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Field Trip! 24 Mar 2012 | 05:17 am
Recently, we went on a field trip with our homeschool group to the local international market/grocery store. They have so many different fruits and vegetables there. We love it! Our group was about 1...
Untitled 28 Feb 2012 | 01:44 am
What's been going on in my house? Lots of train track building. Not so much meal planning! Which around here, looks like lots of Moe's, if we're honest. This has been a terrible season of things brea...
Meals for after a new baby 21 Feb 2012 | 09:00 am
my youngest as a sweet newborn I was talking recently to someone about how I've arranged meals after my babies, and I thought it deserved a blog post of its own. This is the tactic I took after babie...
Taco Soup 4 Feb 2012 | 02:21 am
This has become my go-to meal for taking to families with new babies. Easy, relatively cheap, and it feeds a ton of people. Remember the old school recipe with taco seasoning and ranch dressing mix? T...
The Great Gallery Wall Move 2 Feb 2012 | 12:14 am
Last year, I made a gallery wall in my living room that I've enjoyed over the last year. But, you know...time passes, and I was ready for a change. During the same period, I was also a little tired of...
Chicken Pozole 1 Feb 2012 | 03:06 am
A few weeks ago, I took one of my beloved cooking classes, and the focus was on Latin American soups. Now we all know that I'm a sucker for Latin American foods, so that was right up my alley. We made...
Menu Plan January 30 31 Jan 2012 | 12:29 am
Last week, we amazingly stuck to our plans all week! And we were thrilled to eat Moe's at the end of it, so it was both a great treat, and a mini lesson for my boys on how money only stretches so far,...
Salsas 28 Jan 2012 | 12:59 am
We love Mexican food here. And one of the fun things about taquerias is the salsa bar that they have. Our favorite has about 6 salsas to choose from, as well as pickled jalapenos, radishes, onions, an...
Collards 27 Jan 2012 | 12:57 am
I love greens. Greens in every form, in every way. Almost everything is done in the garden right now, but the collards carry on. A little promise of spring to come and a reminder that even when it loo...
Chinese Chicken Salad 26 Jan 2012 | 12:32 am
In honor of Chinese New Year this week, I thought I'd post one of our favorite not-really-Chinese-at-all recipes. Chinese Chicken Salad inspired by an old recipe from Southern Living June 2003 1/3 c...
