over the… Continue reading Weekly Meal Plan
How to Roast Red Peppers
I haven’t always roasted my own red peppers. I used to buy them in a jar because I thought it must be difficult to roast them. Roasting up peppers is so easy and they taste so much better than what comes in a jar. When you roast peppers yourself they also don’t have all the… Continue reading How to Roast Red Peppers
Weekly Meal Plan
Since it was Valentine’s Day this week and I was feeling so much love after writing about everything I loved, I baked a double layer cake, too. The cake was quite good with ice cream and coffee the next morning. It was gone before I could take pictures of it. I have a feeling that… Continue reading Weekly Meal Plan
Go Gingham 