• Gluten Free Pumpkin Muffins
    Breakfast,  Recipes

    Gluten Free Pumpkin Muffins

    Mmmmm . . . Fall and pumpkin . . . they just go hand in hand. Truthfully, I like pumpkin just about anytime, which is why I keep a lot in my freezer year-round. I like to decorate with pumpkins that roast well and look good – Fairy Tale and Cinderella Pumpkins have been my favorites over the years. Using my decor for food later makes me feel SO much better about spending money in the fall on some pumpkins to sit around the house. And, as long as you don’t make them into Jack-o-lanterns, they usually last the full season and leave you plenty of time to roast them…

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    Menu Plan

    Meal Plan 11/4/2013

    Trying to post this meal plan every Monday has made me MUCH more committed to getting it done! We certainly don’t stick to it 100% every week, but it has been wonderful to have a plan that we ATTEMPT to adhere to! My absolute favorite new recipe from last week was the Slow-cooker Quinoa ChickenĀ Chilli from Queen Bee Coupons. I was a bigger fan of it than the rest of my family, but they’re CRAZY and you should NOT base any decisions on their judgement, whatsoever. It was wonderful! I reduced the spices, because the rest of my family is not a fan of spicy food (did I mention that…

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    Home Management

    Saturday Special: Kill the Colored Ants!

    We have ants. Again. We live in a fairly old house, and it’s just not sealed as well as it should/could be. About every 2 or 3 months, we get a good rain (like night before last) and a colony of ants decides they need to seek shelter by moving into our house. I don’t know about you, but I HATE ants. My husband says we need to name them and call them our “kitchen friends.” He is not in charge of dealing with the ants, obviously. HeĀ IS in charge of the videoing around here (see below). You’ll see that we are pretty easily amused. I’ve tried all sorts of…