Selecting a city to call home is an important undertaking, even more so when that choice involves children. Besides having employment opportunities and safe, affordable housing available, a city has to satisfy many requirements that are unique to families with children, including … [Read more...]
May 2012 Monthly Meal Plan
Our monthly meal plan is a staple of our budgeting process. We look at it this way. We are planning meals one way or the other. We can do it on the fly, trying to figure out each day what we are going to feed our kids; we can plan week to week, spending the time planning while … [Read more...]
April 2012 Monthly Meal Plan
We are so very happy to be back to our normal meal plans. Our little experiment went very well with both of us losing a fair amount of weight, but the draw of meat and the need to feed our kids healthy food that they will actually eat just became too much. We did learn quite a … [Read more...]
March 2012 Monthly Meal Plan
Our Monthly Meal Plan has kind of become a staple of our budgeting process. Rather than planning for meals from week to week, we put in a little extra time and effort and knock it out right away. It takes a little discipline, but sticking to the plan can keep costs down and … [Read more...]
February 2012 Monthly Meal Plan
Our Monthly Meal Plan has kind of become a staple of our budgeting process. Rather than planning for meals from week to week, we put in a little extra time and effort and knock it out right away. It takes a little discipline, but sticking to the plan can keep costs down and … [Read more...]
Meatless Monday: Chickpea-Brown Rice Veggie Burger
So here it is, the last week of our 21-day challenge. Finally, we get to add grains back into our diet (grains, yes, but gluten, no). It was soooo nice to feel full again yesterday! We thought we would try out this Chickpea-Brown Rice Veggie Burger. We aren't usually big fans … [Read more...]
Meatless Monday: Two Soups at Once!
This week we thought we'd change things up a little bit. We are still on the 2012 Whole Living Action Plan and this week we get to add beans and lentils to our diet. As such, we were able make a couple of hearty soups to help sate those hunger pangs from last week. We spent … [Read more...]
January 2012 Monthly Meal Plan
Our Monthly Meal Plan has kind of become a staple of our budgeting process. Rather than planning for meals from week to week, we put in a little extra time and effort and knock it out right away. It takes a little discipline, but sticking to the plan can keep costs down and … [Read more...]
December 2011 Monthly Meal Plan
Our Monthly Meal Plan has kind of become a staple of our budgeting process. Rather than planning for meals from week to week, we put in a little extra time and effort and knock it out right away. It takes a little discipline, but sticking to the plan can keep costs down and … [Read more...]
November 2011 Monthly Meal Plan
Our Monthly Meal Plan has kind of become a staple of our budgeting process. Rather than planning for meals from week to week, we put in a little extra time and effort and knock it out right away. It takes a little discipline, but sticking to the plan can keep costs down and … [Read more...]
October 2011 Monthly Meal Plan
Here is the background to the monthly meal plan … Last year, we did weekly meal plans. Well we did weekly meal plans most of the time. I say most of the time because some weeks we forgot to plan. Life got busy, school work was out of control, the preschool business started, the … [Read more...]
Top 100 Pasta Dishes: Easy Everyday Recipes That Children Will Love
We are excited to provide a review of the complementary copy of Top 100 Pasta Dishes: Easy Everyday Recipes That Children Will Love that we received! Top 100 Pasta Dishes: Easy Everyday Recipes That Children Will Love Details ... Who doesn’t love pasta? For most … [Read more...]
Island Farm on Roanoke Island – Outer Banks
We had the chance to visit the Island Farm on Roanoke Island in the Outer Banks back in July. Maybe it is odd this post is going up at they are getting nailed with a hurricane but I hope the farm fares well with the weather hitting them! When we got to the farm, one of the … [Read more...]