Overall, I did pretty well sticking to my September meal plan. I was flexible enough when I found a really good sale, and a few days got switched around, but for the most part I stuck to my meal plans, stuck to my shopping lists, and had very little waste this month. In October, I […]
What have I been up to? Keeping busy, I suppose. Trying to be more organized, be a better mom, wife, housekeeper and person. I’m co-leader of my daughter’s Brownie troop (Our whole troop is multi-level, we have one amazing woman who is the overall leader, then several of us who take on the different level […]
What happens when I don’t plan ahead? Well, its the tired cliché I remember spouted out at every weight watcher meeting I ever attended — if you fail to plan, then you plan to fail. Always when I plan an event i ask for help to https://epiceventsnj.com/cinematic-video/. For me, that mostly means meal planning. Not […]
Yesterday I made a tasty (ugly looking, so no pictures!) “relish” to go with our baked chicken thighs. e-meals calls it “Greek Relish”; I don’t think it seemed particularly Greek. No lemon, no oregano, no feta cheese, no thyme. Below is the recipe as presented. It was intended to be served over deli roast chicken, […]
Baby L’s tot “school” this week is focused on farm and farm animals, so for WFLW, I made pigs. Ham and cheese on whole wheat, corn and peaches. For baby L, I popped another slice of bread on top of the pig, glued it with a little cream cheese and quartered it. She had smaller […]
 {I can’t actually get any wflw posts to come up, so I guess I’m flying solo!} Inspired by Annabel Karmel’s Chicken Sausage Snails from First Meals (one of my favorite 0-5 cookbooks, and my lifesaver when I suddenly became a first time parent of an 8 month old). Snail bodies are chicken breast, grated apple, diced onion, […]
One of the sites that I like to visit is Little Nummies.  Kellie has a brilliant way of looking at food, taking common kid friendly ingredients that most moms would have on hand and elevating them into something cute for children.  Her culinary creations aren’t usually something you can transalte directly to a bento, but I often […]
Here comes summer! Who is ready?! First, choose a container that suits the personality of the person who will be using the kit. It might be a traditional basket, since there are pie baskets made by hand to carry around pie and other foods, a large canvass bag, or even a small backpack. Next, use […]
I am not participating in the FNCCC this week. It is Duff Goldman, the cake guy. He’s got a few recipes from food network magazine that are a grill menu (not happening; its below freezing here) and otherwise the plan is to decorate cakes or cupcakes. I don’t bake! It’s stressful and not relaxing and […]
Week 13 – Dave Lieberman I forgot last week was an off week, which is a good thing. I’ve been sick this week, and probably wouldn’t have gotten my recipe made. I picked his Black Bean Soup. 10 slices bacon, finely chopped 2 medium onions, chopped (about 2 1/2 cups) 6 garlic cloves, pressed 1 […]
