Feeding a large family can be a challenge. It is my goal to share my best kitchen tricks and hacks, recipes, and organization I like recipes that are simple and delicious. I like to keep my kitchen clean and organized and have my kids help out as much as possible. Here you will find my best hacks for feeding a large family.
Check out these posts about feeding a large family:
Large Family Freezer Cooking Hacks
Meal Plans and Grocery Shopping with a Large Family
We are now one week into our Month of No Sugar experiment. How has it been? Honestly? Easy. Disappointingly easy…As I said at the beginning our rules said: no added processed sugar (high fructose corn syrup, etc) but we could use small amounts of honey or pure maple syrup. I have read every label on every…
My beautiful children begin school tomorrow and we begin a new era in our family. I am trying to restrain myself and not make lofty plans for every area of my life. But I do have a few important areas that have fallen to the wayside over the last year or so, and meal planning…
The Plan: The Month of No Sugar is simply an experiment I am trying with some of my children. I really need to get a handle on my overall health. I read the book Year of No Sugar and while I didn’t love it, it made me think. We plan to have no processed sugar…
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #MustHaveMayo & #CollectiveBias Last night was our third Annual Christmas Movie Night. It has only been the past few years that we have owned a TV and DVD player, so my kids are not very familiar with Christmas movies new…
How to Make Freezer Meals the Easy Way Why Make Freezer Meals? I don’t like cooking at all. Unfortunately,, a large family and a small budget mean I do a whole lot of cooking. We can’t afford many convenience foods and I really like to avoid them for health reasons anyway. Since cooking is such…
Today begins a busy week. Judah and Tilly start school at the Community College. Judah has thrown himself in from day one last year. He has been taking Honors classes every quarter, is in the Drama Club, Campus Christian Fellowship (vice president this year), Criminal Justice Club, Spanish Club and now has a job as…
“This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group™ and Wet-Nap but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #showusyourmess http://my-disclosur.es/OBsstV” Warning: Addicting and Delicious Ice Cream Recipe Ahead! Our family loves making homemade ice cream and I can tell you we have enjoyed our share of it…
When Apollo was ten months old and we still didn’t know about his heart defect, his ENT believed he was allergic to milk. Overnight we both had to go completely dairy-free (he was still mostly breastfed at this point). This was hard, but not insurmountable. I mean, when your baby’s health is on the line,…
Food. It is nourishing (sometimes) and tasty (sometimes) and has to be prepared and served constantly. Especially when you have a dozen (or 14 or 2) kids. Food; we can’t avoid it. Unless, of course, you’re tube fed like Apollo, in which case you can actually avoid it. But that’s a post for another day….
Cheesy Chicken Jalapeño Sandwich Recipe ‘This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® and All You Magazine, but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #lifeforless http://my-disclosur.es/OBsstV.” The other day our trip to Lynden City Park and Edaleen Dairy included a stop at Safeway to buy a copy…