Campfire Dinner: Meat & Veggie Packets
I feel like my family was stuck in a rut with our camping menu when we take our annual camping trip to Red River Gorge, so I was intrigued when I came upon a recipe for Meat & Veggie Packets from the 100 Days of Real Food blog. I was determined to make this meal...
Easy Dinner Ideas for Busy Nights
School has begun, and already I’m falling into the trap of opting for the easy way out when it comes to making dinner. We’ve eaten out way too much and I’ve not stuck to my menu plan. I need to take more time when planning out my weekly menu and think about each evening carefully. ...
My Favorite Tomato Recipes
The closer we get to fall the more tomatoes I’m seeing in my CSA produce share! I’m finding any way I can to incorporate fresh tomatoes into our menu lately, because they are just so very tasty this time of year. I’ll chop them up and add them pizzas, make sandwiches out of them, create...
Menu Plan Monday ~ August 25
Here we are again. Another Monday, another Menu Plan. I’m quite proud of myself, as I stuck to the plan this week and we didn’t eat out once!!! Three cheers for me! We had some great dinners at home, and we’re finally getting into the swing of this school schedule. If you need some menu...
Menu Plan Monday ~ August 18
Another Monday, another Menu Plan. I’m sharing what we ate last week, but I’ve been a slacker and I’m still trying to figure out what we are going to eat THIS week at home! Eek! I’m usually better prepared than this. I guess that today will have to be a “leftover” day or “eat whatever...
Five Reasons Children Should Pack Their Own Lunch
Lunch packing has been the norm in our family since Ella started Kindergarten in 2008. I used to make lunches for all of the kids and sometimes Michael too, but for the past year or so the job of lunch-packing has been delegated to the children. The kids are 11, 9, 7 and 4 and...
Menu Plan Monday ~ August 11
We had some GREAT eats last week! I highly recommend that you pin some of the recipes I’ve linked below (especially the one for Truffle Fries…oh. my. word.). And for even more menu plan inspiration visit my Recipe Archives or OrgJunkie’s Menu Plan Monday Roundup. Now that school is going to be starting back this...
How to Make Truffle Fries
Before I begin let me give you a word of warning: Truffle Fries are highly addictive. Once you’ve had them you’ll never go back to plain old french fries! Even my children are smitten with truffle fries now. I have had the pleasure of dining on truffle fries on many fine restaurants in our area,...
Menu Plan Monday ~ Vacation Cooking ~ August 4
Last week we visited South Carolina with my family and enjoyed a week playing on the beach. We had a nice relaxing week, and we ate like kings and queens all week! We made some of our favorite meals and tried some new dishes as well. Hopefully our vacation menu will give you some new...
Menu Plan Monday ~ July 21
It’s Monday! That means it’s time to get planning our weekly menu. Last week we had some great dinners (see links below), this coming week however is going to be super busy, so I’m trying to get creative and find some easy dinner recipes. Feel free to leave me a comment below if you have...
