Wine on the Side: Weekly Meal Plan Collection

wineontheside

So, I realize it’s a tad late for Menus on Mondays.  The ironic thing is I actually was proud of myself for posting this on Sunday!  Turns out, I forgot to hit the publish button and voila! Post disappeared.  It wasn’t the wine.  Or was it? Honestly, the meals we’ve got planned out for this…
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Real Happy Meals: a Meal Plan Collection

happy meals

I think I’ve introduced my last few posts by emphasizing how stressed out I am.  It’s true. I’m totally, totally overwhelmed.  Eat a half pint of Ben & Jerry’s overwhelmed.  I didn’t even like the flavor.  Like right-eye twitching uncontrollably overwhelmed.  Yes, my eye twitches when I’m really stressed out.  Nothing like an eye twitch to make…
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Mouth Watering Meals: Family Meal Plan Collection

family meal plan

Monday, blah-day.  Is it as yuck where you are as it is here?  After a few days of cold rain, I’m ready for some darn spring! What happened to sunny mornings at the farmer’s market?  72 degree runs on the greenway? Flowers? Strawberries? I almost feel bad about complaining about the canker worms and pollen…
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Mexican Chocolate Cake Recipe

mexican chocolate cake recipe

I luh-hove Mexican food.  For proof, check out this Menus on Mondays meal plan.   I didn’t realize it until after I posted it, but three out of the six dinner meals would be considered tex-mex. I’ve always found it odd when people claim they don’t like Mexican food.  Take my mother for example, she…
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Super Brain Food Recipe for a Warm Spring Day

salsa

By Guest Blogger, Laura Sieckmann from www.ecomomadventures.com With signs of Spring popping up all around I am sadly retiring my crockpot and the gazillion soup recipes I have acquired till next winter and I am scouring pinterest for fresh, fun recipes to enjoy with my family as the weather warms. As a SAHM (Stay at…
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Simplified Cooking: A Weekly Meal Plan Collection

simplified cooking

I’ve heard the saying “a watched pot never boils,” and while I actually don’t believe that actually works for water, it definitely does apply to selling your house.  On the days where I’m super prepared and ready to dash out the house, nobody comes.  When I’m crazy busy and the house is torn up from…
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Cooking GOURMET with Kids

cooking gourmet with kids

  Whenever I hear the phrase “cooking with kids,” I think Ants on a Log, trail mix, or something along those lines.  I mean, because who wants to actually cook with your kids?  Well, just call me Masochistic McGee, because that’s exactly what I did…. Yep, we did a little cooking gourmet with kids!  And, although…
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My Very Own Pinterest To-Do List

pinterest to do list

I figure most of us are lovers of Pinterest.  I happen to be an addict.  I find inspiration to make my life brighter, happier and more delicious.  The only problem… Sometimes my pins get buried in my boards never to resurface again.  So, I thought I’d go through some of pins and pull out a…
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Weekly Meal Plan: Late Winter Collection

menus on mondays

I’m really looking forward to cooking this week. Unfortunately last week’s menu plan didn’t go according to, well, plan.  My digestive system went on hiatus for several days… let’s just say I lost some unexpected weight.   Water weight, but hey, gotta look for the silver lining when these things strike! Anywho, I was really…
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Easter Dinner Menu – Easy Prep & Oh So Tasty!

easter menu

An Easy Easter Dinner Menu I think Easter gets the best holiday award.  It’s easier to prep and plan for than Christmas.  It stands alone unlike Thankgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve.  The weather is starting to perk up, and spring’s bounty awaits.  Yep, Easter trips the light fantastic. I’ve been the one that wears…
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Menus on Mondays: Bikini-Bound Weekly Meal Plan, 2/18/13

menus on mondays

In two weeks, I plan to be in sunny and warm Belize.  Kid-free, with my toes in the sand and a rum-drink in my hands.  Yep, I’m even making myself jealous.  The downside?  My pale-skin, flabby-baby-belly self is gonna be in a bikini daily soon.  There’s not much, at this point, that I can do…
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Heart Healthy and Full of Love: Menu Plan for 2/11/13

spaghetti squash gratin and carrots

It’s a big week at the Harding household.  In addition to Valentine’s which is celebrated annually in our home with a three-course fondue dinner, we also have Grammy and Grampy coming to stay with us for a month.  Jon’s parents are on a heart-healthy diet, so I thought I’d incorporate that mind-set into our weekly…
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