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Monday Menus: A Dinner Party for Everyone

One of the things I think many people tend to struggle with, as they try to eat well, cook real food, and maintain a balance between their food values and their social lives, is how to deal with hosting a … Continue reading

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Pantry Challenge Week: Update 2

We’ve done it – our weeklong Pantry Challenge (aka the No-Shop Week) is over, and I have to say…it’s been relatively anti-climactic.  Or, as J. put it last night as he watched me assembling dinner: “So far, you’ve come through … Continue reading

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Pantry Challenge Week, Update 1

We have just finished Day Four of our seven-day No-Shop challenge.  If you’re not caught up on what this is about, it’s one way we’re managing the excess spending that comes around at Christmastime each year – by opting out … Continue reading

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Get It Done: A Holiday Organization Manifesto

Some people reading this – like my sister, D. – will read that title with a snort and a knowing smirk.  They will say that I am exactly the WRONG person to write a blog post about organizing anything, especially … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving Edition, Part II

Welcome back to Thanksgiving week on Red, Round, or Green!  On Monday night I shared two new easy recipes that are still impressive enough to kick off your Thanksgiving meal.  Tonight, it’s cold and blustery out and the first snow … Continue reading

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Treats at School

After I wrote this year’s Halloween mantras — “The Post About the Treats” – I got a pretty nice response from several people who said that the philosophy J. and I adhere to these days, as far as all that … Continue reading

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The Post About the Treats

Every year around this time, as people’s thoughts turn to Halloween, I see a lot of questions floating around the internet.  What should we do about the candy?  Do we let our kids have candy?  Why can’t Halloween be done … Continue reading

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Experimentation: September Meal Plan

The September meal plan can’t really be here.  It was NINETY degrees today, for heaven’s sake.  It cannot possibly be time to do this again, already. And yet, here I am, faced with a calendar that stubbornly insists that yes, … Continue reading

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Preservation: Part Three

TOMATOES. Let’s be honest, kids.  We’re all just in this summer produce thing for the tomatoes, right? There’s an unmistakable difference between ANY fresh, in-season produce, and its evil doppelganger, the out-of-season grocery-store version.   However, I know I can’t be … Continue reading

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Monday Menus: Lunchbox Edition, Part Two

Welcome to Week Two of our Menu Mondays Lunchbox series!  By now, if your kids are not actually back at school yet, the day must be drawing very, very near.  I know L.’s practically too excited to sleep these days, … Continue reading

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