This gluten free minestrone soup features a variety of flavorful and nutritious vegetables like carrots, celery, onions, zucchini, and kale. An Italian inspired recipe with lovely complex layers of flavor thanks to a few dried spices and tomato paste that can be made in less than an hour. It's vegetarian (and vegan if you use a vegan parmesan) but can also be made with protein if that's your thing. A delightfully cozy recipe to make during the colder months of the year!
Quick and easy self-feeding ideas for young toddlers. A list of 24 self-feeding ideas for breakfast, lunch, and dinner that your one-year-old will eat.
Over 40 best New Year’s Eve dinner ideas including fancy lobster and steak recipes, roast chicken, pasta dinners, seafood recipes, vegetarian dinners, and more!
Learn how to freeze watermelon so you'll never have to throw away those leftovers again...and you can have a little taste of summer all year long!
NOTE: This article is for my best recipe using green tomatoes! Make this Southern food favorite, fried green tomatoes….and wow your family and friends. It’s easy, fast, and best of all helps you use up those extra green tomatoes at the end or beginning of the harvest season! Did you ever watch tha
Dinner parties are a great way to bring friends and family together for a fun evening. In this article, we will share a variety of dinner party themes to suit any occasion and taste.
Find activities and ideas for the end of the school year to keep students learning and engage. Balloon countdowns, review games, summer homework,and more!
Find out a ton of great ideas to do with all the excess tomatoes your garden produces. How to preserve them and tons of great recipes!
Seasoned Broiled Potatoes are an easy side dish recipe that might just steal the show at dinnertime! Serve with chicken, pork, or steak!
There seem to be many blog posts all about cooking 5, 10, or um, even 20 meals in one day and freezing them all and eating easy for a week (or a month, year, lifetime, etc.). While this appeals to me it’s generally impossible for my family to do because we lack the freezer space. Our freezer is mostly […]
This gluten free minestrone soup features a variety of flavorful and nutritious vegetables like carrots, celery, onions, zucchini, and kale. An Italian inspired recipe with lovely complex layers of flavor thanks to a few dried spices and tomato paste that can be made in less than an hour. It's vegetarian (and vegan if you use a vegan parmesan) but can also be made with protein if that's your thing. A delightfully cozy recipe to make during the colder months of the year!
Lou's teachers had the best idea. I tried to get it together for my own class on the last day but gave up. I have it in my plan book ...
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Here you will find a list of toddler dinner ideas perfect for young toddlers based on what my own kids have liked and eaten at this age. Toddler dinner ideas like pulled chicken, deconstructed fajitas, baked chicken tenders, and deconstructed loaded sandwiches.
Nigel Slater picks his own and readers' favourites from 10 years of recipes in Observer Food Monthly
After testing for months this is literally the BEST sloppy joes recipe out there!
Every living thing is unique in their own way. Look at your teacher, the trees outside, the animals in the zoo, and the insects on the ground. We look quite different, don’t we? Despite this, all of…
Try these funny & hysterical elf on the shelf ideas to keep kids in the Christmas spirit. Most are simple & easy enough to do last minute.
Last month I wrote about how my dog’s New Year’s resolution was to ditch the dog food and start on the ‘woodchip’ diet. After she chewed through all of our windowsills, the AT community was wonderful in helping me figure out the best way to fix it! My husband took a reader’s advice and used wood epoxy, in this case J-B Weld KwikWood Epoxy Putty. See the step-by-step results below. First, he removed any splinters and lightly sanded the damaged and surrounding area.
July meal plan - A full month of ideas for easy, homemade family-friendly dinners. Includes a free printable PDF calendar with each day’s menu idea for easy planning.
18-month-old toddlers can be such a menace when she is bored, so here are my top 18 activities for your 18-month-old toddler!
