If you love chocolate cake, this is a recipe you will want to try! My mother-in-law makes this chocolate sheet cake for every birthday! It’s a tradition in our family and it’s absolutely yummy. (It’s even better the second day than the first, in my opinion…if there is any left after the first day!) You […]
Meal Plan Monday
This is a week where at least one child has an activity each evening. Because of that I’m going to have to get creative not only to get us to eat together but also to just get a meal on the table each evening. Luckily, the weather looks lovely for most of the week so […]
Meal Plan Monday
I’m hoping to keep my family on track with eating at home this week verses eating out. It’s a wonderful way to not only save money but to eat healthier as well. Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs & Toast Cereal Yummy Baked French Toast Blueberry Muffins Pancakes Strawberry Shortcake Muffins Smoothies & Granola Lunch: Chili Soup, Crescent […]
Meal Plan Monday
This week we have quite a few evening commitments where someone will either be gone after school or later on that evening so I wanted meals I could put in the crock pot or oven and let them be, instead of rushing around trying to get a meal on the table. There’s nothing worse than […]
Meal Plan Monday
Having a meal plan last week really helped keep me on track…until Jason had a craving for pizza and ordered it! 🙂 Oh well, most of the days we stuck to the plan and it did help not only save money but also kept me organized and I didn’t have to ask anyone what they […]
Meal Plan Monday
I haven’t posted a Meal Plan Monday for quite awhile but because I’ve been in a cooking rut, it’s the beginning of the year, and I want to get back in the habit of having my meal planned in advance, I’m back! Here is our meal plan for this week. Breakfast: French Toast Sticks Cereal […]
Snowball Cookies
If you are looking for an easy Christmas or winter cookie, these Snowball Cookies are just want you want! They are super easy and melt in your mouth when you eat them! My mom has always made these Snowball Cookies for my birthday in December and are a regular family tradition at Christmas as well. […]
Creating A Stockpile- Introduction
If you were to look inside your cupboards, refrigerator, and freezer how many days of meals could you make? If you are like most Americans, the answer would be not very many. Have you ever thought about what you would do if there was an emergency and you couldn’t get to a store to buy […]
Mastering Meal Planning
**Did you miss the other posts in this series of 31 Days Of Intentional Living? You can find them here! Every night at 5:00 do you sit and rack your brain trying to figure out something quick and easy to make for dinner? Do you scavenge through your cabinets to pull out a frozen pizza or slap together […]
Better Than Store Bought Spaghetti Sauce
My sister-in-law gave me this great recipe a few years ago and after making it once, my family has never wanted me to buy spaghetti sauce again! I have tweaked it a little from the original version to suit our family’s tastes. This is one recipe that EVERY person in our family loves so when I […]
