Posts by t2009

Mama, it sounds like you are working hard to feed your family well -- Don't beat yourself up for sliding back into old habits now & then. Focus on the positive changes -- Are your kids eating more healthy snacks & fewer bad...

Thanks, all. So before I left work I asked DH to check on dinner & check the temp. The slow cooker had already gone to warm so it was only at 165 degrees. DH tasted a bean & they were already super soft & he thought cooking them again...

My family of 3 consumes about a dozen a week, sometimes more when we're baking.   I'm not afraid of the cholesterol & I feel that the recent news buzz around the report that came out over the summer (the one that...

Good thought. I'm going to see how hot it all is when I get home & if it's not at least 200 degrees I'm going to do this. Thank you! What a strange thing -- I've never heard of it before today!

Hi all,   I just got a slow cooker & was super excited to try a recipe for red beans & andouille sausage.   I soaked the beans last night & this morning I put everything in the slow cooker. I looked...

OP, I read the title of your post & had to chuckle -- There's no way anyone (super woman or no) can do or be all those things simultaneously! (And I chuckle knowingly, not to at all belittle the stress you are...

Quote: Originally Posted by linn7799  I'm a Montessori parent rather than a Montessori teacher but I've done quite a bit of reading and research on this topic as my son is bilingual and I'm supporting his English...

Thanks, Jennil894! So do you prepare the casserole or enchiladas or whatever & then freeze? Or do you freeze the chicken meat & then thaw & prepare the dish?

So my family has a hard time making it through all the chicken meat that we get after making stock. I once made a curried chicken dish (from NT) & then froze some of it, but defrosted it was far too watery & just not...

It took some convincing, but my son totally went for the switch witch this year (he's 3). I actually let him keep half of his candy, so it didn't seem like a total loss to him (it ends up not being that much candy since we just...