June 13, 2011 by Marci | No Comments
It’s Monday. Do you know what you are feeding your family this week? I am excited about this week’s menu since receiving my Everyday Food Magazine last week. (If you are new here and don’t know of my love for Everyday Food, you can check out this post – Menu Planning With One Of My [...]
June 13, 2011 by Marci | 6 Comments
I’m so excited to introduce you to Overcoming Busy’s latest sponsor – YourOwnHomeStore.com!! Growing up, our family had a huge garden. I loved eating all the fresh veggies all summer long. However, our garden wasn’t just for the summertime. We grew enough to can and freeze so we would have garden veggies until the next [...]
May 23, 2011 by Marci | No Comments
This is our first official week of summer break! I have cleaning and organizing on the agenda, along with some softball, ice skating and a trip to St Louis to see my uncle who is having surgery. This week’s menu is going to be easy prep foods that everyone likes! Taco Salad Burgers, Bok Choy [...]
May 16, 2011 by Marci | 2 Comments
Do you have recipes dogeared or book marked in your cookbooks to try, but never have? I have LOTS. And I have LOTS of cookbooks. There are so many recipes I want to try, but I forget about them. Maybe, I should start just pulling cookbooks and trying all these recipes until I try them [...]
May 9, 2011 by Marci | 3 Comments
Now that the weather has FINALLY turned warm in these parts, I am starting to shed off the winter habits and hopefully the extra winter fluff that has collected around my waist! The comfy fleece of winter is giving way to capris and short sleeves. The comfort food of winter doesn’t even sound good anymore. [...]
April 27, 2011 by Marci | 4 Comments
Each Sunday evening, I plan my upcoming week. I plan our personal schedules, our homeschooling schedule and our weekly menu. To make life easier, I try and “double-dip” as much as possible. For instance, if we are running errands, we might take reading assignments to do in the car. Or, I might use going to [...]
April 25, 2011 by Marci | 4 Comments
I am just taking a wild guess that many of you are like us and have some leftover Easter ham. In years past, this meant ham sandwiches everyday for a week. This year, I’m broadening my horizons and actually searching out some ideas to make leftovers a little more exciting. Here are some recipes and [...]
April 18, 2011 by Marci | 4 Comments
Growing up in a farm family with fresh beef and chicken in the freezer has made me really picky about buying meat. I never had to buy meat at the store until I got married. What a shock! People – fresh beef is not supposed to be pink. Fresh beef is blood red. The more [...]
April 6, 2011 by Marci | 1 Comment
Does homeschooling make you hungry? It’s just me?? I swear we would get more done if we didn’t have to take so many food breaks! Part of it is my 9 year old daughter is going through a major growth spurt and is training with her ice skating more than ever. So, she is hungry [...]
March 28, 2011 by Marci | No Comments
Sometimes, our weeks don’t go according to plan and meal planning and grocery shopping won’t wait until Sunday. Last week, was such a week. Today’s Menu Plan Monday was actually a Menu Plan Saturday! So, we have actually eaten a couple of these meals – and they were great! Chicken Paprikash (Everyday Food Magazine) Carne [...]
March 21, 2011 by Marci | 6 Comments
One of the highlights from last week’s Menu Plan Monday, was the Quiche. Our family loves quiche. I love it because it is easy and I usually have all the ingredients on hand. The problem with lots of quiche recipe’s is that there is a lot of added fat and time spent on the crust. [...]
