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This Week for Dinner - Weekly Meal Plans, Dinner Ideas, Recipes and More!
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Week 279 Menu…and why the tooth fairy STINKS

It’s a bagel morning at our house today. Want to know why it’s a bagel morning? It all starts Friday afternoon when Cate lost a tooth at school. Saturday morning she wakes up, checks unde...

2 days ago

Grammy’s Orange Chicken

‘Spicy Orange Chicken’ is a recipe I’ve had on the blog since the very beginning. I put it on our weekly menus regularly but have never actually written about. Well, it is a recipe ...

4 days ago

Green Cleaning {Plus a Giveaway!}

I recently decided to ‘green’ my cleaning supplies, in support of my New Year’s resolution to use less plastic and create less waste. I have to admit, I’m a bit of a clean fre...

5 days ago

Week 278 Menu

This past week was Cate’s school Open House. They did the coolest thing. A bunch of local food trucks came so people could buy dinner and have a picnic. I loved the idea! It was a great way to ...

20 may 12

Call for ‘Recipes’: Introducing Solid Food to Baby

I have to admit something to you. One of my least favorite parts of parenting is feeding kids…of all ages! But I especially dread the days when it’s time to introduce baby to solid foods....

17 may 12

Le Creuset Giveaway Winner

Can’t believe it’s already time to announce the Le Creuset giveaway winner…the weeks are FLYING by! The oh-so-very-lucky person is… Kay Gee, who said, “Cool giveaway it ...

17 may 12

Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Before I get into today’s post, I want to address those of you out there who read “banana cake” and thought, “Eh, doesn’t really sound like something I’d be that i...

16 may 12

Week 277 Menu

Happy Mother’s Day, my friends. I hope you have a lovely day honoring all of the great women in your life. Lucky for me my mom is actually here with us this morning, which is such a great thing...

13 may 12

Thoughts on parenthood…

The last few weeks have been a little bananas around here. You see, I have this job that I never talk about on the blog {for privacy reasons and because it’s boring} in addition to maintaining ...

11 may 12

Le Creuset, How I Love Thee

This giveaway is now closed. Thank you! It’s almost Mother’s Day. Do you know what you’re getting your mama? Or have you told your husband what you want? I’ve decided that if ...

10 may 12

Edgeware Giveaway Winner

Time too announce the winner of the Edgeware giveaway! Drumroll please…go on, rap those fingers on your desk… Lynette Staszko, who said, “I just never thought about having my knives...

10 may 12

Smoothies!!!

I think we need to do a smoothie post. Because it’s been on my mind for, well, years! I want to share a few tips, a few flavors that we love, and then open up the floor to tips and recipes from...

09 may 12

Week 276 Menu

Today I am on a plane…flying home…from this place… Owen and I got to go to Miami for a few days to attend the Mom 2.0 Summit with my DailyBuzz Moms team. It was a blast…especi...

06 may 12

Let’s Talk Knives, Take Two {+ a Giveaway!}

Remember my big long knife post when I rambled on and on about knives and it was awesome? Well, I have a quick update…and a giveaway! Woo-hoo! First off, if you haven’t read the first kni...

03 may 12

I Am a Genius Zucchini Cutter…finally.

I have always had a love-hate relationship with zucchini as a side dish. I love it sauteed with olive oil, salt and pepper. However, I could never get it to cook just right…or at least not cons...

01 may 12

Week 275 Menu

I love bedhead, blankies, Christmas jammies in April, and big yawns. How can so much cuteness be rolled up in one little person without them even trying? I am swamped with work right now. And on Thur...

29 apr 12

Grandma Wallin’s Bulle

My Grandma Wallin was a wonderful cook. A reluctant American, she never stopped eating and cooking like a Swede, despite living in the United States for the last 45+ years of her life. Many of my mem...

27 apr 12

Gearing Up For Baby: Stroller and Car Seat Update

It’s been a while since I’ve done a Gearing Up For Baby post because, well, I’m not really gearing up anymore! Baby is here and we are in the groove! (P.S. How is he 7 months old al...

26 apr 12

Kitchen Tip: Shredding Chicken

Today’s Kitchen Tip is SO AWESOME. Brace yourselves. No really, you might want to sit down. The other night I was bopping around Facebook and couldn’t help but notice my friend Malerie...

24 apr 12

Week 274 Menu

We have a giant patio with a teeny tiny outdoor table that we never use. Well, I use it all the time to photograph food, but that’s about all it is good for. I’ve been really wanting to g...

22 apr 12

Trader Joe’s Obsessions of the Day

I try not to mention Trader Joe’s too often for two reasons. First, they’re not paying me. Second, I know that not all of you are lucky enough to live close to a Trader Joe’s, so I ...

20 apr 12 1 person likes this

Homemade Enchilada Sauce {Red}

I’ve had a hankering for enchiladas lately. Normally I go with the creamy chicken enchilada recipe that I love so dearly, but this week I felt like a more traditional enchilada. And I wanted to...

19 apr 12

Week 273 Menu

Good Morning! Or afternoon or evening…whatever it is for you right now, I hope it’s good! And no matter the time of day, I’m pretty sure waffles are always welcome! Life has been bu...

15 apr 12

iPhone Tip Follow-Up

Remember the iPhone tip about apps running in the background that I shared a few weeks ago? Well….I have an update that I need to share with you today! (If you don’t know what I’m t...

13 apr 12

Lemon Cheesecake

As I mentioned when I shared our Easter feast plans, I wanted to make a lemon dessert for Easter. I decided to give lemon cheesecake a go because, you know, if you’re not going to have chocolat...

11 apr 12

Week 272 Menu

Happy Easter! MONDAY: - Leftovers, of course! TUESDAY: - Lentil Soup (using up leftover ham!) WEDNESDAY: - Frittata (will add the last of the ham, if there’s any left at this point) THURSDAY: -...

08 apr 12

Easter Feast Plans

This might be one of my most favorite pictures from my blog over the years. Could it be that I LOVE LOVE LOVE those darn Cadbury mini eggs so much I could just stare at them all day? Perhaps… T...

06 apr 12

Spring Break Chocolate Chip Cookie Experiments

It’s Spring Break this week and we’ve been keeping ourselves busy…going to the library, kite flying, bouncy houses…you know, the kind of stuff you do when you are not at Disne...

05 apr 12

Simple Cream Sauce for Pasta

When we lived in Boston, there was a small Italian restaurant in the North End that I loved to go to (no idea what it’s called, unfortunately). I often would order their penne in cream sauce wi...

03 apr 12

Week 271 Menu

Wanna hear a crazy story, perfect for April 1? Our maintenance guy Ivan stopped by on Friday. He had two little pieces of paper with him…a lottery ticket and the winning numbers from the most r...

01 apr 12

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