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Quick Snack Ideas for Hungry Kids
The other day Henry brought home three friends and I didn’t have much time to pull together some quick snack ideas for hungry kids.
First, I chopped up some vegetables and put them around a small bowl of ranch dressing.
I also had some fruit. I was going to make a dip out of plain Greek yogurt, honey, and cinnamon. But this time I opted for Nutella, plain Greek yogurt, honey, and vanilla.
I threw some pickles into a small bowl for good measure.
I also had an extra box of King Arthur’s Muffin mix lying around, so I made chocolate chip muffins.
In the end, it was a veritable … Read More
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A New Womanly Habit
It’s a little late to be putting this new womanly habit in place. But better late than never, right?
I started listening to the Feel Better Live More podcast episode with Dr. Mindy Pelz. She talks about the dramatic hormone shifts that happen to us during perimenopause and highlights specific strategies we can put in place.
I’m honestly only at the beginning of the episode but had to pause it before continuing. There are already things I want to put in place! I wanted to stop and get things going rather than listening through the whole two hours and producing a really long, overwhelming list.
So, this new womanly … Read More
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New Way to Do Dinner
I was so sick and tired of my family complaining about our dinners. I had to come up with a new way to do dinner!
It’s so demoralizing to spend time meal planning and meal preparing only to have everyone hate what you’ve made. We are working on training the boys to simply say, “Thank you for cooking!” when they don’t like a meal rather than saying they don’t like a meal.
But still. It’s obvious they don’t like what I cook!
Luckily, we eat out twice a week (on Friday night and Saturday nights), so I only have to worry about five meals rather than seven.
I say “I” … Read More