Thank you Idahoan® Mashed Potatoes for sponsoring this post. Idahoan® Mashed Potatoes are real potatoes, real easy, delivering homemade taste on demand. Sitting down to eat dinner together as a family each night is truly important to me; this is probably because it’s what I experienced growing up. I enjoy sharing our meal, conversing as […]
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Our Family’s Weekly Meal Plan: 21 Sample Meals!
Meal planning has many benefits, with helping to keep your family’s budget on track and using up food before it spoils being just a couple. I try very hard to plan out our family’s weekly meals each weekend. I often involve the kids too and ask them to pick a few of the meals. I’ve […]
Simple Summer Eating with FOOD NETWORK KITCHEN™ Inspirations Meal Kits!
Try new FOOD NETWORK KITCHEN™ Inspirations Meal Kits for a quick weeknight meal this summer! This is a sponsored post. All views are my own. As my girl reaches her teen years, I’m working on teaching her to expand her kitchen skills and she’s now starting to explore cooking full meals. She’s already got quite […]
Our Dinner Menu Plan this Week
In the past, I’ve shared benefits of menu planning, plus shown you a glimpse at our family dinners by posting various sample menu plans. While I go through phases where I firmly stick to our menu plans, I’ll admit that I’m also flexible and have weeks where I fall off the bandwagon. Perhaps our routine might get […]
7 Day Low Carb Menu Plan: Healthier Eating for the New Year
Though I’m a fan of rice, pasta, and bread, I know that in general, we probably eat more carbs than we should. In an attempt to eat healthier, a friend of mine recently suggested I check out Bob Harper’s weight loss books, particularly Jumpstart to Skinny: The Simple 3-Week Plan for Supercharged Weight Loss. Despite […]