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Family Favorite: Broccoli Cheese Soup

If I ever want my kids to eat their broccoli, I just cook it up into this soup! While this is not exactly a diet recipe, since it is a cream soup, it still packs a lot of nutrition in it. Paired with a crusty bread, it makes a hearty meal that keeps everyone satisfied in the winter months. Because this is a cream soup, I would not recommend freezing it. We usually don’t have any leftover to freeze anyway. It will stay nicely in the fridge for up to three days. Reheat it to warm on the stovetop for … Continue reading →

Broccoli Soup Your Kids Will Love

This recipe is adapted from my all time favorite magazine, Family Fun. When I first came upon it, I seriously doubted that my kids would love it. After all, it’s green and it’s made from little trees. But somehow the green factor played to my advantage and the kids thought it looked ‘cool’. (Hey, if they want to call it alien soup–fine by me.) Plus, it calls for mashed potatoes to make the soup thick and creamy so it has a bit of a different type of texture and taste that the kids liked. The vegetables in this are eventually … Continue reading →

Creative Lunchbox Additions

Millions of students across the country headed back to class today. For many parents these first few weeks of September mark the honeymoon phase of the new school year, especially if you pack your child’s lunch everyday. In a few months your kids will likely be as tired of your home packed lunches as you are making them. To preserve your sanity and your children’s taste buds consider adding a bit of spice to your kids’ lunchboxes with the following international offerings: ITALIAN Kids love pizza, so why not pack your own by topping mini-bagels with tomato sauce, pepperoni and … Continue reading →

Green Recipes for Earth Hour

If you plan to go “green” tonight to celebrate Earth Hour (the event encourages people around the world to turn off their lights at 8 p.m. to raise awareness about climate change) then why not whip up a few green dishes to spice up the festivities? I know, it seems a bit corny, but ever since I missed making a green colored dish on St. Patrick’s Day my young daughter has been begging me to make amends. So instead of waiting until Earth Day (April 22, 2008) to make the following dishes I figured I would do so tonight in … Continue reading →

Top Ten Items You’ll Find at a Ward Potluck

In honor of our next ward activity, which was recently changed to a potluck dinner, I am going to share the top ten items you’ll find at an LDS potluck dinner. 10) Banana pudding, which comes in several varieties, is a common staple of potlucks. You may end up with slimy kind that has been cooked or the instant Jell-O pudding recipe. This is much more common in the South than other areas of the world. 9) Crockpot Spaghetti—most potlucks have at least two crockpot spaghettis available to choose from. If you are lucky one will have melted mozzarella in … Continue reading →

Looking For My Waist: I Can’t Believe I Ate the Whole Thing

I haven’t weighed myself since Monday and don’t plan to until next Monday. If fact I have spent the week being quite gluttonous. Each time I finished a whole bag of pre-packaged food products I thought, “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing”! So what food item was so important to me that I ate entire packages in the midst of a diet? It was vegetables. I don’t normally cook or eat vegetables. This is not because I dislike them, but because I don’t like seeing them go down the garbage disposal. Instead, I hide what I can in … Continue reading →

The Frugal Baked Potato (1)

One of my favorite fast, frugal foods to prepare has always been baked potatoes. In fact, I almost continuously have them on hand, sitting in the darkness of our pantry, just waiting for an opportunity to come and be enjoyed at dinner. There are not many foods that are as cheap as a potato. What other hearty food can be purchased in large ten and twenty pound bags for simply a few dollars? And if you are lucky and happen to have a farmer’s market nearby, you can get even better deals. Awhile back I wrote about A Very Frugal … Continue reading →

Diet Delusions

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Do you have diet delusions? According to a new book by Elizabeth Somer called 10 Habits That Mess Up A Woman’s Diet – we’re all delusional. I’m hoping she means that in a good way. Essentially, most of us claim that we eat healthy. Yet, statistics with regard to the overweight and obese tell a vastly different picture. Somer calls dieting the American obsession; but women eat more calories than they think they do. Great, I love hearing that I am not doing what I think I am doing and I’m actually doing worse than I thought I was. Not … Continue reading →