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When making my weekly meal plan, I like to create things that my children love because that is easier than dealing with picky eaters and complaints. However, I also can’t exist on chicken nuggets and pizza! I need more things, so I am constantly on the hunt for delicious, nutritious, and kid friendly meals. This …

Unfortunately, there comes a time in every responsible adult’s year that she must deep clean her entire home. Actually, this time comes twice in each year. We have a huge Spring Cleaning purge and another in the Fall. However, deep cleaning the house really isn’t the hard part. The hard part is deep cleaning the …

Valentine’s Day is this week, so we have some special plans for the meals. However, the rest of the week is our normal weekly food menu. When you make your meal plan each week, do you consider holidays? This weekly food menu includes recipes as well as a printable menu and shopping list. All the …

I think February has always been my busiest month. This is why I need to be menu planning now more than ever. Planning out what we will eat is a fun way to spend a bit of time with my guys and find out what they love. Plus, my husband and I can go shopping …

As we near the end of the month, budgets start straining for many of us. That means lots of starches and eating from our freezer and pantry. This week’s End of the Month Meal Plan uses leftovers from the previous five weeks and low-cost ingredients to help you feed your family all the necessary meals while scraping …

Last week, we talked about trying to get our routines and schedules back to normal after the hectic Holiday Season. Now that we are in the first full week of the year, life is back to normal and it is time to tackle those to do list items that have gotten a bit backlogged – …

I don’t know about you, but I am so ready for my life to get back to normal! Don’t get me wrong, I love the Holiday Season! But, I simply can not take any more of it. LOL! I used to meal plan every week, like clockwork. However, over the past few years, I have …

The older I get, the faster the year goes! My baby boy will be entering high school this year and the rest of my guys are full-on adults! Where did their childhoods disappear to!? Anyway, this isn’t a post reminiscing about days gone by. LOL! So, I have to prepare. That means getting back to …

I think we’ve all been there: It’s 5:30 p.m. and you have no idea what to make for dinner. Caught between your hungry kids and your empty cupboard, you resort to ordering a pizza…for the third time this month. Along with being unhealthy, eating out a lot can really do a number on your bank …