Share Recently I decided to organize my pantry. It seemed a lot of extra items had made their way in there…whether it was ingredients for meals I never ended up making or items received as food gifts or purchased when on vacation (I like to buy food “souvenirs”). This time of year is a great time ...
Kitchen Organization
Finding a Great Shared Family Calendar That Works For You
When it comes to meal planning, you need to have a calendar or planner that works for you. Because you have to know what’s going on to make a plan, right? And when it comes to choosing a calendar/planner, I know everyone’s a little different but today I’m telling you about my new favorite planner ...
Six Tips to Organize Your Pantry
Not everyone's motivation to organize your pantry is the same but for me that inspiration is rarely because of a general desire. I usually like to organize it before the holidays to make room for extra ingredients for holiday meals or treats or food gifts. Or sometimes it's long after a vacation ...
How To Organize Magazine Recipes-A Few Tips!
I have a confession. I am a recipe hoarder and I cannot help it! The pretty pictures and catchy covers always seem to call my name whenever a new magazine hits the stands. I’m especially fond of the special issue softcover recipe collections. It seems as though I can never have enough ideas! The ...
10 Grocery Shopping Tips To Save Time and Your Sanity
My last several trips to the grocery store have reminded me about this post that I wrote last year so I'm sharing it again here in case you didn't see it the first time. Just the other day I had people squeezing past me to get to what they needed. Um, ok. A simple "excuse me" will suffice and can go ...
How to Create a Custom Grocery List to Save Time and Money
At the start of my "official" meal planning journey (and before I really knew it), a friend gave me a computerized grocery list. She had found it online and started using it shortly after her first child was born. As the mother of a newborn at the time myself, I took the list, thanked her ...
Three Tips For An Organized Kitchen
At least once a year I like to take a look around my kitchen and reorganize it a bit. Surely I'm not the only one that gets in a rush and puts things back in cabinets that are hastily stacked or shoved in there. Or I acquire new tools or kitchen equipment (like my panini maker a little over a year ...
10 Tips For Grocery Shopping With Kids—Without Going Crazy!
So, summer is more than half over for us and while errands with my kids are a LITTLE bit easier than when they were really young, going to the grocery store is still sometimes stressful because I know they are going to ask for a lot of things that we don’t normally get. The following is an ...
Kitchen Organization (Part 4): Your Refrigerator
Kitchen Cabinets Organized. Check. Pantry Organized. Check. Freezer Organized. Check. Refrigerator...still on to do list! The holidays are here! And hopefully that means you are planning lots of great things to make and bake this season to serve at all your holiday gatherings. But before you ...
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 ...