Menu Plan by Brittany Confession: I have not menu planned in over a year. I fell off the bandwagon. I used to rave about how amazing it was so I am climbing back on, starting this week. It makes such a huge difference to have a plan before 5 o'clock rolls around. I had to fight the urge not to put soup on the menu every day this week. What is it about the rain that makes me want my dinner in hot steamy liquid form? Here's what's for dinner at my house this week: Monday -- Cheesy Green Chile & Potato Chowder Tuesday -- Pumpkin Waffles (I skip the ginger because I think it ruins most things, not a fan) Wednesday -- Spaghetti Thursday -- Keep Reading
What’s for dinner? This week’s vegetarian menu plan (10/22)
I always feel stuck in a boring dinner rut by the end of summer and inspired to start cooking again with the arrival of fall. These cool, drippy days make me happy to be in the kitchen. This vegetable-based menu plan is a mix of fresh flavors and comfort food. Meat could be added to any of these menus, but I promise, they are filling enough to stand on their own! Here's what's for dinner at my house this week: Monday -- Roasted Tomato Basil Soup, grilled cheese sandwiches, sliced apples Tuesday -- Sesame Almond Brown Rice Balls, Raw Tuscan Kale Salad Wednesday -- Leftovers Thursday -- Tuscan Vegetable Soup, No-Knead Bread, sliced pears Friday Keep Reading
Give Back: A Welcome Box Party Idea
I knew I wanted to get involved in this Welcome Box idea, but I wasn't sure where to start. Like most of you, I had a decent stockpile of toothpaste, granola bars, and crayons, but I wanted to go big. I had a big tower of Welcome Boxes in mind. This was not exactly in our budget for the month. Hmmm. What to do? Well, I just did what I do anytime I am stumped. I called on my friends and family. I sent out a quick email, announcing a Welcome Box Party at my house. The general idea was this: Bring whatever you have from the list to contribute! Bring your kids! I will feed you. We will fill boxes. The kids will run wild. Everyone will have a Keep Reading
Giving Opportunity: Welcome Boxes for kids entering foster care
FLNW Community -- I am so excited by this awesome giving opportunity! You have blown us away in the past by your generosity toward different causes. Read the details, dig into your stockpile, hit the school sales, get others involved, and help us support the kids in our local community. Thank you! Emily, FLNW Guest Post by Jillana Goble I am a foster and adoptive parent through the state of Oregon. Being a foster parent has brought more joy and more heartache than is possible to write about in a single post, so I won't even attempt it. I do want to let you in, however, on something surprising I learned recently. After all these years of being Keep Reading
5 Days in Portland on a Budget (family-friendly activities in PDX)
Guest Post by Amy Hunt Because our summer had been pretty unexciting so far, we planned a family fun week: five days of local, inexpensive outings. To get the kids excited about our week, we taped up a square paper for each day which my son decorated with what we were going to do. Day 1 -- North Clackamas Aquatic Center: We had one BOGO coupon from the Chinook Book and one from the Entertainment Book. Retail $32; we spent $16. And because we can't leave the house without eating, we stopped for McDonald's ice cream cones on our way home. Day 2 -- Oregon Zoo: We went on a Second Tuesday $4 admission day for $16 total, instead of $36 plus $4 to Keep Reading
Project Playdates: Organizing a fun, productive time with friends
image credit I love lists. Some are mental: Don't eat that third piece of cake. Go for a run instead. Some are written: Scrub the bathtub. Scrub the children in the bathtub. Some are totally unnecessary, I just write them down to make myself feel productive on blah days: Make a to-do list. Make a cup of coffee. Many are for my husband. These involve a higher level of concentration and skill than I possess. Find those drywall anchors we bought two years ago and hang up that heavy map, centered between the bookshelf and the window. xoxo. Hook up the tv so we can watch the Olympics (men's swimming tonight!). Keep Reading
Frugal Homemaking for July: Garlic, blueberries, and applesauce
If you planted garlic last fall, the tops should be dying back signalling that it's done growing and ready to pick. Follow the directions in the linked post to pull, dry, and store your garlic heads. Thanks to all this heat, gardens are producing all kinds of vegetables right now. I am currently picking basil, kale, beets, lettuce, spinach, cabbage, peas, and zuccchini. If I ever have more vegetables than I can use for meals, no problem! I just toss it in our juicer. Last night I made a beet green-kale-apple-lemon juice after my run. Whew! It was powerful, but I still love juicing as much as when I started. It also feels great to find a healthy, Keep Reading
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