Woo-hoo! As I’m typing this, we’ve got a beautiful snow falling outside. It’s been super cold the last two days, and I’ve always said if it’s going to be cold let’s at least have snow! This is a busy basketball week, so we’re keeping the meals (and everything else!) rather simple. Valentine’s Day will be [...]
What a game! Even with no allegiance to either team, that was a great Super Bowl to watch with family, made even better with some yummy food. Our buffet looked like this: pork loin, cavatini, corn, mozzarella bread veggie tray 7-layer dip tex-mex dip Ro*Tel dip bacon-wrapped jalapenos monster cookies football brownies This week we’ve [...]
This is going to be one of those weeks. No school one day, parent/teacher conferences another. Add in a home ballgame and one away, and getting meals planned and fixed looks a little different. I have a harder time planing well-rounded suppers when Lance isn’t home to eat with us, so we rely on some [...]
After picking up our first local(ish) Azure Standard order and restocking some other produce, the fridge is full again! I’m afraid a pantry challenge isn’t terribly challenging with all this good food, but if I remember my original goals of organizing and using what we have, we’re still doing alright! Let’s take a peek into [...]
Truth? I didn’t follow much of a menu plan last week, and I didn’t get my pantry cleaned out. I opted instead to “clean and eat as we go,” which works fine when there’s excess. I supplemented with a $20 trip to Aldi and a $40 stop yesterday for produce and dairy, but there’s still [...]
