Category: Nutrition
Tips Getting Your Kids to Eat Healthier
Our crew had dental cleanings this past week and two of them had small cavities. Several years ago we had the same problem. I was told that it was largely hereditary and there was really nothing I could do about it. I didn’t feel like that was totally accurate. It was about this time that [...]
Butter Cookies
When my older children were younger, we would often make “sugar” cookies for the different holidays. We had all sorts of cookie cutters. The kids loved rolling out the dough, cutting out their cookie, and then of course loading it down with a ton of icing and colored sprinkles. Then I went through my healthy [...]
The Great Cheese Ball Link Up
One of my favorite memories of Christmas time is the cheese balls my grandmother and great-grandmother would make every year. Us kids would sit around snacking on them, waiting on Christmas dinner to be done. There were two cheese balls that I remember very distinctly. One of the two I make every year for Christmas, [...]
Monday’s Menu Link Up
I haven’t planned out my weekly meals in quite a while, and consequently we have been eating out way too much. I don’t know about you all, but one of the hardest aspects of getting dinner done is deciding what to have. If I don’t plan ahead, I find myself trying to throw something together [...]
Pumpkin Stew
Last month our family took a trip to the local pumpkin patch for some Autumn fun. The kids ran around the corn maze, rode the barrel train, and jumped on the bouncy thing. We couldn’t leave without each of them picking out a pumpkin. We don’t celebrate Halloween and I am not keen on pumpkin [...]
Popcorn Balls
One of our favorite treats in the fall is popcorn balls! Now let me forewarn you, this is not some healthy for you kind of recipe. Basically sugar, sugar, corn syrup, and more sugar poured over popcorn. We don’t make this often, but when we do, everyone loves it! PrintPopcorn Balls Ingredients2 cups brown sugar [...]
Honey Wheat Bagels
The older I get, the more thankful I am when the air gets cooler and the leaves change color. Some of my favorite comforts are best enjoyed on a crisp autumn morning. ~sipping a hot cup of tea~ ~wrapping up in a woolen shaw~ ~eating a warm bagel straight from the oven~ ~smoothered in cream [...]
High Five Moms: Fall Harvest
We are now in Kansas, staying at a hotel while we house hunt. The weather here is absolutely beautiful. How I have missed the crisp fall air! We have passed by several pumpkin patches and I long to bring in my own harvest. I have dreams of having a huge garden with vegetables overflowing and [...]
High Five Moms: Healthy, Quick, and Easy School Day Lunches
There are many things that can interrupt the flow of a good school day, and lunch time can be one of them. I don’t know about you, but there are times when we are in our learning mode, everyone is doing what they are supposed to, lunch time rolls around and BAM…all chaos breaks out. Everyone [...]
Monday’s Menu Link Up and Featured Recipe: Homemade Fish Sticks
Well, I didn’t make a menu plan for this week as I know it is going to be a busy week and I will just have to play it by ear day by day. I didn’t make beans last week like I had planned, so I will probably try to make them for this week [...]
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