Last week Rebekah from Simply Rebekah and I embarked on our second BIG cooking day. In 2010 we did a Once A Month cooking day. It was a long, tiring day but we accomplished so much and had a bounty of food to show for our hard work. When we started discussing doing another cooking…
3 Recipes to Use Up Eggs
My hubby’s new hobby is caring for his 3 chickens, Gladys, Henrietta and Peck. We are also Chicken-sitting our friends 3 chickens over the winter so that means we have an abundance of eggs to use up each week. We are currently getting about 6 eggs a day! I needed to find some different recipes…
Moleskine Professional Binder Portfolio Review
** This post contains affiliate links – Thank you for supporting this site ** After some recent “window shopping” on the Moleskine website I couldn’t resist the urge to order the new Moleskine Folio Professional Binder. I hopped over to Amazon and placed my order. Thanks to Swagbucks I didn’t pay a dime to place the…
Our Favorite Green Smoothies
One of my goals recently is to eat more veggies. I had heard of “Green Smoothies” in the past and I thought I would give them a try. At first, I was hesitant… Spinach or Kale in a smoothie? Could that taste good? I was surprised! They not only taste good I really love them….
How I Pack When Traveling With The Kids
This weekend I’m heading up to Connecticut with the kids to spend a week with my sister. She was just visiting us for Christmas but we really wanted to have more time together so I decided to take a week, load up the car and head up to Connecticut for a week. There will be…
Setting up Zones for Big Baking Days
Today I’m sharing a simple tip for making your big baking days go much smoother. Setting up zones while baking several different recipes can help you be more productive and cut down on the mess. In my kitchen I use several areas or zones to organize my baking supplies and ingredients while baking. I shared…
Once-A-Month Cooking – Cooking Day
Cooking Day, boy, I must have been excited because I woke up right before my alarm went off on Wednesday morning. I was ready to go! I followed the instructions that I printed off of the Once-A-Month Mom’s site and did my best to follow each step. I won’t give you the play-by-play because that…
Organize your Purse with the Pouchee
Organize your Purse with the Pouchee This post contains affiliate links. Where I found it? This smaller wallet-sized purse organizer can be found at Amazon. Why I love it? It makes switching between purses (or diaper bags in my case) so easy! A place for everything! There are 2 outside pockets (perfect for my…
Help For the Helpless Homemaker – Tips for Keeping Your Home Tidy
Keeping our homes can be overwhelming and discouraging sometimes. For me, it seems this is true more often than not! How many time have you cleaned your entire house, stepped back to admire your hard work and clean floors …then you blink…and in an instant it’s like a tornado hit! All of your hard work…
Meal Planning 101 – Filling Your Freezer
Freezing food is a simple way to make your meal times easier and it’s one of the fastest ways to preserve food. For those like me who don’t have a nice big chest freezer in the basement don’t worry you can still take advantage of the freezer space you have! What can your freezer do for you?…
Meal Planning 101 – Starting a Stockpile
I had discussed in the previous post that I like to have a good stockpile of food on hand. I think that it really helps when you’re on a tight budget. Because of the move I’ve decided to focus on having a well stocked pantry in our new house. This includes canned goods, frozen meats…
Getting Started With Simple Meal Planning
Meal planning is crucial and it doesn’t need to be difficult. When I didn’t plan our meals I would just go to the store, meander through each aisle and just throw whatever looked yummy into my cart. This wasn’t the best plan for our wallet so I had to make a change. You don’t have…
