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Meal Prep: Double the Meals, Double the Fun
This week, I expanded my meal prep. My partner, A., is on a healthier eating journey, and to help accommodate his goal, I wanted to have more ready-to-heat meals available in the fridge for him. Given our house renovation and garden projects, A. is usually very busy in the mornings and early afternoons before he heads off to…
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Garden Update
This week, I wanted to provide an update on the gardening work we started early this season. We have definitely been busy! We purchased an inexpensive greenhouse to move some of our larger plants (mostly tomatoes) outside that were outgrowing our grow light set-up. Then, we finally reached the point in our season when we could transplant…
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A New Friday Tradition?
This week, I wanted to share a new “tradition” that I may have accidentally started. I began a new job about a month and a half ago, and as our family has adjusted to my new schedule, one of my kids’ only complaints (and I wouldn’t even say they’ve complained, per say) has been the…
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Meal Prep: Using what you’ve got
This week, I meal prepped using almost exclusively pantry items and ingredients already in my refrigerator. I was looking to save some money this week, and one of the easiest ways to do that, in my opinion, is to shop your own shelves. I’ve talked about shelf cooking before, and it really is an adventure for me.…
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Meal Prepping When You Don’t Wanna
This week, I was definitely feeling unenthusiastic about meal prepping. The whiniest voice in my head was just saying, “I don’t wannnaaaa.” I blame the weather in my area. The sunshine and warm temperatures have been replaced by gray skies and damp, chilly air. In any event, I plunged forward, and this is what I…
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Garden Starting
This week, I decided to share a bit about starting our spring garden. Of course, this post is actually rather belated because we started seeds indoors months ago. Too many months ago, it turns out. Apparently I inadvertently looked at the wrong zone or something when I plotted our planting and seed starting schedule last…
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New Kitchen Faucet
This week, I wanted to share a little kitchen update and talk about my brand new kitchen faucet! If you’ve been following along for a while now, you’ll recall that a little over a year ago, my house flooded in a freak tarp malfunction. We were in the midst of building an addition on our second story,…
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Meal Prep: What’s for lunch this week?
This week, if I am being really honest, I didn’t want to meal prep. But when you become accustomed to how much more smoothly the week runs when you have meals in the fridge… Well, you just persevere and do the meal prep! Here’s what’s on the menu this week: Breakfast Lunch Dinner Although they…
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Magic Can Happen in 15 Minutes
This week, I wanted to share my recent discovery about the magic that can happen in just 15 minutes a day. I recently started a new job that required a pretty significant shift in thinking about household management. I’ve never been a full-time at-home mom or homemaker, (though I seriously admire those who are), but…
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Meal Prep: Small Chunks of Time Can Make a Big Difference
This week, I have been continuing to follow the mantra, “What can I do right now to make life easier later?” The weekend was nutty and I didn’t end up with as much energy or time for my Sunday meal prep as I had hoped. I ended up waking up late and then had to…