When the kids are home, they want to eat ALL THE TIME. Seriously, you’d think they were starving. In reality I think it’s more boredom than anything. We are limited in the amount of out and about time we can have since I run a childcare from my home and taking 16 kids on outings […]
Really. . . today is day 48. I’m a slacker. I also haven’t done great budget wise (as in I didn’t keep track). A new month is around the bend and I vow to pull my grocery money out and NOT use my debit card. That way I have more accountability. I am getting better […]
Today marks day 36 in our 100 Days of Real Food Challenge. I missed my order for produce this week. . . UGH. I forgot to get online until Sunday evening and the order had already closed. Boo. In other news- tonight we enjoyed two Draper Free Range (hormone and antibiotic free) rotisserie chickens. After […]
This week’s co-op orders- $170 (including donation) for ~30lbs of local, grassfed beef. In the produce world, the above was procured for $50 (including a donation). Even if I bought nothing else this week, my family could eat well on this haul. On the meat front, we got 6 NY strip steaks, ~2lbs of sirloin […]
This weeks organic produce from the co-op. I spent $60, which included a donation toward a family box for a co-op member that couldn’t afford a box this week. I spent another $5.00 at pick up adding on more oranges. Remember that carrot craving I was having. . . well, I bought six pounds. . […]
Mass ran long last night. . . on the way home we *almost* stopped at Chipotle to grab dinner. Thankfully, I had left my purse at home and DH had also left his wallet at home. . . so, we saved $45 and I whipped up a dinner from what we had on hand: I […]
For our parameters go here: 100 Days of Real Food on a Budget Last night for dinner, we enjoyed yumminess from our co-op produce box. . . My kids LOVE my “candied” beets. I place a generous spoon of Kerrygold butter in the saucepan, add sliced beets and then top with Celtic sea salt. I […]
My kids are getting bored with my snack response “fruit or veggies and protein”. So, I’m trying to make them some special goodies here and there to keep things exciting. I don’t want to be “that” mom who never gives her kids chocolate chip cookies. 🙂 So- I made chocolate chip cookies using Elana’s recipe. […]
Looks like we are carrying not one but THREE little beans in there. Wowsa. Can you say pregnancy brain? I’m also beyond exhausted. . . so forgive my slackness in posting. I’ll try to stay caught up. In our PlanetBox– we have a hard boiled egg, carrot sticks, applesauce, banana, and little balls of goodness […]
Daddy Grok kindly refrained from stepping on the scale today. 🙂 He’s still fighting the urge to munch, but otherwise feeling pretty good. Considering all the crap food he consumed before we started this, it’s shocking. Now that the cat is out of the bag, I can share with you here- Mama Grok is expecting […]
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