Everyday Food for Busy People
It’s not like patting out my own hamburger patties is hard, but sometimes I like the convenience of the pre-made kind. The only problem with this is the inability to add flavors inside the patties (like adding onion soup mix or bbq or other seasonings to the meat before patting them out).
Here are a few ways to add flavor to the patties: [Read more...]
How’s that for a long post title?
I’ve had several readers mention to me that they would love to see a smart phone app for Eat at Home, specifically for the menus. I looked into having an app developed and found that it would cost $5K-$30K! Yikes! That’s not in the budget at all.
Thankfully, there are a few ways that you can still use Eat at Home on your smart phone. [Read more...]
I find it hard to eat the RDA of fruits and veggies. It requires a real effort for me to even come close to the amounts recommended. And once I stop thinking about it, I fall back into bad patterns.
Getting the kids to eat fresh fruits and veggies is even harder.
Lately, I’ve been trying to do better and most days, I manage to meet the goal. Here are a few things that have been working for me: [Read more...]
We love sandwiches at our house for lunch or dinner. But sometimes we get in a rut, plunking the same kind of meat and cheese between the same old bread, slathered with the same drab spread.
Here are some ways to pull your sandwich from the brink of boring: [Read more...]
Being in the kitchen isn’t all about cooking.
There’s the clean up too.
And the messy hands from dealing with raw chicken or onions or any number of other ingredients used in a recipe.
When Lysol asked me to try out their new No Touch Kitchen System, I was happy to do so! I liked the idea of not having to pick up the soap bottle when my hands had just been in meatloaf mix.
It works just like the no-touch systems found in some public bathrooms. Put your hands under the sensor and a squirt of soap is dispensed. The kids thought this was fantastic!
I also used the No Touch Kitchen System for washing a sink full of dishes. Grab a dirty spoon or plate and let it trigger the dispenser, then run it under hot water. It’s a lot less messy than picking up the soap bottle with wet hands.
Lysol is giving away a No Touch Kitchen System with a year supply of soap! [Read more...]
Sometimes, you’re just not in the mood to find a recipe and yet, dinner has to be made. If you know it’s going to be fish and need some ideas for how to fix it, this post is for you.
Here are 10 tasty fixes plus a few cooking methods to choose from too.
White sauce is one of the most versatile things you can learn to make. There are many variations to the basic recipe so you can use it for:
Making white sauce is a quick thing to do. You’ll only need a whisk and a heavy pan or skillet. The amounts of butter, milk (or broth) and flour can be altered for different amounts and thicknesses of sauce. For a very basic sauce of medium thickness, use 3 Tbs. butter, 3 Tbs. flour and 1 1/2 cups milk. [Read more...]
Have a cut of beef in your freezer that you need to fix for dinner? Not in the mood for a recipe? No problem!
Here are some ideas to get you started. No recipe required.
These ideas are for roasts or other cuts. If you’ve got a nice steak, you’ll want to choose a different cooking method.
All of these ideas can be done in the oven or slow cooker. The cooking time will depend on the cut of beef and how large the piece is. As a general rule, beef roast or a round steak weighing about 2-3 lbs. will take 6-7 hours on high in the slow cooker.
For reasons that are probably already obvious, I will never have a blog about decorating. But I had to show you this piece of furniture that Jim and I transformed into a charging station and place to store laptop computers.
We have as many laptops as we have people in this house. (All low-end PC’s, some of which are nearly worn out. Nothing worth stealing, just in case there are any bad-guys out there reading this.) Four of these get used on a regular basis. That means that most days find laptops scattered on end tables, kitchen tables, couches… And when we want to put them all away, there has been no where to put them.
Combine this problem with the need to charge all kinds of devices – from my Kindle to iPods to MP3 players to phones. Cords were taking over the house.
The week after Christmas, Jim and I started scouring Craigslist for a dresser. We found this little desk that turned out to be perfect. Here it is in the “before” state.
This is a guest post from Crystal & Co. Her Crockpot Ravioli is a favorite at my house. She’s got all kinds of fantastic quick meal ideas and lots of other solutions for moms too.
Do you struggle with getting dinner on the table? Is life super busy and you find yourself scurrying to feed your family come 6:00 each night? Without my crockpot and easy recipes dinner would never be served at my house.
I am excited to share with you eight of my favorite easy recipes that are time savers, budget friendly and will keep you out of the drive thru lines. Each of these recipes can easily be adapted to meet the size of your family.
Delicious, easy and simple ingredient lists- that is what makes a recipe easy! (Well, add to that anything crockpotable!) Which of these easy recipes will you be adding to your menu plan?
Crystal is the author of the site Crystal & Co., where she shares her journey of raising five boys. On her site you will find loads of easy recipes, weekly meal planning inspiration, easy craft ideas, as well as mommy solutions and resources. Join her every Wednesday where she invites you to link up and share your mommy solutions and resources!
