A Tale of 3 Moms

Once upon a time there were 3 Moms. They loved to write about cooking, homemaking, homeschooling, saving money, and other things related to being at home. Then one day, one of the moms had an idea. She decided to record her shopping, meals, and recipes for an entire month! When another mom read about her [...]

Day 30 & 31: Is this the end?

Yesterday (Friday) we made pizza as planned—and it turned out great! I absolutely love the crust recipe I've been using. But today, Saturday, is the end of the month, and this morning my cupboards were so bare that Joely came up to me and asked, "Can I have cereal?" and I said, "Sorry, honey, we're [...]

Days 28 & 29: The Joy Of Giving Our Food Away! (3 Moms)

The last two days have been a little different. We've been yo-yoing the entire time, mostly with sandwiches and pasta. But Jerah did make herself some homemade macaroni and cheese yesterday, which reliable sources informed me turned out very well. Wednesday morning I needed to make a snack to take to our last homeschool group [...]

Day 26 & 27: Running Low (3 Moms)

I made sweet corn bread and baked beans for dinner Monday (and forgot to take pictures). I'd never used the corn bread recipe before, and I was a little…no, a lot surprised at the amount of sugar in the recipe, but I was quite hungry by the time I made dinner, so I just made [...]

My Nine-Year-Old Chef

Jerah has always loved cooking, and since I've been doing it so much this month with our "3 Moms, 3 Kitchens, 31 Days" adventure, she decided she'd join in on the fun. So yesterday while I was teaching piano lessons, unbeknownst to me, she found a children's cookbook we own that she'd looked through before, [...]

Menu Plan Monday (and a "3 Moms" summary of the weekend…)

Our weekend was a hodge-podge of meals. The kids spent the night at a friend's house, so our planned Friday meal of oven-baked chicken strips and potato fries was bumped to Saturday night. The rest of the time we've just been Yo-Yoing. I've definitely realized that I need to plan for our non-meals a lot [...]

Day 20 & 21: Potato Soup and Sunshine Toast (3 Moms)

I tried a new recipe for potato soup yesterday. Actually, I've never made potato soup before except from a mix, so this is also my first recipe for potato soup that I've ever made. I had to make a couple substitutions because I didn't have the ingredients on hand, but it turned out great anyway. [...]

Breakfast in Bulk (3 Moms)

I made a lot of breakfast this morning: 16 giant breakfast cookies and a double batch of chocolate chip muffins. Not that we ate all of it this morning. No, I just thought I'd stock up the freezer with breakfast choices for the next couple weeks. Tomorrow I hope to make both pancakes and waffles [...]

I Finally Decided On Dessert!

After much consideration—and a little web surfing—I finally decided to make some cookies to satisfy my sweet tooth. I found a recipe and tweaked it to my liking, and the cookies turned out great—they were just chocolately enough, but not too sweet. Chewy Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies INGREDIENTS 1 cup butter flavor Crisco 1 cup [...]

Day 19: Soaking Whole Grains? (3 Moms)

I spent a good deal of time this morning surfing the internet and reading about soaking whole grains, something I had never heard of prior to this week. I'm yet a little fuzzy on the why's and wherefore's of it all so I'm still going to have to do a little more research, but what [...]

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