September is pediatric cancer awareness month. Pediatric cancer kills more children than any other disease. This past July, the kids and I spent some time in the kitchen baking up dozens and dozens of cookies to put together a bake sale to benefit Cookies for Kids Cancer. It's a cause we decided we ...
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Help Make Your Lunchtime "Green" {Keeping It Real}
I have a confession. I'm kind of a container and lunchbox-stuff junkie. And at this time of year, with so many back-to-school things in the stores, I naturally gravitate to the lunchbox aisle and all the fun, new options that seem to show up each year. I love to browse through all the different ...
Kitchen Organization (Part 2): Pantry and Food Storage
Share One of the things that really sold us on our home is the kitchen. Our house is not that big but the kitchen is huge! It is in the center of the house with a big sky light and I love it! I'm lucky, too, that I have an actual pantry and do not have to designate cabinet space to food ...
Going Bananas! Freeze Your Extras {Kitchen Quick Tip!}
Share Here's a tip I got from my dad who makes a fruit smoothie every day for breakfast! When you have extra bananas that are ripening faster than you can use them just peel 'em and freeze 'em! Here's the big tip though...slice your bananas on a cutting board or mat into 1-2" chunks and ...
Kitchen Organization (Part 1): Cabinets And Drawers
Share I've been in a bit of an organizing mood lately. Not sure what it is because it seems to come and go with me. Most recently I cleaned out and organized our bathroom linen closet. Wow! Everything is sorted and looks so nice and even labeled so I hope I won't get so many "where's the ....." ...
Cookies for Kids Cancer: Plan Your Bake Sale Now!
Last week I happened to catch a commercial on television that advertised Glad To Give, the effort by the Glad company's family of products and their support to fund research for finding a cure for children's cancer. I was immediately touched and a quick online search brought me to the ...
Make Leftovers Fun with a Daily Specials Menu
A few years ago I read in a parenting magazine about a mom who made a menu at the end of the week listing all the leftovers that her family had to choose from for their Friday night meal. I thought this was such a fun idea! Of course it's taken me until now to implement the idea and I'm ...
How About A Little Challenge? And Clean Out Your Pantry and Freezer too!
Recently, as I opened the freezer below my refrigerator I was so frustratred looking for the parmesan cheese that I KNEW was in there, but I couldn't find it--argh! (yes, it was labeled and I did eventually find it). There was just too much other stuff in the way. A similar thing happened when I ...
October is National Eat Better, Eat Together Month!
Seems like these days everyone is on the go from work to school to activity to home and then back again. Finding time just to eat ANYTHING can be a challenge, much less eat TOGETHER with your family. But not only is it time to enjoy a yummy meal together, eating together is a time to connect with ...
No More Boring Breakfasts!
Is it safe to assume that my meal planning wisdom has inspired you all to get a little more creative in your cooking? And surely that must mean you're whipping up some wonderful breakfasts each day for you and your family, right? Just kidding! Even I get into a rut sometimes of cereal and toast each ...