If you read forums for teachers, job satisfaction surveys, or listen to conversation in the teachers’ lounge you will often hear a common theme in the complaints of teachers. Teachers who are unhappy feel unappreciated and unrecognized for their hard work. Although a raise would put a smile on teachers everywhere, this may not be possible with the current state of economics. Have you read Malcom Gladwell’s book, The Tipping Point? One of the examples he gives in his book is the NYC subway system. George L. Kelling was hired as a consultant in 1985 to test his broken windows theory. The city cleaned the subway system of graffiti. Graffiti was quickly cleaned any time it appeared. The theory was that small crimes lead to bigger crimes. Purging the subway of graffiti was the tipping point to make the NYC subway system safer. Small crimes lead to bigger crimes. I think a few negative comments can spread quicker than 48-hour flu in a school. Soon it seems like the entire staff is infected with negativ-itis. It is possible to make teachers, staff members, and co-workers of your school feel appreciated and recognized for their hard work. The best thing is the school climate doesn't have to be the responsibility of one person in the school. Do you think your co-workers are feeling a little stressed? Do you hear more snips and snarks than comments of appreciation? Have there been changes on your campus . . . new team members, administrators, curriculum, or expectations? If this sounds familiar, you could be the change agent at your school. Sometimes it is the administrator, team leaders, or Sunshine Committee than plans school climate and community building events. But, one thing I have found through the years. Everyone loves a helping hand. If you step up to the plate, you will have their undying gratitude. After a few community building events, you will have a happier place to work. So, it is a win-win for everyone. For whatever reason, I have always enjoyed planning these type of things. I know it is crazy, right?!! I have been on a social committee for my neighborhood homeowner association, a school's Sunshine Committee, and planned monthly luncheons for my daughter's middle school. Through all of these experiences, I have picked up a few tips and tricks that make putting on a luncheon for a large group a little easier. Food brings people together, it bonds them, it is just that simple. If at all possible it is best to plan the date of your luncheon on a day when everyone can eat lunch at the same time. Do not forget to include everyone in your school family like the custodial staff and secretaries. If you do plan the luncheon on a day when you have multiple lunch periods, set out fresh food each lunch period. I just added a new School Climate packet that includes what you see above. Each luncheon has a PDF that is "PRINT & GO" prefilled for your luncheon. There is also a blank signup in the EDITABLE file so you can personalize it to fit your needs. The sign is EDITABLE, too so you can add the date, time, and place. There are also notes (6 per page) so you can write little notes of support, encouragement, thank you, and give treats. There is room that you can write a note or attach a treat. Who doesn't love to get a little note in your mailbox? Some of these are colorful and some are black & white. Look for the Positive is a system where staff members recognize other staff members. This system could also be used with students. Staff members fill out a nomination about another staff member who is: ALL HEART: A person who is kind and helpful to others. ALL STAR: A person who shines at his or her job and goes beyond what is required. ALL SMILES: A person who has a positive attitude and a joy to be around. OUR TREASURE: A person who is worth his or her weight in gold. Prizes can be whatever you want. I made these signs to hang outside classrooms to recognize teachers. I bought the supplies at Hobby Lobby. At one of my schools, the prize was a front row parking spot. That was a very popular prize! If a luncheon seems like a bigger job than you want to tackle this year, I included monthly events that are still fun, but on a smaller scale. The signs are editable so you can add the date and time. Click HERE find out more plus get a FREEBIE in the preview file. Click HERE to check out the preview file. Sources to make my blog post graphics can be found HERE. Click HERE to read my blog's disclosure statement.
How To Freeze Shredded Zucchini, Freezing excess zucchini to use later, Zucchini recipe ideas, Don't compost zucchini, shred it!
Last weekend, I completed a 2 day juice cleanse. I have never done anything like this before. I know there are strong opinions on both sides about cleanses and fasts, and although I am not sure if …
Find out what you can give your baby to eat right now, even if he has no teeth! The definitive guide of first foods for babies, in an easy to follow list.
Canning potatoes is a great way to preserve your harvest and have convenient, ready-to-use potatoes on hand all year. This method allows you to store potatoes for extended periods without losing their nutritional value or taste. It's a simple and rewarding process that can help you make the most of your garden produce or bulk buys from the store.
