Archives for May 2008

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

Something new for me was my own potato soup and sunshine toast. 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 […]

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Breakfast in Bulk (3 Moms)

Making ahead and freezing can help with meal planning and saves time in the long run. 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 […]

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I Finally Decided On Dessert!

My sweet tooth decided to make Chewy Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies for our dessert tonight. After much consideration—and a little web surfing—I finally decided to make some cookies. 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 […]

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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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Menu Plan Monday: Week of May 19—SAFE meals

Safe meal planning hopefully will give me confidence for the future. I managed to make all the meals I had planned for last week, so here's what I have on deck for this week. I realize my dinner choices are a little mundane, but I'm trying to branch out only a little bit at a […]

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The Lazy Weekend, Days 16, 17, & 18 (3 Moms, 3 Kitchens, 31 Days)

We have a fun but lazy weekend with a movie, shopping, and waffles on our new waffle iron. It's been a nice, relaxing weekend. Fridays are my husband's regular day off, so we took the kids to see Prince Caspian at 11:30 on Friday. We hadn't been to a movie as a family since the […]