A very simple way we’ve been cutting expenses around here is this. In a two week meal plan, we have each of these at least twice: Breakfast for supper x 2 Veggie plate x 2 (Batch cooked beans from the freezer plus cornbread or biscuits) (Southern Plate’s Hoe Cake pictured above, is like a giant […]
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Make Supper at Lunch
-an update from the archives Yes. You heard me right. I shared this routine on Twitter one day and several friends asked for the secret. Really, it’s no secret, just a bit of pre-planning. My friend, Kellie, asked specifically, “Give us recipes that are great to make for supper, during the lunch hour and give […]
Meal Plan: Cheap Eats for Two Weeks
It has been a while since I posted a meal plan because when Grandma and Grandpa retired out west, we were given the contents of their freezer and pantry. Wow! And, so, I am working around what we already have again, just like in the last freezer and pantry challenge. Supplementing with a grocery run […]
The positives of potty training
It’s been roughly a decade since I’ve potty trained a boy. There were two girls since then. So, I’ve put off this round of bathroom skills for what seems like a very long time. Avoided it. Taken a ‘la, la, la, I don’t hear you’ attitude when others have talked about it or updated a […]
Fast Food for Slow Sundays
We all want peaceful Sundays, right? So, you’ve gotten into the habit of being ready a little at a time throughout the week. You’ve planned for the unexpected. Let’s say now that you’ve gotten your family to and from church. Everybody is all loaded back in the car, on the way home. “I’m huuun–greee! What’s […]
Back to basics: the cook box
Funfetti cookies with icing, pineapple supreme cake, raspberry and blueberry muffins. My children have been cooking up treats with a Christmas gift from Nana. The cook box she gave them is brimming with boxed mixes but most importantly, sprinkles. The girls decided they would bake a few items from the cook box each week. So […]