Menu Planning with Kids
Yesterday I cooked up some Chicken Cordon Bleu for dinner. Sunday is always my favorite night to cook, since I have the time, and Mark home to help with the kids. Normally I will let the girls help me cook, unless I’m handling raw meat and sharp knifes. That was the case last night. Princess […]
Read MoreFrequency and Quality {80 Bites Week 7}
I know I missed the last two weeks of letting you in on my progress here. What a wonderful, but busy time of the year for everyone. This last week especially though, I have had a different perspective on my life, and the things that truly matter. This diet plan does matter to me. Why? […]
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Menu Plan Monday 12/10
Well, we still don’t have a set date for moving yet. It’s making me a little crazy, especially with the holidays approaching. We haven’t put up our tree yet, because we’d like to move before Christmas, but we may not. I decided to go ahead and start packing, in hopes it would make our loan […]
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Finding Inspiration {Menu Plan}
It was a long weekend! Saturday afternoon my little Princess R got a little sick. To be on the safe side, I canceled our plans for the evening. We were going to attend the Army Band Concert with some of Mark’s students. Instead Mark took the older Princesses to the concert, and I stayed home […]
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Cupcakes and Sisters {Menu Plan}
Wednesday night, my sister and I took a trip to the store for some last minute Thanksgiving items. It was nice to spend some time with just her, so we decided to make the trip extra special, and went to a little Cupcake Bakery. It was one of the cutest little places I’ve been to […]
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Anise Orange Biscotti {Foodie Friday}
Hosted at Home Maid Simple and Simple Living and Eating Every year my family has an h’or doeve contest for Thanksgiving. It gives us something to snack on during the day while waiting for the big meal. This year I decided to try making some biscotti. I’ve never had biscotti before, but heard it’s good. […]
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Counting, but not Calories: The 80 Bites Diet
So I finally did it, I decided to diet. I’ve never been a fan of dieting. Counting calories and giving up my favorite foods, just have not been things I wanted to do. So I didn’t. Well, I guess I did a couple years ago when I gave up sugar, but I found a lot of […]
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Canned Apple Pie Filling {Foodie Friday}
Hosted at Home Maid Simple and Simple Living and Eating Canned Apple Pie Filling makes 5qts 8-9 cups peeled and chopped Apples (Or you can slice them. However you like them in a pie). 5 cups water 1/2 cup corn starch 1 cup +1TBS vanilla sugar 1 cup brown sugar 6 whole cloves, crushed […]
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Garlic Parmesan Baked Chicken {Foodie Friday}
Hosted at Home Maid Simple and Simple Living and Eating Garlic Parmesan Baked Chicken Print Recipe Ingredients 4 chicken breasts 1 cup flour 1/4 cup grated parmesan 1/4 cup bread crumbs salt and pepper to taste 2 eggs 1 can Progresso Creamy Roasted Garlic Sliced smoked gouda Directions Whisk eggs in a shallow dish. […]
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Back on Chocolate! and a Menu Plan
Do you recall me saying I was going to skip chocolate for the month of October? I give up. I’m taking back my chocolate, and completely enjoying it! Here’s what I learned in my attempt to go without chocolate – – I don’t eat a lot of it on a daily basis. But when you […]
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