May 2010

Menu Planning & Batch Cooking

The Best Do-Ahead Breakfast Foods

by Aimee
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This June, my husband and I are hosting the highly anticipated reunion of my family. Coming from as far away as New Mexico and British Columbia, my two parents, three siblings, three siblings-in-laws, three nieces and two nephews will join our family of four. If you count it up, that’s seventeen mouths to feed, and [...]

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Preserving

Four Simple Methods for Freezing Strawberries

by Aimee
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Strawberry season has just started where I live and I’m already stockpiling the precious fruit! This is the first summer that I have a deep-freeze and it is standing at attention, waiting to be packed full of produce, starting with local, sun-ripened berries. OK, so you’ve been to the U-Pick or the roadside stand, and now [...]

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Quick Bites

Breakfast on the Go (Recipe: Cottage Cheese & Yogurt Parfait)

by Cheri
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Sometimes no matter how hard we try, our mornings get rushed and we don’t have time to sit down for breakfast. If you have a teenager you probably have difficulty getting them out of bed in the morning, which usually means breakfast is scarfed down at the last minute, or skipped completely. Your kids can [...]

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Menu Planning & Batch Cooking

Warmer Weather Batch Cooking

by Aimee
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For some, batch cooking tends to go out the window when the thermometer rises outside, because, well, most batch cooking is not ideally suited to hot weather. Who wants to simmer a stew on the stove all day when you’re trying to keep the kitchen cool? And while we’re asking questions, who wants to spend [...]

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Link Love

Weekend Reading

by Aimee
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Help! My Husband Won’t Eat His Vegetables :: Kid Appeal New and Improved ‘Healthier’ Marshmallows :: Cookie Baker Lynn Make the Most of Summer By Dining Out(side) :: Complete Organizing Solutions Strawberry Lemonade Concentrate :: Kitchen Simplicity Homemade Baby Food for the Modern Mom Part 1 and Part 2 :: Simple Kids Cabbage Roll Casserole [...]

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