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Archives for June 2009
Menu Plan Monday: The Lunch Challenge
Monday begins week two of my menu plan cooking challenge with Amanda at Better is Little — The Lunch Challenge! Last week was our Breakfast Challenge (I wrote the summary of my Breakfast Challenge week here). As a way to wrap up our Breakfast Challenge, we're also hosting a Mr. Linky where you can share […]
The Breakfast Challenge: Summary and Recipe Link-up
In case you missed out on our Breakfast Challenge this last week, I thought I'd summarize the results. I had planned seven breakfasts, but ended up making only five of them. While that's not what I was shooting for, it is better than I had been doing (which was nothing at all). Corn cakes were […]
The Breakfast Challenge: Day Six
This morning's breakfast of Peanut Butter Baked Oatmeal met with mixed reviews. Four (or maybe three) out of five of the J's thought it was definitely good enough to make again, but they still had their own thoughts on the dish. Here's a summary. Joely tried it enthusiastically and declared it yummy, but she was […]
Camping Tips…Gleaned (Painfully?) From Experience
Seven new tips learned from our second camping experience We're new campers. Our first camping trip as a family was only a month ago, and it was also the first time my husband has ever camped in his life. But our family quickly fell in love with camping on that first trip, so we planned […]
The Breakfast Challenge: Day Five
Our camping experience included a new recipe (make ahead breakfast burritos) for our day five breakfast challenge was a huge success. Since we were camping this morning (details on this more-challenging-than-expected camping trip to come later), I had to be a bit more creative in my menu choice. Couldn't really bake anything, and I didn't […]