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Trick Your Brain Into Liking It

May 17, 2025 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

The primitive part of your brain doesn’t like change.It likes comfort. Familiarity. The path of least resistance. If you want to stick with a new habit, you’ve gotta use the evolved part of your brain to trick itself a little by making that habit look really, really good. The more attractive it is, the more […]

Filed Under: Developing Habits, In the Kitchen Tagged With: developing habits, make habits attractive, make habits fun

Super Easy Homemade Granola

July 16, 2022 by not your average mom 2 Comments

If you’re looking for an easy granola recipe guaranteed to be a hit with everyone, you’re in the right place. This is a super simple recipe with no “extras” because my kids like it plain, but you could add any extras you wanted – raisins, nuts, chocolate chips, etc. into it. This homemade granola is […]

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What we had for breakfast last week

July 6, 2022 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

I don’t know what prompted me to post what I made the kids for breakfast last week, but I had fun doing it, so I just kept going. Here’s what I posted last Tuesday: Breakfast for five kids ages 10, 12, 13, 15, 17 (5 on the swim team, 2 kids @ morning practice from […]

Filed Under: In the Kitchen Tagged With: breakfast prep for busy kids, breakfasts for kids, easy breakfasts for large families, feeding large families, meal planning

Not Your Average Sisters, Episode 8 — Pizza

September 2, 2020 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Today was dentist appointment day at our house.  Four of the kids had back to back appointments from 10am to 12:30pm, and then the last  appointment was Number 4’s at 2:45. We got home from Number 4’s appointment pretty quickly. And when I walked into the kitchen, I saw this: Number 5 and Number 7 […]

Filed Under: In the Kitchen, Life at My House Tagged With: cooking with kids, homemade pizza, teaching kids to cook

Not Your Average Chopped Kids, Episode 1

June 12, 2020 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

I’m using a new video uploading service, and I’ve been playing around with it a little bit. It makes embedding videos really easy and simple, which is exactly what I need because tech stuff overwhelms me pretty easily. One of Number 5 and Number 7’s new favorite things it to play Chopped. Last week we […]

Filed Under: Food, In the Kitchen, Kids' Corner, Parenting Tagged With: activities to do at home with your kids, chopped kids, get your kids interested in cooking, teaching your kids to cook

Are You Suffering From MMFS (Meal Making Fatigue Syndrome)?

June 11, 2020 by not your average mom 2 Comments

Are you suffering from MMFS? Meal Making Fatigue Syndrome? I am. 100 or so days in a row of making breakfast, lunch and dinner for seven people has officially taken its toll. I have major burnout. How did Caroline Ingalls do it? How did she make three meals a day, every day for like… EVER??? […]

Filed Under: Food, In the Kitchen, Kids' Corner, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: delegating, teaching kids responsibility, teaching kids to contribute at home, teaching kids to cook

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