Dinners this last week were super easy! Even as busy as our weekly schedule was, I was able to get a healthy and yummy dinner on the table every night. Some were super easy and fast and others took a bit more time. The key is to schedule the week’s worth of dinners around your …
I menu plan every week for the upcoming week, but yesterday I decided to plan out a month full of dinner ideas. I admit even for me, this is a bit much. But this last week, with school back in full force, I have been very short on time. Then with this 3-day weekend, I …
When people think of celebrating a special occasion or planning a special date night – most people tend to plan a night out at a special restaurant. While I am the first to agree that sometimes it is nice to get out of the kitchen, I also believe that sometimes it is equally wonderful to …
I was recently asked by a young adult that is working and living on her own, how could she stretch her food budget all while making healthy and delicious meals? Hmmm… I had a lot of ideas to share with her. Maybe too many, I think I overwhelmed her a bit 🙂 I decided to focus …
I am tired. Really tired. So tired that last Saturday night when my hubby and I had an unexpected evening alone and we headed out to dinner, I was basically falling asleep at the restaurant table. That is ridiculously and embarrassingly tired. Now granted, we did spend Saturday cleaning out the garage but the tiredness is …
I was in Aspen, Colorado recently visiting my daughter. As many of you know my daughter Alyssa is all about food! She graduated last spring form Boston University with a degree in Nutritional Science. She has since interned during the fall with an organization in Vermont called Green Mountain Farm-to-School and then spent this last winter …
I was thrilled to have the opportunity to talk with Laura Vitale a self-taught home-cook and the host of an interactive YouTube cooking show called “Laura in the Kitchen” and the host of “Simply Laura” on the Cooking Channel. She was here to share with me and my readers an easy and delicious romantic dinner at …
We have just finished our fourth and final week of living on a food budget equal to SNAP equivalent for a family of four. To read more about what prompted this experiment click here. I am happily surprised to see just how successful I think we were. With a budget of $632 I did feed my family …
Well, I have wrapped up week three of my experiment to see if I can feed my family of four health and tasty meals for one month with a budget of $632. $632 being the maximum amount of SNAP (Supplemental Nutritious Assistance Program) that a family of four can receive in California. So far, so good. I am about to say that yes you can, …
Well, I just wrapped week two of my experiment to see if I can feed my family nutritious and tasty meals for $632.00 a month. I will say when I started this project I was a little fearful that this would be nearly impossible. I feel that I am usually a pretty frugal shopper, but I usually …
