Meal Plan: May weeks 1 and 2

April 29, 2013 by 2 Comments
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Here's what's cooking on our menu plan for dinners this week and next. Want to know more about meal planning? Read my basic tips for meal planning post. And to get meal plans in your email inbox, subscribe to the Julieverse daily emailsfollow (plus you’ll receive other Julieverse posts each day.) Menu Plan: May week 1 Monday: Spiced Chicken with Chickpea & Cucumber Salad Tuesday: Herb-Rubbed Pork Tenderloin Wednesday: Beef/Corn Tacos Thursday: Crockpot Chicken … [Read more...]

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How to store fresh strawberries

July 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Most of the time, it's hard to keep a pound or two of strawberries from being eaten immediately in our house. But on the occasions where I buy them at the farm stand and want to store them for a few days to eat with a recipe later in the week, not only do I need to hide them from my kids, but I need to store them so that they won't grow moldy. I tried keeping them on the counter. That didn't work. Then I tried storing them in a plastic or cardboard container, that didn't work, … [Read more...]

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Menu Plan: December, week 2

December 12, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Sports break is over, this week we start basketball practices (games will start after the New Year.) Here's our menu plan for this 2nd week of December. What does your week look like? Monday: Rigatoni with Sausage & broccoli Tuesday:  Sweet & Sour Chicken  with Soba Salad Wednesday: leftovers Thursday, December 16: Spiced shrimp with green beans and lime (yum! love lime!) Weekend: Cauliflower & Chickpea stew … [Read more...]

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Menu Plan: Thanksgiving Week

November 21, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Last year, I prepared my first Thanksgiving and it was a hit (just go with it... I really enjoyed hosting.) This week, we're joining family for Thanksgiving Dinner but hosting a small family Open House the next day. So while some of you are preparing Thanksgiving dinners and sides and desserts, I'm preparing for a post-Thanksgiving party. Therefore, I'm keeping this week's meals simple. Monday: Sloppy Joes and salad Tuesday: Slow-Cooker White Bean and Kielbasa Stew  Wednesday: Honey Soy Glazed … [Read more...]

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Menu Plan and some answers to meal planning questions

October 10, 2011 by 4 Comments

Did ya'll see that Candice is in need of advice this week? She'd really like your tried and true answers to her Healthy Family from Scratch piece last week about menu plans and meal planning: Do you have things in your freezer that you can warm up or do you use a frozen food that is easy to make? I do keep a lot of food in the freezer for times when we can't follow the plan. My last minute menu meals lists just a few of our go-to meals that we can make from frozen items. How do you get … [Read more...]

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Menu Plan

September 6, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Are you joining us for the #Backpack11 twitter party tonight? We're giving away over 75 prizes! Be sure to check out the details and enter to win. In addition to the twitter party, I have a week of crazy nights. We have Back to School Night at one of the schools, Fashion Night, and more. It's going to be crazy. Crazy busy... but that's life, right? I sneaked off for an hour today and shopped (alone!) at Trader Joe's stocking up on lots of goodies for busy dinners. Can't wait to start making … [Read more...]

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