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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 Chicken 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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Menu Plan 10/28/2013
Just your average crazy week around here coming up! A reminder – if it’s marked as “NEW” we haven’t tried it before. Assuming things go according to plan (snort!) this week, you can check back over the weekend for a review of the ones that we enjoyed and plan to make again. Monday Gluten Free Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Muffins Salmon Patties Pot Roast, Parmesan Cabbage (NEW), Roasted Carrots Tuesday Leftovers from GF Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Muffins Flat Bread Sandwiches or Wraps Slow Cooker Quinoa Chicken and Chili (NEW!) Wednesday Baked Oatmeal, Mini Quiches Hummus, GF Pita, Carrots, Apples and Bananas Fall Festival at Church Thursdsay Leftover Baked Oatmeal Gluten Free Tortillas (NEW), Refried…
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3 Ingredient Dinner in a Flash
Okay, so you know how there are those days were absolutely nothing goes as planned and suddenly you look up and realize that in order to actually feed your family before it’s time to put the kiddos to bed that you really should have started dinner an hour ago? What? That never happens to you? Well, it happens to me. All.the.time. Waaaay more than I care to admit, actually. So, I won’t. I’ll just tell you that this is one of those recipes that you can throw together in a pinch with ingredients you tend to have around and no one will really know that you cannot manage your time…
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Menu Plan 10/22/2013
Whew, last week was hectic! We made a few changes to the menu along the way. I tried a cauliflower crust pizza on Saturday night. That was NOT a winner of a recipe for us, so I won’t be including it here! You can thank me later. I’m going to start posting reviews of the new recipes that we try, so I’ll mark here the ones that are new, just so that you’ll know that they’re not something we’ve tried before. If you want to check back on Saturday or Sunday, I’ll post a review of what we thought . . . and whether they’ll be showing up on the…
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YUMMY and Simple Gluten Free Pancakes!
We eat pancakes pretty often. Consequently, after my husband was diagnosed with Celiac earlier this year, we spent several months on the hunt for a good gluten free pancake recipe. We ate through many a dud before finding this recipe and making some minor changes to make it really work for us. This recipe has a good “mouth feel” and isn’t too dry. The flavor is really nice. This is a gluten free pancake tht I will happily serve to guests who aren’t accustomed to eating gluten free because it really doesn’t taste all that different from the pancakes we used to eat. Ingredients Dry Ingredients: 1 cup brown rice…
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Menu Plan 10/14/2013
Muffins, muffins everywhere! Obviously, we enjoy a good muffin around here. Pictured above are the Gluten Free Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Muffins. I’ll share the recipe soon. It’s just not QUITE perfected. It’s got an endorsement from 50% of the family, but 2 of us are holding out for a little more of a “Wow!” factor. Hopefully, we’ll get there this week. We’re also in the mood for the fall flavors of pumpkin, apples, sweet potatoes, and soup around here, but because it’s actually still pretty warm, we’re just not ready to give up the watermelon that’s still showing up at the Farmer’s Market! Plus, when you’ve got a kiddo that…
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Magical (Maybe) Healthy (Definitely) Chocolate Chip Oatmeal
Once upon a time, there was a sweet little girl who loved oatmeal. The only decent tasting oatmeal her mother knew how to cook came in a box with individual packets inside. Add water or milk and microwave. Easy cheesy. The little girl LOVED oatmeal. She would happily eat it for breakfast every.single.day. At first, her mother patted herself on the back, because her daughter loved oatmeal. Oatmeal just sounds so . . . healthy. But, over time, the little girl’s mother began to be concerned about the amount of sugar in the little individual packages. And then there was the fact that the little girl would eat it EVERY.SINGLE.DAY.…
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Menu Plan 10/7/2013
Time to start easing into the Fall food! Pumpkins and soups, coming up! It must be Fall, because around here, a lot of leaves got swept up and moved to the chickens’ area this weekend! The chickens are very happy to have some new playthings, but I think the kiddos are going to be vying for their own leaf pile to jump in on the next leaf-sweeping go-round! In the meantime, here’s the general game plan for feeding everyone this week: Monday Pumpkin Spiced Oatmeal Black Bean Soup, Chips, Apples and Melons Roast Chicken, Roasted Asparagus and Carrots Tuesday GF Pancakes Pasta and Salads, Grapes and Apples Crock Pot Baked…
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Granola Bars . . . or Super Swim Bars!
I love a good granola bar. The kind that is a little chewy and still a little crunchy. I like them to be sweet, but not so sweet that they have that “burn” that sometimes comes from too much sugar, or especially too much honey. This summer, we needed some snacks to take to swim meets (hence the alternate name, SUPER Swim Bars!, by which they will forever be known around our house), and I found a recipe for granola bars that I liked, but didn’t quite love. Now, with a few tweaks, I’m really happy with it and it’s been a hit with the whole family. Granola Bar Recipe…
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Shopping for Groceries Online
I am CONSTANTLY having conversations with friends (or acquaintances) where I mention a grocery item that I purchase online, or I mention how infrequently I go to the grocery store (and mostly for things like bananas and spinach) and my friends are really SHOCKED that I purchase a LOT of groceries from Amazon. Apparently, many people are still not aware of Amazon’s great “Subscribe and Save” program. Using this program, you can subscribe to certain items (not all items are available for subscription) and get an additional 5% discount on the item, plus free shipping. If, in any given month, you have 5 or more “Subscribe and Save” items shipping…
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