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Day 16: Feeding 7 People On One Trip To The Grocery Store Per Week

March 28, 2020 by not your average mom 3 Comments

Limiting myself to one trip per week to the grocery store and making meals that are semi nutritious and good (enough) for you has not been as difficult as I thought it would be. In fact, it has made my life a little easier. Because I need to shop with a very specific plan and […]

Filed Under: Food, In the Kitchen, Life at My House, Self Care Tagged With: cooking from your pantry, meal plans, pantry friendly meal plans

Plant Based Chili — Pantry Friendly and Super Easy

March 28, 2020 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

This chili is so easy to make and it’s so good. Even my meat eaters love it. It’s also budget friendly. It costs me well under $10 to make and it feeds my whole family. It’s great for any busy weeknight, and you can make it on the stove or throw all the ingredients in […]

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Necessity Is Definitely The Mother Of Invention. And Pancakes.

February 23, 2020 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

This morning I got a call from Number 5 who is ten years old at 6:40 am. I had just pulled into the parking lot for the last day of a 3-day meet Number 4 is swimming in. Number 5 had just woken up and she just wanted to say hello. I talked to her […]

Filed Under: Food, In the Kitchen, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: giving your kids responsibility, how to teach your kids to contribute, pancakes, teaching self reliance

I’m Bringing Back Sunday Dinner

October 27, 2019 by not your average mom 4 Comments

With the craziness of our weeknights, I really want to bring back the Sunday night dinner whenever I can. Tonight I did. I had planned out dinners for the week last Monday, and I had everything I needed already. Here’s what was on the menu tonight: Roast chicken: (I used this recipe from Allrecipes.com. Everyone […]

Filed Under: Food, In the Kitchen, Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting, Self Care Tagged With: family dinners, Sunday night dinners

You Are One Decision Away From Everything

October 12, 2019 by not your average mom 2 Comments

Today was one of those days where nothing went the way I thought it was going to go when the day began. When I first started writing this post I listed all the things that went much differently than I had originally anticipated. But it was boring and confusing, and really the details aren’t all […]

Filed Under: Food, Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Self Care, Uncategorized Tagged With: decisions, self awareness, stress management

5 Simple Ways To Begin The Habit Of Meal Prepping

January 15, 2019 by not your average mom 2 Comments

There is no doubt that meal prep is a great way to save time and money and create healthy options for you and your family that you can heat up quickly on busy week nights or just grab and eat. But if you’ve never done it before, it can seem overwhelming. Especially if you venture […]

Filed Under: Food, In the Kitchen, Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Moneysavers, Parenting, Timesavers

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