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Category: Food

  • How to get Toddlers to eat Vegetables

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    Wondering how to get toddlers to eat vegetables? The struggle is real, people! Toddlers absolutely love control, and food is something they can control. Check out my best tips for getting my kids to eat their vegetables.

  • Meals with Leftovers

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    Leftovers don’t have to be drab! Did you know you can take some of those leftovers and turn them into something just as delicious as the first time around? Meals with leftovers is a great way to re purpose them!

  • Essential Kitchen Tools

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    As parents, we all want our lives to be as easy as possible. Cooking and meal planning can be stressful, but with some of these essential kitchen tools, you can take the stress out of it all!

  • Kitchen Staples

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    It’s nearing dinner time and you do not want to make what was on your meal plan. Either the kids had a fussy day, or you had a last minute playdate, or whatever. You need to keep some kitchen staples on hand for nights like these!

  • Meal Planning Monday – Lasagna Pasta

    Meal Planning Monday – Lasagna Pasta

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    Pasta is delicious. I mean, can you get much better than a carb in some sauce and then smothered in cheese? Multiple kinds of cheese! It’s so, so amazing. Lasagna is my favorite kind of pasta. I bet you can guess why. Because it has 3 kind of cheese in it. (In our case,) cottage…

  • Halloween Treats Round Up

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    As I’ve said lots of times before, I am not a baker. I do love, however, to pin things on Pinterest that look delicious, with the complete knowledge that they will never get made in my house. Unless someone is coming over or we’re going to someone else’s house. I wanted to make my own…

  • Meal Planning Monday – Pizza Dip

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    My least favorite thing about not having an out of the house job is definitely the lack of food choices for snack and lunch. When I worked, I could walk into the giant kitchen and be surprised with the delicious snacks I could have (especially while I was pregnant.) Now, all I have is the…

  • Egg Cups with Hashbrowns

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    Breakfast is a difficult time in our house – I am always having a hard time coming up with great things to try. We love egg cups with hashbrowns! I decided to do a round up and include a bunch of recipes for egg cups with hashbrowns from some of my favorite bloggers.

  • Meal Planning Monday – Spinach Artichoke Pasta

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    Spinach artichoke is one of my favorite savory flavor combos. Even though it is loaded with parmesan cheese, it makes me feel so healthy because it is also loaded with spinach. That’s ok, right? I was craving this delicious-for-you combo one day and had everything but the artichoke hearts. So off to the store I…

  • Grocery list and meal planning printable

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    In my Facebook recipe group, I post every Sunday (read: try to post every Sunday) what our meals are going to be for the week. I have found that planning each week makes us spend less money on groceries (because there are no last minute grocery trips for “a few things” to make this random…