January 2010

Menu Plan Week Of January 31st-February 7th

by GettingFreedom on January 31, 2010

This week is a crazy week for us, but I can’t wait! I’m headed off to Blissdom Thursday morning, and I won’t be returning until sometime Sunday. Over the last few weeks I’ve been trying to stock at least a few meals in the freezer for Willie while I’m gone. If I don’t make it easy, they will eat out every.single.meal. Our budget definitely can’t take that!

Sunday:

Breakfast: Pancakes.
Lunch: Venison Roast. Salad.
Dinner: Leftovers

Monday:

Breakfast: Oatmeal.
Dinner: Loaded Baked Potato Soup. Cheddar Bay Biscuits.

Tuesday:

Breakfast: Loaded Breakfast Casserole.
Dinner: Sweet and Sour Chicken. Fried Rice.

Wednesday:

Breakfast: Layered Fruit Salad.
Dinner: Crockpot Philly Cheesesteak. Potato Chips.

Thursday:

Lunch: Kid Cuisine/Marie Callendar Meals {Courtesy of ConAngra}
Dinner: Enchiladas. Refried Beans. Spanish Rice. **From Freezer

Friday:

Lunch: Banquet Chicken. {Courtesy of ConAgra}. French Fries.
Dinner: Homemade Pizza {Willie’s Choice}

Saturday:

Lunch: Hebrew National Hot Dogs {Courtesy of ConAgra}. Homemade Applesauce.
Dinner: Spaghetti with Meatballs. Green Beans. **Meatballs in freezer

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A Whole New Site

by GettingFreedom on January 30, 2010

I’m very excited to say that I have officially switched over to the dark side to WordPress! This has been something that I’ve thought about for many, many months now. I finally took the plunge. With my switch came a whole new look, which I’m also very, very excited about! Joy, from FiveJ’s Design, did an absolutely amazing job!

Over the next fews days, and possibly weeks, we will be working out some of the final kinks of the transfer. Hopefully nothing too painful. If you were a subscriber, but fell off somehow during the move, please subscribe again. I promise it wasn’t on purpose! Also, if you are reading this through your reader or through an email update, please click through and tell me what you think of the new look.

Thank you all for being patient with me during this transition.

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Tank Birthday Cake Tutorial

January 28, 2010

For my oldest’s 7th birthday he wanted to go with an Army theme and have a tank birthday cake. I must admit, at first I wasn’t quite sure what I was going to do to pull it all off. However, in the end, it turned out just perfect and was fairly easy to do. For [...]

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Boredom Buster

January 27, 2010

A few months back we decided to cut some of our costs, and cancel our satelitte dish. At first it was a bit of an adjustment for the kids, but they’ve not looked back. After noticing how easy of a transition it was, we’ve slowly cut almost all of our television viewing out. Instead of [...]

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Cheddar Bay Biscuits

January 25, 2010

If you are looking for the perfect, not just a run-of-the-mill biscuit for dinner, look no further. These biscuits are so flavorful and compliment various dishes, including soups, stews and the every day dinner. Cheddar Bay Biscuitsare buttery and cheesy with a hint of garlic. Yum! Print Cheddar Bay Biscuits Ingredients2 ½ cups Bisquick (I [...]

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Menu Plan Week of Jan 24th-30th

January 24, 2010

I’m finally to the point in this pregnancy where both my energy and appetite have returned. Definitely makes it easier to come up with a menu plan! Sunday: Breakfast: Cereal Dinner: Pork Roast.($2) Roasted Potatoes.($1) Roasted Veggies.(.75) Cheddar Biscuits (recipe coming soon!) ($1) ($4.75)(5 servings=.95/ea) Monday: Breakfast: Oatmeal Dinner: Chicken Noodle Soup. ($3.50)(8 servings=.44/ea) Tuesday: [...]

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Headed to Nashville!

January 19, 2010

I still can’t believe it’s actually happening! I’m headed to Nashville in 2.5 weeks to attend my first ever blogging conference, Blissdom. Ah! I’m SO excited. And nervous. What does a pregnant woman wear in front of 500 other women?! Thankfully, MomsTravelTales is heading up a linky for all of us to show what we [...]

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Easy Meatball Recipe

January 19, 2010

My family loves meatballs, however I forget about how easy and versatile they are. As part of our New Year’s Eve snacks, I made meatballs with a homemade barbeque-like sauce. We devoured them! Not only do we like them by themselves, but we also like to serve them on french bread baguettes, as a pizza [...]

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Kitchen Oil Sprayer

January 13, 2010

I have long been leery of the aerosol spray cans of oil. After reading the label on one of those cans, and seeing propellant listed as an ingredient–I knew it was time to find an alternative. I found a pump-action oil sprayer. You fill the bottle with oil of your choice, pump it up a [...]