Frugal Friday . . . OAMC Mixes

I want to talk about meat and chicken mixes.  I did both of these for my last OAMC and I just wanted to list the meals that you can make with them.  I am listing this because these two things are relatively easy to make and you can make many quick weeknight meals from them.  [...]

Yogurt anyone?

I left the room for a minute yesterday while my daughter was eating some yogurt.  She really likes to feed herself now.  I returned to find a smiling little girl and this:

And here is a close up:

The girl likes to eat – what can I say?

Homeschooling Boys

I already know how different boys are from girls since I now have one of each.  My sweet little girl (who is not even 1 1/2) loves books.  She will pick one up over toys.  She will just be surrounded by them.  She will go get them and bring them to me or my husband [...]

Menu Plan Monday . . . OAMC – Week 2

Last week I posted my Month of menus that I made doing the OAMC.  You can see it here.  I have to say that I am LOVING it!  There is not only a plan for everyday, but there is food already done everyday.  I just have to thaw it or bake it and make a [...]

LOL

Just in case you were wondering, my husband is not quite up on all of this texting and technology.  Up until last night, he thought that LOL meant – Lots of Love.
So LOL everyone – LOTS OF LOVE.  Just had to share, plus I needed to change the subject from the Baby Boomers.

Weird

Yesterday was weird (for a lot of reasons), but mostly because while my kids were napping in the late afternoon I found myself with some down time?!  I know.  It just seemed to sneak up on me out of the blue.  I mean since I have my menu planned I wasn’t doing any dinner prep.  [...]

OAMC Assembly day and Menus for the Month

So I am tired, but hey it was a productive day.  Here is my plan if you wanted to see it.  Today was my “Assembly Day”.  Here is a picture of what I did today:
I know, I am not a photographer.  I can’t make frozen food look pretty.
If you want my assembly day instructions you [...]

Menu Plan Monday . . . OAMC Starts this week!

I mentioned last week that I am gearing up for another OAMC session.  I have done my grocery shopping and I am using today as my prep day with my actual cooking being tomorrow.  I also said I would list my whole month of meals and I will do that Tuesday.  Today I will share [...]

Pizza Experiment continued . . .

I talked about doing a pizza experiment to figure out what our favorite homemade crust will be.  I think I figured out my favorite sauce.  I have two that I do, but the second is probably my favorite.
Sauce #1 (similar to this one):
15 oz. can of tomato paste
1-2 T of olive oil
basil, garlic salt and [...]

WFMW . . . Where’s the Juice?

Why is it so bad to buy juice?  I have two good friends that do NOT buy juice nor do they give their kids juice.  I read this post about how she doesn’t give her kids juice.  I understand that juice can be expensive and that it can be sugary, but I feel like I [...]