How to Make Lunch Packing Easier While the focus of my life’s work is on making family dinners easier to plan and prepare, I also have a soft spot of lunch. I have never been and could never be one of those people who “forgets to eat lunch.” I love eating lunch, but packing school lunches for my kids is a whole other story. The daily grind of coming up with ideas, trying to add…
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For most of the year I have a regular routine when it comes to meal planning and getting dinner on the table that it goes something like this: I plan our meals and grocery list on Saturday morning I go grocery shopping on Sunday morning before the grocery crowds form Each evening I start preparing dinner sometime between 5:45 and 6:15 and dinner is on the table at 6:45 This system works well for me…
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How to Feed Your Family on a Budget Money was pretty tight in my house growing up, especially in early childhood. While we never went hungry, there were times when government support was needed and times when my parents had to depend on credit cards to get us through. It must have been incredibly stressful and yet, while my brother and I were sometimes aware that the coffers were low, we never experienced food insecurity…
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Easy Meal Planning for Busy Moms and Dads In my house and in the households of many of my friends, the pace of life just never seems to slow down. There are work obligations, school activities and projects, extracurricular activities to get the kids to, community events and activities to participate in, friends to catch up with after way too long, errands to run, house projects to get done, the list goes on and on….
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As a general rule, I spend on the lower end of what is normal for a family of four when it comes to food (although this is rapidly changing as my boys get older!), but recently, I have been trying to cut costs down even more since my husband is currently furloughed from his job during this government shut down. Since I know many people are in a similar situation and/or are trying to get…
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