Category Archives: Lunch recipes
Amazing Black Rice Chicken Salad
Amazing isn’t a strong enough word for how delicious this salad is! I used black rice because I saw it at Costco one day and thought I would try it. It’s cheaper than wild rice and is a change of pace from my usual brown rice. It cooks up a deep purple color and the [...]
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Restaurant Style Spinach Queso Dip Recipe
P.S. The coupon on my new book is still good through Saturday . Heidi and Caleb are home after spending a week on the farm. It took about 2 days for me to get over how easy it was to set the table and put children to bed with 2 less and then really start [...]
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Homemade and Healthy to Go!
My newest eBook is finished! It’s all about how to pack a healthy lunch. It’s over 100 pages and includes a printable planning page to help you plan a week’s worth of lunches at a time; a bunch of make ahead recipes; printable notes to make your child’s day special; and even a sewing tutorial [...]
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Getting Ready for the First Day of School
I know some of you have already started school. But for the rest of you, here’s a fun idea via pinterest. I’m gearing up for packing lunches and hope to add a few more fun items once in awhile. I’ve put my brainstorm of ideas into my latest eBook, Homemade and Healthy to Go. It [...]
Homemade and Healthy to Go
I’ve written a new eBook! And now you know why my blog has been a little quiet this summer. It’s finished, but not quite available yet. My Grocery Shrink Plus subscribers get the first peek, and they get it for FREE. The book will sell for $10 to all non-subscribers and at 100 pages of [...]
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Meet a Winner and Her Winning Recipe!
Meet Nicole Cotts and her beautiful family. I could just eat them up! But maybe instead I’ll fix some of her Mandarin Chicken Salad. Before I reveal the recipe, I want you to get to know her better. 1. Tell us about yourself. What are your hobbies, interests? I think the most important thing about [...]
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Time for a Recipe! Italian Stir Fry
We finally have an offer on our house! It’s a terrible offer, insulting really. But we took it. We aren’t scheduled to close until August 29th–and a lot can happen between now and then. If everything goes smoothly, it will be a relief to only own 1 home. This recipe serves 1, but can easily [...]
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Update on Summer Recipe Contest and Recipe for Crab Pasta Salad
I know I had set the winner announcement deadline for June 15th. That was crazy. I didn’t expect so many wonderful entries to sort through or think about what it would mean to take a family of 8 on vacation for a week and get put back together after, while doing my regular chores and [...]
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Low Carb Burger
My In-laws came down several weeks ago to help us work on the back garden of the house we are trying to sell. Dad offered to go and get low-carb burgers for everyone from Hardees because I had no food or dishes to cook with in the vacant house. It was delicious! It was basically a large [...]
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Kid Friendly Food: Cheeseburger Soup