“Mom, what can we do?” With freezing temperatures and the sun setting early…what should kids do for fun? (The answer is not play a video game. 🙂 ) The answer is to try playing Bean Bag Bocce! This is an excellent family game for cold winter nights! Each player gets two matching bean bags that […]
Thrifty Idea: Mascara –More for Less
“Mom, I need mascara again.” It feels like every time I go to the store the list contains “mascara.” I am frugal to the core so it got me thinking. How can we stretch the mascara dollars a little further? My daughters love volumizing mascara. The brush is awesome, but the amount in the container […]
Watch Out Clutter
Do you clean your house and then before nightfall, the clutter has returned? It happens to all of us. A fun solution may be to invite Chester to your house. “Chester” made his appearance at our home many years ago. I can’t recall exactly where this idea came from, but here it is: You get […]
Grandma Peterson’s Rolls
The Thanksgivings I remember best happened at my grandma’s house. She would put up tables in almost every room of her house, complete with a cloth tablecloth. We would always eat on glass plates, drink from glass cups, and have real silverware—if you tried to use plastic she’d just wash it..so don’t bother. The food […]
Five Steps to Reduce School Paper Stacks
Divide and Conquer! First sort the papers into three stacks— Papers no longer needed (Don’t throw away the trash pile yet…there is another use for it.) Papers to “Keep” Papers/projects you’d like to keep, but they are a weird size. Now, here we go! First, get an expandable binder for the “keep” pile. Make a […]
Zu-Cake
It is the time of year you have an extra zucchini sitting on the counter and haven’t had time to do anything with it. Here is an idea. Buy a chocolate cake mix (devil’s food also works). Mix it according to the package instructions except add a few shakes of ground cinnamon to the dry […]
Speedy Granola
This recipe is a variation of “Golden Granola” found in a recipe book called Kids in the Kitchen by School Mate. We love to eat this for breakfast…and a few of my kids think they should also have it as an after school snack! Speedy Granola ½ cup margarine 4 cups regular oats ½ cup […]
Chicken Apple Bowtie
This recipe is a staple at our house. It is a family favorite from our seven year old to our seventeen year old! Our kids even love the leftovers. Chicken Apple Bowtie ½ to 1lb of chicken breast, cut into small bite sized pieces Garlic powder Red pepper Oil for frying Sauce: 1 large carrot, […]
Sausage Egg Roll Up
Sausage Egg Roll Up is recipe that can served as a main dish at dinner or as a hearty breakfast. 1 lb sausage 7 large eggs ¾ cup salsa Dough: 1 ¼ cups warm water 1 ½ tsp yeast 1 ½ tsp salt 1 ½ TBS sugar 3 TBS shortening 3 ¼ to 3 ½ […]
Puzzle-ing Mac-n-Cheese
“When will lunch be ready?” Kids have a hard time waiting. It is a tradition at our house to begin making Mac-n-Cheese and then use the box to create a puzzle. You simply cut off the front of the box. Then cut it into puzzle pieces that fit your child’s ability—whether it is three pieces […]
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