I feel like I am finally getting into a routine again. Maybe menu planning, regularly scheduled grocery shopping trips, coupon cutting, etc can resume in my life and I can start feeling a little more organized! As I was sitting here cutting out coupons from the past three Sunday papers, I kept thinking “there has…
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FlyLady Flunkie (Recipe – Aleppo Pepper Chicken, Asparagus and Pasta)
6 years ago, a friend of mine sent me a link in an email to something that she said “changed her life”. The link was to a housekeeping/organizing/cleaning system by someone known as FlyLady. Intrigued, I clicked on it and read…and read… and read. As a fairly new stay at home mom, and one who…
The Need to Feed (Recipe: Buttermilk Biscuits)
I love summertime…absolutely love it. I love having my kids home. I love the warm weather, the sunshine, and the impromptu neighborhood gatherings that happen when we are all hanging outside. I love not having to be any place in particular by 8am…lazy mornings of snuggling in bed and reading books before we all get…
Win a Amazon.com Gift Certificate (and Black Raspberry Meringue Bars)
Please excuse me while I vent for a second. My husband has been traveling for just about every week since August for business. Most often, he leaves before we wake up on Monday morning and comes back on Friday evening. He has occasionally come back at 11pm on Thursday night only to turn around and…
Mom Advice Simplified – Simplifying the Dinner Hour
If you missed the Blog Talk Radio radio show with Amy Clark of Mom Advice and myself, you can listen to the show up above. The interview lasts about 15 minutes and then Amy has shares some additional advice about menu planning! Thanks for tuning in!
A Year for Simplicity (and Italian Sausage and Peppers)
Let’s get the big stuff out of the way here real quick. The winner of the wonderful is…. Jenifer from the very funny blog, Nutcase101. Out of 79 comments, the Random Number Generator came up with comment number 18, which belonged to Jenifer. I hope you enjoy the basket, Jenifer, and thanks to Pillsbury for…
All Grown Up
When I turned 16, I was finally allowed to date. For a constantly boy crazy girl, I felt like sixteen would never come and when it did, I took full advantage of it! I dated some pretty nice guys, but one guy, who ended up becoming my boyfriend for a few years, taught me more…
Don’t Mess With Texas
Texans are proud people. If you want proof, pass over the border in to Texas, stop at the nearest visitors center and you will be greeted with friendly folks eager to pass out their giant “Don’t Mess With Texas” bumper stickers. You will see big Chevy trucks with the “Lone Star State” emblem on…
I was in a Simple and Delicious Mood
Apparently, when I made out my menu plan for the first part of January, the Jan/Feb issue of Simple and Delicious magazine was in front of me. I think it actually arrived in the mail the day I was doing my menu plan because over half of the meals for the first half of the…
Food & Wine Magazine 100 Tastes to Try in 2007 – Taste #4 Greek Olive Oil
My first official “Must Taste” of 2007 is Food and Wine Magazine’s #4 taste – Greek Olive Oil. I’ve actually had the pleasure of tasting Greek Olive Oil in the past, but decided to do things right and give it a try in the year 2007. The olive oil I decided to use for this…
