After weeks and months of stockpiling and taking advantage of the great deals on your favorite ingredients at the grocery store, it is inevitable that your pantry, fridge and freezer begin to burst at their seams. When this happens, it’s time for pantry challenge week...
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Life seems to be running circles around me, but there’s one thing that keeps me from falling off the brink to insanity. Meal planning - it saves my sanity - each and every week! When you get down to the nitty gritty of meal planning, there are two basic approaches...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Boneless skinless chicken thighs are often on sale for less than $2 per pound and when they hit this price point, I stock up. Then I make round, after round, after round of this slow cooker chicken cacciatore...
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
...Eating healthier foods and losing weight starts (in part) with what you put into your grocery cart. If you load your cart with the junk, you’re not going to succeed. But if you rid your cupboards, fridge and freezer of your trigger foods, and begin to fill them with foods and snacks like those listed below, you’ll be well on your way to success...
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
...I have come to love and adore my husband’s family tradition. They spend an hour every New Year’s sharing highlights from the previous year, reminiscing about vacations, promotions, births, baptisms, and other amazing events that took place that year...
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
There is just something about fresh, homemade bread, served with butter and warm from the oven. The butter instantly soaks in the bread, the jam softens and spreads perfectly from the warmth of the bread and each bite magically melts in your mouth, leaving you wanting just one more bite...