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April 2009

Coming up on Finding Freedom Friday

April 29, 2009

Can you believe that this weekend is the beginning of May?! Good grief 2009 is flying before my eyes. Hopefuly this means an end to all these April Showers. Can I get an Amen? So, with April over that means it is time for another 2009 Goal Update. Come join in Friday and let us [...]

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Healthy Free Snacks

April 29, 2009

Who doesn’t like free food, I mean really? Especially when it comes straight to your front door, tastes amazing, and just so happens to be healthly. Who knew life could be so good? I recently had the pleasure of receiving 3 bags of Frito Lays new Flat Earth Spicy Salsa Chips in the mail. Before [...]

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Quick Homemade Pizza Crust

April 28, 2009

Nothing beats homemade pizza. Especially our new favorite, Buffalo Chicken Pizza. One of the things that makes a great homemade pizza is homemade pizza crust. I came across this recipe in the cookbook that came with my now dead breadmaker. I’ve easily converted the recipe over to work in my Kitchenaid. I have also been [...]

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Where Oh Where Did The Menu Plan Go?

April 28, 2009

You might have noticed that I never posted my menu plan yesterday, then again you might not have. Where is it you might ask. Well…there isn’t one. Yeah, I know, I just committed a “Grocery Budget Slaughter” for sure. Well, hopefully not. The truth behind it is that last week I was so incredibly busy [...]

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Finding Freedom Friday: Time Management

April 24, 2009

Time Management. What an important topic. One that I still do not have perfected, but I’m well on my way. Or so I like to think. I have receieved a lot of emails over the last few months on how I manage to take care of my young family, make most of my families food [...]

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Growing an Orchard

April 23, 2009

Life As Mom has been running a series on “Going Green” over on her blog. I did a guest post for her on Growing an Orchard that is up today. Go here to check it out!And, be sure to enter her giveaway to win a fruit book!

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Vegetable Dumplings

April 23, 2009

I’m convinced that I could live off of Asian food. So many great flavors, and so verstatile. We used to eat Chinese after church every Sunday, but all that was axed out in a recent budget cut. Because of this I’ve gotten pretty good at being able to re-create some of our favorites (Cashew Chicken [...]

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Finding Freedom Friday Reminder

April 23, 2009

Just wanted to give a reminder about Finding Freedom coming up tomorrow. The topic is Time Management, just in time for the busy summer months! How do you stay on track during your busy day and accomplish all the things that need to be done? Prioritize? or a mad dash to see just what you [...]

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New Pizza Favorites: Buffalo Chicken and BBQ Chicken

April 21, 2009

After making Buffalo Chicken Pizza for dinner Saturday night–I think we have found a new favorite in our house. I adapted ours from Rachael Ray’s recipe. While I was mixing it all up, I feared that it would be too spicy for my the little ones (they liked it–but they are pretty tough), so I [...]

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Menu Plan Week of 4/19-4/25

April 19, 2009

Last week ended up being a pretty tasty week–I love it when that happens! Friday night we made a journey to the city, again. This time was to actually pick up furniture that we found on Craigslist. So glad we waited, because we scored a deal and a half! But, because we were in the [...]

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