Cooking and Recipes
Part 3 – Eat from the Pantry Challenge
Just a quick update — we’re down to our last three dinners from my “Eat from the Pantry Challenge.” (Can you hear my teen cheering loudly!? She even went so far as to ask her Nana NOT to ask us over for dinner anymore so that we can ‘get this thing over already!’)
The dinners have [...]
Time to Check Out Market Day Offerings
If you want to pack something other thank the standard PB&J in your kids’ lunches, Market Day has some great alternatives. And if you like to cook and/or if you’re looking for easy ways to create delicious affordable meals, you need to check out a new collection of herbs, rubs and seasonings from Market Day Gourmet.
In [...]
Part 2 – Eat from the Pantry Challenge
Today (Jan. 4) marks day six in our Eat from the Pantry Challengeand I have not been back to the grocery store. I have been to Walgreens to buy a few things and practice my first “couponing” lesson, and it was a smashing success!! That information is in this post and I’m really excited about [...]
4Jan2010 | lipsticktocrayons | Comments Off | Continued
Eat from the Pantry Challenge
First, let me say HAPPY NEW YEAR! I can’t believe it’s 2010. That means new beginnings, new resolutions, and hopefully, an improving economy.
One of my resolutions (all of which I hope to outline in another post shortly) is to learn to live more frugally. This is in part out of necessity and in part out [...]
Eat Dinner TOGETHER!
I grew up in a house where having dinner as a family was a regular event. My Dad was a cop, and he worked shifts for much of his career and all of my pre-teen years. If he was on the evening shift, Mom would have dinner ready at 4 p.m. so that we could [...]
22Dec2009 | lipsticktocrayons | 1 comment | Continued
Buzzed Driving IS Drunk Driving!
It’s holiday party season – time to celebrate all of the exciting winter holidays with our friends and loved ones. Our mailboxes are flooded with invitations to parties and dinners and other holiday get-togethers. With these parties come food, fellowship, gifts, and in many cases, festive alcoholic drinks.
In 2008, nearly 12,000 people in the United [...]
Grocery Gift Card & Gift Pack Giveaway
With the holidays approaching, Moms everywhere are looking for ways to stretch their holiday meal dollars without sacrificing taste or nutrition. The good news is you can make your entertaining dollars work harder by bringing dairy family recipes and entertaining ideas to the holiday table, compliments of Midwest dairy farm Moms. Dollar for dollar, dairy [...]
11Dec2009 | lipsticktocrayons | 98 comments | Continued
Grandparent Handbook Giveaway
If you know a grandparent or expectant grandparent who’d love to have a handy book for making that job even more fun, then you should enter this giveaway.
“The Grandparents Handbook” by Elizabeth LaBan offers modern grandparents a variety of fun pastimes and educational projects to share with their grandchildren. The book also provides a refresher chapter [...]
