Menu Plan

Menu Planning & Batch Cooking

How to Prevent a Domestic Disturbance

by Danny
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Written by Danny. As the loving husband of your favorite Simple Bites Editor (Aimee), I’ve got the inside scoop on what really happens around here and today, I’m going to spill the beans and tell you one of our family secrets. We have a serious problem in our home, one that could very well lead [...]

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Quick Bites

Moms Need Lunch Too! – 5 Easy Midday Meal Ideas for Mom

by Katie G
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Written by Katie of Good Life Eats I‘ve already written about Balanced School Lunches for Picky Eaters, but what I really struggle with is making my own lunch. I’m not saying that I don’t eat during the day. I just don’t eat lunch like I should. This past year has been worse because my kids [...]

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Entertaining & Holidays

Savory & Sweet: Two Holiday Brunch Menus

by Aimee
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Hosting a holiday brunch has never been so attractive for me now that my friends and I have small children. It’s just a much more enjoyable get-together than having an evening party and trying to keep the little ones up late – or put them down early. Instead, we socialize in the late morning while [...]

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Entertaining & Holidays

Eat Well, Spend Less: Homemade Substitutes for Holiday Favorites

by Aimee
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You may have noticed the barrage of holiday food items in supermarkets. The towers of garishly colored fruitcake, rows and rows of pale frozen shrimp rings, and battalions of eggnog cartons. As most of these once-a-year items tend to be highly processed and contain unrecognizable ingredients, they never make it into my shopping cart. That [...]

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Dinner

Eat Well, Spend Less: One Turkey, Four Meals

by Aimee
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Perhaps you head to your parents’ or the in-laws’ for Thanksgiving and other holiday meals, where someone else cooks and carves the turkey. Maybe you’d also like to cook a whole turkey at home (and have a few leftovers to play with), but it’s way too much meat for your little family. Here’s my proposed [...]

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