I’ve written before about our holiday tradition of gathering with some family friends to make pies. My children absolutely love this, however I am intimidated by pies. I tend to be the picture taker and let them learn from my friend, Mo, who is a master pie maker. Here are some pictures of the process to enjoy . Since I Continue Reading →
This Mama has caught a sore throat and stuffy nose. So the post I had started will have to go on hold until I’m feeling a bit more like writing than resting. Just to keep myself in the habit of writing each day, here’s a quick, simple and yet healthy dinner we whipped up tonight. I wasn’t much for making Continue Reading →
Well, today marks the end of The Great Pantry Challenge and it has been a lot more fun and certainly easier to do this alongside others. In reality, living on what is in the pantry is a way of life for us for a whole host of reasons I’d rather not bore you with, so The Great Pantry Challenge will Continue Reading →
Day 3 and day 4 of my menu went exactly as planned. However, I do have to admit that my husband’s lunches and our snacks are getting sparse. Hoping a Monday run to the grocery store comes quickly! It is not unusual for snacks to be what sends me grocery shopping, but this time I may have to whip something Continue Reading →
As I sit here writing this post, it is lunch time. Lunch is being made and I am not even in the kitchen. Well then how in the world is lunch being made? It is being made by my awesome children! Yes, if you had not caught on yet…I homeschool my children. I usually purpose to not mention this because Continue Reading →
For quite a few years now, I’ve been a menu planner. It became my habit because we needed to save money by buying only what was needed at the grocery store instead of perusing up and down the aisles and filling the cart based on stocking the pantry with whatever was missing. It also began because I do not find Continue Reading →
My friend, Heather, asked me how to make stroganoff from scratch. Before I do that, let me explain a bit about our family and how we approach food. We do our best to eat food as close to the way God made it. In today’s society, I guess you’d call that organic. We have not always eaten this way, but Continue Reading →
Day 1 and Day 2 went well with The Great Pantry Challenge. It sort of “upped” the challenge to add in a day field trip to the aquarium, but we did it! It certainly would’ve been easier to go the convenient route and spend money to eat out somewhere, but to be honest we barely had enough for the parking Continue Reading →
I’ve been busy this weekend getting us ready for The Great Pantry Challenge. We’ve got a crazy week ahead of us with a day trip to the coast to visit the aquarium on top of everything else. The Pumpkin Patch carnival at our church gets sandwiched in there between our regular activities too. So what this means is that I’ve Continue Reading →
My friend and I have challenged each other to live out of our pantry until November 1. She has explained it well on her blog. Why repeat her well written words? You can read it there. However, you might wonder why I’d bother to post it on Mommy Map. What does that have to do with parenting wisdom? Well, one Continue Reading →