Category: What to Eat

  • What are we eating? Oct 13-19

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    Here’s what the 144 family will be dining on this week: Monday Breakfast— oatmeal with applesauce mixed in, milk Mom lunch– fajita chicken on green salad Kid lunch—chicken and pasta in thermos, grapes Dinner—Chicken taco soup, cornbread, cut melon   Tuesday Breakfast—scrambled egg whites and cheese, toast, yogurt smoothies Mom lunch- fajita chicken on green…

  • Apple Butter Adventure… I can can!

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    I am so sorry to keep you hanging on the final chapter of my October 2008 Apple Butter Adventure. It’s been a very full week and now I have a few minutes to bring you up to date: After three days of simmering, my apple butter was finally ready for canning. And, no, before this…

  • The applebutter adventure continues…

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    After nearly three days of simmering, my applebutter is finally ready for canning! Here’s what has happenned since my last post: (I know the anticipation must be getting to you. I mean, this is crazy exciting stuff. Okay, maybe not THAT exciting.) Yesterday I continued simmering the applebutter (yes, that was day 2) in the slowcooker and…

  • The Applebutter Adventure

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    Last night my husband came home from work and asked me about the witches brew on our counter. It was actually my first attempt at making apple butter. But all that bubbling and brewing did make it look like one might think a witches brew might look. The recipe said I should use 36 cups of…

  • Menu Plan Monday Sept 29-Oct 5

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    Here’s what the 144 family will be dining on this week: Monday Breakfast- scrambled egg whites with cheese, smoothies (OJ, frozen berries, oatmeal) Dinner– Salmon, corn, spinach, cornbread ** make applebutter for protein bars, meat loaves for Wednesday Tuesday Breakfast-cereal, yogurt Dinner- edamame, Roast Stuffed Pork Tenderloin, baked sweet potatoes, applesauce   Wednesday Breakfast- Oatmeal…

  • I finally tasted Crockpot victory

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    As I have mentioned, I am one of the very few Crockpot challenged. I wanted to succeed at being a slow-cooker mama, I just couldn’t seem to get it right. Until now. Since I became blissfully married nearly 10 years ago, my slow-cooker meat always tasted like paper with sauce on it. What happened to…

  • Menu Plan Monday: Ike Evacuee Edition

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    As many of you know, I often post our weekly menu here. It’s a great way to start off the week with grocery list in hand, and in planning out the meals I take a look at all the week’s activities, so I’m better able to tackle the week, as well. This week is a…

  • So you want juicy, tender meat?

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    Last week I had the privilege of serving as the kitchen of the week over at Happy to be at Home. On my last day I prepared a Maple Brined Pork that is quite popular in my house. A reader asked about the brining process, so I thought I might share a little more about…

  • What can I do with so much chicken?

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    If you’ve been following along over here you might know that we cooked fajitas for lots of friends the other night. Well, check out how much chicken we had left over: Yes, that’s just the chicken we had left over. We decided to go ahead and grill it all in the event that Gustav headed our way and…

  • Indiana Jones birthday party!

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    The Indiana Jones birthday party was a huge, hilarious hit! About a month ago, we were trying to figure out what to do for my son’s 7th birthday. Quite a few ideas were thrown around until we came across this. Then we knew what had to be done. Indiana Jones and a fellow blogger to…

  • Menu Plan, September 1-7

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    Here’s what the 144 family will be dining on this week: Monday Breakfast- waffles with bananas, berries Dinner-left-over grilled chicken from fajita party in stir fry chicken and vegetables Tuesday Breakfast-scrambled egg whites and cheese, toast, yogurt smoothies Dinner–  Chicken and shrimp quesadillas (just grilled chicken and shrimp for mom plus some spinach) broccoli, pineapple…

  • Building an Indiana Jones birthday cake

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    For all but two of the 13 previous children’s birthday celebrations I’ve planned for my kiddos, I’ve called a bakery and had an absolutely delicious cake or cupcakes arrive at my home ready to be ooh’ed and ahhh’ed and devoured. (For one of those parties I served pancakes, not cake, by the way. You can read about that here.…

  • Popsicles for breakfast

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    This morning, for just a few minutes, I got to be the coolest mom ever. Yesterday I deviated a bit from my meal plan and made smoothies for breakfast using bananas, frozen mixed berries, plain yogurt, a handful of oatmeal and a splash of milk. As yummy as they were, there was still some left…

  • Menu Plan Monday August 25

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    Here’s what the 144 family will be dining on this week: Monday Breakfast–Cereal, yogurt Dinner– Baked salmon, spinach, corn, homemade breadsticks (I’m trying a breadstick recipe from the Happy to be at Home e-cookbook. I hear these breadsticks are the best… This could be a dangerous discovery!!) Tuesday Breakfast– scrambled egg whites and cheese, toast,…

  • Summer Lunchbox Challenge Wraps Up

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    Over at Happy to be at Home, I have been writing about what to pack in your children’s lunchboxes in the Summer Lunchbox Challenge. My series concludes today with my master lunchpacking list and tips on how to pack those lunches so your kids actually get to eat them. Check it out and get ready…