Give your college student or elderly parent a taste of home cooking by making tiny freezer meals from your leftovers. The concept is simple…when you make spaghetti freeze and label a snack bag size serving of the sauce, when you have tacos put some of the meat in a different snack size baggie, label it, […]
Chicken Dinner Starters
Chicken dinner starters came to me because of the nagging, recurring thought of, “Yikes, it is 5:00 and I don’t know what to make for dinner!” Dinner starters is a method of meal preparation. You prepare and freeze the beginning step of multiple meals. These are great for busy families and also wonderful for college […]
Playground Hop! –A Family Activity
The idea for this activity was initiated when my two youngest kids and I had to drive an hour away to drop off one of my older kids. To make the return trip more fun, we decided to try out the playgrounds in each of the small towns we were passing through. We took mental […]
Jobs by Number a Versatile Job Chart
Are your kids at the point where their schedules differ enough that set job charts aren’t working? Try having a versatile chart we call “Jobs by Number.” You create a list of all the regular jobs that need to happen at your house and assign each job a number. Here is an example: Jobs by […]
Creamy Pasta Sauce
This sauce is made from scratch in the amount of time it takes to cook the pasta! It doesn’t come from a jar or a box, and it uses simple ingredients most homes have on hand. Inexpensive and Fast! Creamy Pasta Sauce 2 TBS margarine or butter 2 TBS flour Melt butter in a small […]
Summer Ideas for Fun, Learning, and a Bit of Order
It is beneficial to have a plan going into summer. Below are links to some of our top ideas that will lead to a memorable summer break: Reading and Learning (Links) Family Reading Goal –work together towards a goal. This is great for a family with all different reading levels. Book Bingo –printable bingo sheets […]
Book Bingo
Years ago my brilliant, small town librarian introduced the idea of Book Bingo to me. We have used it in various forms since that time. The Book Bingo game can be an incentive to help your child be excited to read each day. It also helps children get out of the slump of only reading […]
Terracotta Pot Heaters
Emergency Preparedness Idea: I was concerned that if we lost power and natural gas, we wouldn’t have a way to heat our house. My sister told me about terracotta pot heaters. I have found them intriguing. They are built with simple items that can be easily stored. Basically a Terracotta Pot Heater is built in […]
Ree Ann’s Homemade Vanilla Yogurt
I had given up on making yogurt. I could never get it to set thick enough, and it was always a pain to flavor.That all changed when I was introduced to Ree Ann’s Homemade Vanilla Yogurt. Since she showed me how to make this, there hasn’t been more than a day or two that we […]
GP’s Peanut Butter Cookies
This recipe is from the kitchen of my beloved grandma! I can’t think of her without smiling. These cookies are a favorite at our house! GP’s Peanut Butter Cookies 1 cup shortening 1 cup white sugar 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup peanut butter 2 eggs ¼ cup milk 3 ½ cup flour 2 tsp […]
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