How much do you love my menu planner from Rachel Mahan Designs? I finally have it up on the wall! Thanks, Rachel! This week I employed a favorite meal-planning strategy – grilling once for two meals! We also had soup twice since Jay was home for lunch a couple of days and it’s nice to…
Archives for March 2015
All The Veggies Turkey Pasta.
It probably will not surprise you to hear that I’d rather follow a recipe than throw things into the pan and hope for the best. (What, my self-imposed blog rules tipped you off?) If I want to make a new dish I usually look at a few recipes first, and I choose one to follow or tweak,…
Griddled English Muffin & Eggs (my new favorite breakfast!).
A couple of weeks ago we had a North Carolina snowstorm that knocked out our power for over 36 hours. It got mighty chilly mighty fast with no heat, and fortunately some sweet friends of ours took us in for the night. Before we hauled 4 people and a dog (and approximately 30% of our belongings)…
Pies I’ve Pinned (Happy Pi Day!)
In honor of Pi Day (3.14) on Saturday, I mined my Pinterest boards for all the pies that have made me drool! Here are some recipes to help you celebrate!
Crockpot BBQ Beef.
I just love it when dinner cooks itself!! This is the best, best kind of crockpot meal – absolutely minimal prep, and at the end you have a pot of saucy, tender shredded bbq beef that makes a deliciously messy sandwich (or the perfect topping to a baked potato or rice – anything that will soak up…
Meal Plan of the Month #2 – February.
Yes, yes, I know it’s March…but February went by so stinkin’ fast! We were out of town for a few days, and I have a really hard time remembering to take a picture of my dinner plate every night. So I had a collection of pictures, but it wasn’t actually a set of meals that…
How I Make Baby Food (and stay sane): 6 months
This is not a post to tell you what to feed your baby, or to toot my baby food making horn. But I’m in the midst of the pureed food stage with my youngest, and have learned a few things that are making my life easier this time around. So – if you want to make…