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Good morning and welcome to a new week. It’s time for Menu Monday! If you saw my Two Week Aldi Grocery Haul post yesterday you’ll recognize many of the ingredients in this week’s menu. So let’s dive in and see what’s cooking at my house this week. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Read more here….
I’m working on new routines for fall and winter. One of those routines is bi-weekly grocery shopping. For years my daughter and I have done huge, periodic monthly grocery shopping trips. We take a day and go to the city to really stock up. We aren’t doing this as often as we used to, in…
September is National Emergency Preparedness Month. Let’s take a look at some of the situations you might want to prepare for and how to create a plan to suit your own family. Emergency Preparedness I first started getting serious about preparing for emergencies in the late 90s leading up to the Y2K “crisis”. As we…
I first encountered this lentil rice casserole recipe years ago when I was homeschooling my kids. Baking one’s own bread and cooking healthy, low-cost recipes were very much a part of the homeschooling community. One popular source of recipes were the Sue Gregg cookbooks. These were offered for sale in virtually every homeschool resource catalog…
Good morning and welcome to a new week! I didn’t make it to the grocery store Friday and then we were out of town for the weekend. I decided to create this week’s menu from what I have on hand and just wait until Friday to go to the store. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate…
Pinterest and Instagram might lead you to believe that everyone else has a magazine-worthy home. For most of us that simply isn’t true. And what’s more, I’d venture to guess that most of us wouldn’t be comfortable in some of those too-perfect spaces. But that doesn’t mean we can’t add simple touches to our homes…
It’s all too easy to get into the habit of spending downtime mindlessly scrolling social media accounts or binging Netflix. There’s nothing wrong with checking your Instagram feed or watching a favorite show but when all of your leisure time is eaten up by mindless activities you miss out on so many better options. That’s…
Here it is, time for another Menu Monday post already. I’m starting to get back into more of a routine as our outdoor live music season winds down. We have just a couple more scheduled events the next few weeks and then our lives will be less hectic – I hope! I look forward to…
I love a delicious soup any time of the year but a steaming hot bowl of goodness seems especially appropriate as the weather begins to cool. It’s still really hot here in Oklahoma but it won’t be long before salads will give way to soups on many of our menus. I decided to gather all…