Category: What to Eat

  • Menu Plan, September 1-7

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    Here’s what the 144 family will be dining on this week: Monday Breakfast- waffles with bananas, berries Dinner-left-over grilled chicken from fajita party in stir fry chicken and vegetables Tuesday Breakfast-scrambled egg whites and cheese, toast, yogurt smoothies Dinner–  Chicken and shrimp quesadillas (just grilled chicken and shrimp for mom plus some spinach) broccoli, pineapple…

  • Building an Indiana Jones birthday cake

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    For all but two of the 13 previous children’s birthday celebrations I’ve planned for my kiddos, I’ve called a bakery and had an absolutely delicious cake or cupcakes arrive at my home ready to be ooh’ed and ahhh’ed and devoured. (For one of those parties I served pancakes, not cake, by the way. You can read about that here.…

  • Popsicles for breakfast

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    This morning, for just a few minutes, I got to be the coolest mom ever. Yesterday I deviated a bit from my meal plan and made smoothies for breakfast using bananas, frozen mixed berries, plain yogurt, a handful of oatmeal and a splash of milk. As yummy as they were, there was still some left…

  • Menu Plan Monday August 25

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    Here’s what the 144 family will be dining on this week: Monday Breakfast–Cereal, yogurt Dinner– Baked salmon, spinach, corn, homemade breadsticks (I’m trying a breadstick recipe from the Happy to be at Home e-cookbook. I hear these breadsticks are the best… This could be a dangerous discovery!!) Tuesday Breakfast– scrambled egg whites and cheese, toast,…

  • Summer Lunchbox Challenge Wraps Up

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    Over at Happy to be at Home, I have been writing about what to pack in your children’s lunchboxes in the Summer Lunchbox Challenge. My series concludes today with my master lunchpacking list and tips on how to pack those lunches so your kids actually get to eat them. Check it out and get ready…