Menu Plan Monday 11/16

It seems like last week went by really fast!  Money’s tight this week, so I’m using up what we have on hand. Here’s the menu so far:

Monday:  Baked Chicken, Creamy Italian Noodles, Carrots

Tuesday:  Spaghetti, Garlic Bread, Peas

Wednesday: What’s for Dinner’s Cheesy Chicken Cordon Bleu Rice Casserole, Green Beans

Thursday: Meatloaf, Mashed [...]

10 Best Fast-Casual Family Restaurants

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Parents magazine today revealed the exclusive findings from its first-ever 10 Best Fast-Casual Family Restaurants survey. At a time when many household budgets don’t allow for meals out at sit-down restaurants and fast-food places aren’t exactly known for healthy menus, “fast casual” restaurants, a hybrid of the [...]

24 Reasons to Gather Around the Dinner Table

How often does your family have dinner together? If you’re like most families nowadays, the answer is probably, “Not very often.”

It’s understandable. Modern families are busy. Both parents work and sometimes get home at different times. Children have activities to go to, and Mom’s got to drive them all over the place. Really, who’s [...]

Tyson Mealtime Minute Recipes with Robin Miller

Tyson Foods is currently teamed up with Food Network host and mom of two, Robin Miller. Robin has been working on some fantastic recipe demo videos that show how to make, quick, easy and delicious family meals using Tyson Heat ‘N Eat Dinner Meats (which are fully cooked, seasoned products that come in different, delicious [...]

Hello from the Nestle Culinary Center!

Yesterday, Nestle flew me to Solon, Ohio to attend a day-long conference and roundtable discussion on the topic of Let’s Fix Dinner. This morning we started out in the Nestle Baking Kitchen meeting with Jenny from VeryBestBaking.com and eating fresh-baked cookies (YUM). Then we moved into their Culinary Center which is like a huge kitchen [...]

I’m On Alpha Mom Today!

When Isabel from Alpha Mom put out the call for contributions to the new Alpha Mom site, “Guide to Everything (in Five Easy Steps),  I jazzed up my Homemade Lunchables post and sent it in. And today, she posted it! w00t! Here’s the original post, and here’s the new, more humorous version that is on [...]