Here in the Pacific Northwest, Harvest is a sprint. We don’t have the luxury of slowly rolling in produce from April to October, like our Southern neighbors. Here we line up at the starting line around early June, wait for the gunshot alerting us of Strawberry season, then go hard through the berries—Blue, Rasp, Boysen, Sylvan, Marion—catching our breath long enough to lug home peaches before hitting the blackberry bushes and finally army-crawling across the finish line with apples and pears galore. We then rest all winter long, happy with our freezers full, hibernating until we have the energy to do it again. Yes, it’s a lot of work, but it’s Keep Reading
10 foods you can freeze to save time and money!
Freezer Friendly Foods Looking for ways to stretch your grocery dollar? Me too. One of my goals this year is to beef up my freezing skills so I can preserve the awesomeness of this season's produce. For instance, I spent a few hours last month baking pear vanilla muffins with my big box of Bartlett pears I got for less than 50¢ a pound for snacks and lunches. Not only did I make delicious food that contained ingredients I could understand, but I saved a ton of money from buying pre-packaged snacks in the store and time during lunch-packing time. Here are ten foods you can freeze to save money and time right now! Shredded cheese -- This is my Keep Reading
5 Tips to Help You Buy and Sell on craigslist
One of the best avenues available to buy used is craigslist (spelled intentionally with a lower-case "c"). For those of you who don’t know, craiglist is a no-frills classified advertisement website organized by location where people can post items they have for sale and browse through listings for everything from jobs to housing to lawn mowers. When my husband and I have something we need to buy, sell, or take to the dump, craigslist is the first place we turn. We buy things, we sell things, and we have given things away for free that we otherwise would have had to pay to dispose of. Wheeling and dealing on craigslist has reinforced the concept Keep Reading
20 Kabob Recipes
Kabob Recipes It's time to get your grillin' on! Here are 20 delicious kabob recipes from around the web: 1. Grilled Chinese Chicken | Six Sister's Stuff 2. Honey Chicken | All Recipes 3. Bacon Bourbon BBQ Chicken Kabobs | Host the Toast 4. Chili-Lime Pineapple Chicken Skewers | Your HomeBased Mom 5. Grilled Steak & Potato Kabobs | Let's Dish 6. Tyson Buffalo Chicken | A Night Owl 7. Low Country Boil Kabobs | Framed Cooks 8. Steak and Bell Pepper Kabobs | Annie's Eats 9. Grilled Rosemary Chicken Kabobs | Pink Parsley 10. Thai Beef Skewers | I Wash You Dry 11. Chipotle Lime Chicken Fajita Skewers | Whitney Keep Reading
Summer Break Survival: Summer Activity Bags
Last week I talked about the importance of setting up systems and routines for you and your kids so your summer can run smoothly. The next step in this "getting ready for summer" process for me is to get all of my summer bags organized. Stop for a second. You should know by now that I am the anti-planner. I love all things spontaneous -- it's my favorite thing in the world to do a crazy, spur-of-the-moment activity with friends and my kids. But I do know that anything spontaneous with five kids requires some level of readiness or else we end up taking two hours to "get ready" to jump in the car for our fly-by-the-seat-of-our-pants Keep Reading
How to Make Homemade Corn Dog Muffins (+ gluten-free, dairy-free options)
Homemade Corn Dog Muffins With Fourth of July coming (and just summer in general), you should start to see grocery stores release some great sales on hot dogs. If you're looking for ways to use them outside of just throwing them on the grill, these Homemade Corn Dog Muffins are so fun and easy AND they freeze well. And you don't have to fry anything like a traditional corn dog. Less mess, less fuss. For a dairy-free option, use coconut oil and almond or coconut milk. For a gluten-free option, swap out the flour one-to-one with your favorite gluten-free flour. The texture may be a bit cakier, but should still taste great! Corn Dog Keep Reading
Indulgent Triple Berry Chocolate Pancake recipe
Triple Berry Chocolate Pancakes Last week I shared a pancake recipe that incorporates healthy ingredients (check out our Oatmeal Sweet Potato Pancake recipe). Today, we're turning the car around, heading the exact opposite direction, and going absolutely indulgent. This Triple Berry Chocolate Pancake recipe has basically no redeeming nutritional value. Okay, there are some eggs and berries. That's about it. But sometimes I'm not looking to win any crunchy mama awards. Sometimes I just want to serve dessert for breakfast (or dinner). When you're looking to win the awesome mom award, this recipe will definitely get you a blue Keep Reading
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