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I Scream for Ice Cream {with or without a machine}
All of this hot weather has our family eating plenty of ice-cream. Though I’ve been making the basic vanilla recipe in our ice cream maker, this low-fat strawberry cheese cake recipe requires no...
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Kitchen Renovation {Before}
There will be no freezer cooking in this kitchen for an interrupted time because we are taking down this wall. I am hoping it will happen today as planned. Our plan is to turn this wall into a bar...
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Remodel Continues: A Hole in the Wall
I went back to school teaching hoping to have my remodel complete, but everyone who’s had construction work done knows better. Here I am on super busy day two of school and the lighting and drywall is...
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Monogrammed Towels for $10
In the midst of school starting and remodeling our kitchen, my niece had a household shower over the weekend. Right in the middle of a table full of dishes, decor and curtain rods, I decided to...
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Freezer Cooking Finds plus Kitchen Update
I wanted to clean up the kitchen renovation when I woke up on Saturday, but my husband suggested we go to a neighborhood yard sale before we started a hard day of labor. I’m so glad we did because I...
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Monday Night Bite: Potato, Peppers and Onion Kielbasa
In between the kitchen renovation, cheer mobile, baseball mom, high foods teacher taking an online course, wife and parent, I still have to be the meal planner on the weekend. Last Friday we had crock...
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Weeknight Freezer Meals: BBQ Chicken and Wendy’s Chili
I make a goal to double bubble or freeze a round of meals each week. This keeps my freezer stash going without having to do a long two hour session at one setting. Typically I do it on the weekends...
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Weekend Meal: Stromboli
A crazy busy weekend calls for easy stromboli. I was hoping to have at least one to freeze for lunch boxes, but we ate on the leftovers over the weekend. Oh well, at least we had easy meals and the...
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What’s for Brown’s lunch?
We have way too many mouths to feed to be purchasing school lunches. I also like to feed my family as healthy as possible. So I roll a different kind of way and dovetail as many meals into one....
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Six O’ Clock Lunch Box Treats {Fall Freezer Muffins}
I was blessed to come home after working all day to a quick dinner made by my husband. We had leftover potato soup from the weekend and he added a BLT sandwich with. It was just perfect at 5:30 when I...
View ArticleA 5-year-old can freezer cook! {How to fold chocolate chips}
I have to share my kindergarten big girl showing her freezer cooking skills. She is sharing how to fold in chocolate chips if you don’t catch the beginning. And the silly voice in the background is my...
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Fast Food on Ball Game Nights
Crock pot meals have been my go to on baseball nights. Some of us are getting home at 5:30 while others don’t get home until 7:30. Tonight’s meal involved no meat, but lots of protein from the crock...
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Pizza Zucchini Boats and Fresh Farm Eggs
Friday, my colleagues tripled a meal. We were making these super fresh zucchini boats for another colleague in need and we decided to make ourselves some while we were doing it. I’m super blessed to...
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Almost too busy for freezer cooking {Korean Beef}
It’s been a long week and I bought bulk items over the weekend. I squeezed in a 2-hour session on Monday night and I froze it all. Here is one item I cooked in the crock pot Thursday and I had enough...
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Homemade Chicken Pot Pie {visit my other blog}
My Foods 1 students have been busy creating festive pie crusts. Visit my other blog for the delicious, super easy flaky crust and frugal ways to create pies for a crowd. I made two whole chickens for...
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Fall Freezer Meals
Thank goodness I prepped several meals last week. The meatballs and marinara came in handy this week during our hectic busy times. The kiddos were able to toast their own sub rolls and make meatball...
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How to Freeze Canned Tomatoes {#10 Can}
In case you didn’t know a #10 can is typically used by restaurants and hotels or larger families. It holds more than 100 ounces or 6-7 pounds, but most would bypass a large size assuming it’s too much...
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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffin {Baked in Bulk}
Our favorite fall muffin was baked by my little helper this weekend. 48 pumpkin chocolate chip muffins cooling for our freezer. This super easy recipe only requires a regular 15 oz. size can for two...
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Apples Galore {How to Freeze Apples}
Ever since my students made chicken pot pies, I had a vision to make a lot of apple pies for Thanksgiving. Once I heard about deer apples for $5 a box, I knew I had to make a trip to the farmer’s...
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Local Beef Recipes
I’ve been on a local shopping spree lately. Since I started a farm to classroom grant at school, I thought I’d take advantage of my 10% discount and purchase local beef for my family on the same day....
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