New Recipe Challenge—Let’s Get Going Together in 4 Easy Steps!

New Recipe Challenge--Try New Recipes and Share with Others! | Hosted by Meal Planning Magic

With the news events of last week (both nationally and locally for me), I was a bit distracted and didn’t get a whole lot of blogging done. I realize I haven’t had a weekly meal plan for a few weeks either. Our weeks have been filled with special events so my cooking has been a [...]

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Edamame and Great Northern White Bean Dip Recipe #EatA2ZRecipeChallenge

Simple ingredients and SO easy to make!

Edamame and Great White Northern Beans combine in this unique recipe to make a delicious sandwich spread or dip. It may seem like an unlikely pairing but it’s something I’ve been thinking about trying ever since coming across similar recipes online (was it Pinterest, another blog? I can’t remember, but I know I saw it!) [...]

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My First Trip to ALDI–And The Grocery Savings Within!

ALDI grocery savings | Meal Planning Magic

Today is a big day in the Houston grocery store market. Today, nine new ALDI stores opened all around the city and a total of 30 are planned to open in the next two years. Earlier this week I had the opportunity to visit one of the new ALDI stores. ALDI may be nothing new [...]

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Food Bloggers Against Hunger, A Budget Friendly Recipe & A Call To Action

Food Bloggers Against Hunger

Today, along with 200 other food bloggers, I’m happy to be participating in the Food Bloggers Against Hunger campaign. I’m happy because together we hope to get the word out to our readers and the world that hunger in America is a real problem that needs to be addressed, As part of the challenge, I [...]

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Food Bloggers Against Hunger event & ALDI is coming to Houston!

  Earlier this week I saw a message about The Lunch Tray’s new post about how she is joining up to participate in this year’s Food Bloggers Against Hunger initiative. The effort is created in part as a result of the new documentary about hunger in America, A Place at the Table. It’s been quite [...]

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This Week’s Menu Plan plus Thoughts On Finding The Right Planner for You

I realize it’s Wednesday already but I did make a menu plan for this week that I wanted to share with you all. I just feel like I’ve been gone more than I’ve been home lately. I can feel the busy-ness of spring approaching with lots of different activities for our family and I need [...]

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Changes Coming to Meal Planning Magic

Maybe you all have noticed my minimal amount of posting lately. Well, there are lots of reasons for that but one of them is that I’ve been doing a lot of behind the scenes work here on my blog. I’ve widened the frame so that I can more easily use larger pictures in my posts. [...]

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Support Smart Snacks in Schools—Let Your Voice Be Heard!

Support Smart Snacks in Schools—Your Feedback Is Important! | Meal Planning Magic outlines details and includes tons of links for school wellness resources

Last week I happened upon a Twitter chat quite by accident but boy, was I glad I did! I had just sat down to have a bite to eat for lunch and saw a message from Bettina at The Lunch Tray about a chat being sponsored by MomsRising and the Center For Science in The [...]

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Menu Plan Monday + a Tip For Using ALL of the Fresh Parmesan Cheese

Use Parmesan Cheese Ends in Spaghetti Sauce for flavor! | Meal Planning Magic

This week is a little bit up in the air as we’re still not totally sure what our plans are for Easter. So I’m just doing a meal plan for the first part of the week and not the weekend right now. It’s all about simple and using up things that we already have in [...]

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Menu Plan Monday (on Tuesday) + Prep Ahead Meal Tips

Prepped the asparagus ahead of time and it is in the microwave ready to steam a bit when we're ready!

I’ll blame it on the jet lag from our trip over Spring Break last week but I totally flaked yesterday and forgot to do my menu plan for you all this week! So here it is Tuesday–but better late than never right? Our spring is getting busier several days a week as the kids have [...]

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