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a bowl full of simple

It’s lunchtime

Back to School Series – Lunchtime! Because I’ve been asked so many times about packing lunch for kids, I’m going to share with you some of my favorite products for lunchtime.  For several years, my kids have been using the bento boxes made by Laptop Lunches.  This company has a great product. There are now […]

Storing Kids Schoolwork | part II

Storing Kids School Work The First in a series on Back to School Well, it’s taken me all summer to fill you in on what I came up with for storing all my kids’ school and artwork!  One of the big issues I had to deal with was space!  Not just space to store it […]

a bowl full of simple - zucchini

Zucchini

It’s that time of the summer when fresh produce is at it’s best.  Whether it comes from your garden, grocery store, local farmer’s market, or a generous neighbor, it’s zucchini season! A few easy favorites of ours for simple summer fare. Grilled Zucchini Grilling zucchini is one of my top summer side dishes.  If we […]

Free Time

This is what kids do when they have nothing but TIME … they build “go-carts” yes, that’s a piece of plywood, a beach chair, 2 scooter boards and a whole lot of bungee cord I love the protective gear big brother insisted that his passenger wear!   they pack a snack albeit, chocolate covered cherries, […]

BLT

The BLT may very well be my all-time favorite sandwich!  With tomatoes ripe off the vine and salty slices of bacon what could be better?  For dinner last week I put together some tasty sandwiches and included a family favorite, the A – avocado.  And why stop there, try it with some P – pesto, S […]

Top Ten | Summer Music Edition

  Remember these??? Oh, how I wish I still had some around to play, they would bring back a lot of memories.  I was going through my music library recently, need to make some CDs for an old stereo I have where I can’t use my iphone, etc. it was reminding me of the season in […]

Spicy Pickled Green Beans

In July, the green beans in my garden grow faster than we can eat them!  This year, in addition to blanching them for a side dish or salad, I decided to try pickling green beans.  I LOVE spicy pickled green beans in a tall spicy Bloody Mary!  I’ve never been much of a food preserver […]