Here is a snack your kids will love. You’ll love it, too. Especially if you shop at Costco, because you can get all the ingredients there and make a whole ton of these. You will need this: 2 cups oats 1 cup peanut butter (the runny natural kind) 1/ 3 cup chocolate chips 1/4 cup […]
In the Kitchen
Costco Turkey Chili — quick, healthy, inexpensive, and delicious
I want to share my Costco turkey chili recipe with you because it’s super easy to make, it’s tasty, it’s fairly healthy, it freezes well, and it’s inexpensive. (And if there’s anything I’ve learned to do over the past year, it’s feed my family fairly nutritious meals on a budget). If you are a purist […]
Homemade Pasta Sauce. Easy, Delicious and Inexpensive.
I started making my own pasta sauce after realizing how easy and inexpensive and delicious it is. I’ve been experimenting with different recipes, and I found the one I LOVE the most (so far). It’s also the simplest… Two ingredients: crushed tomatoes and onions. (Olive oil and salt don’t count as ingredients in my book). […]
Monday morning didn’t totally suck, and this is totally why.
Knowing that this week was going to be a little crazier than normal with my husband home recovering from surgery and not able to really help out at all, I spent yesterday getting shit organized. I still have a ways to go. I don’t have everything all nailed down. But since a meal train has […]
Bit by bit, the mornings are becoming less out of control. Here’s what I did for breakfast this week.
We are heading into the second week of school. Our first week was great. Last weekend I had all the kids pick out their clothes for the week on Sunday. We have already taken care of that for this week. Next, we focused on the lunch system. That is still working well. After that, I […]
Easy and Inexpensive Chicken Stock
It’s no secret that I love Costco. It saves me time, and it saves me money. One way I really save money buy shopping at Costco is by making my own chicken stock using their rotisserie chicken. Chicken stock is expensive. A quart costs about $2.75. At least. Since I use a lot of it […]
