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The holiday season seemed to fly by this past year, and shortly after New Year’s I discovered that I hadn’t done something that normally is second nature to me: I hadn’t planned a menu for over two months! Christmas preparations interrupted my meal preparations, and it was painfully obvious in our grocery bill. The price [...]
ADHD in children is becoming more and more commonly diagnosed. While I have my own ideas as to why this is happening, I also know that we as parents are going to have to be the ones to step up and help our children instead of relying on prescribed medications that can cause more harm than [...]
With each of my three children, it seems like my body chemistry and diet has changed. My oldest two couldn’t tolerate dairy well, and I developed rashes suddenly after eating corn with my second. The third came along with a gluten/wheat sensitivity, and I tolerated corn but not citrus. Avoid the Processed-Food Desperation Grab Whatever [...]
Everybody is trimming back the budget these days, but that doesn’t mean your healthful diet has to suffer. In fact, tightening your grocery budget can lead to better eating as you cut back on extras and really pay attention to what you are buying and preparing. Sometimes, this will include cutting some things out of [...]
In this “Mom’s The Word” video from Ragu, they want to know- how do you spice up pasta? For many of us, pasta is the go-to dinner for desparate last-minute meals because it is easy. But, I’ve learned that pasta doesn’t have to be boring. There are tips in the video below, but here are [...]
Eating your leftovers instead of throwing them away is a good use of your budget, but you don’t always want to have spaghetti two nights in a row! Use up your remaining noodles and sauce by adding just a few more ingredients for Spaghetti Pepperoni Pizza Bake. Ingredients: 1/2 lb to 1 lb spaghetti (whatever [...]
My mission is to save money on food and waste no or little food if I can help it. This past week, I spent a very little amount of money and we ended up with lots and lots of food! Our family of 4 made 4 meals out of about a 2.5 lb beef roast [...]
