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
This week’s dinners: Tacos and refried beans. I make my refried beans by soaking kidney beans (or pinto) overnight. In the morning I add onions, beef soup base and garlic, then turn the Crockpot onto high. Once the beans are cooked, I add garlic salt, taco seasoning and hot sauce to flavor. Sometimes I add…
Originally published June 2007. Edited to expand on the topic. Post includes affiliate links. How to Teach Your Kids to Eat Anything…without losing your mind. A reader recently left a comment asking if my children would actually eat all of those vegetables (pictured in my Colorful Chicken Fettuccine recipe}. My children love vegetables. All ten of…
Large Family Meal Prep After Grocery Shopping Yesterday afternoon when Chuck returned home with the week’s groceries (thanks, Honey!) some of the kids and I hunkered down to prep the food for our upcoming meals. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that prepping all the veggies and meat at once is much more…
Green Breakfast Juice Recipe If you are interested in beginning a juicing journey be sure and check out my post Juicing 101 If you are interested in beginning a juicing journey be sure and check out my post, Juicing 101! Green breakfast juice is my favorite juices! Be forewarned, with two oranges and an apple, it…
You probably remember that Adalia spent summer 2011 in Honduras with Teen Missions International. One of her teen members, Ben, and his brother, Aaron, are visiting the US from New Zealand. They are due to arrive here at our house on September 17 (yes, the same day Chuck and I will be in Seattle with…
These homemade chicken fingers are easy to make and a real family favorite. The only problem with these, is I can never make enough! Step 1: Preheat oven to 425. Half thaw your frozen, boneless, skinless chicken breasts. This makes them much easier to slice. Step 2: Slice each breast into even strips. Step three:…
Meet the breakfast crew: Tilly (13) and Tucker (6). They get up and fix the morning meal for our family while I sip coffee and direct traffic. Making breakfast is officially Tilly’s job, but she has taken it upon herself to train Tucker as her apprentice. This works out beautifully. Not only is Tucker learning…
Our Journey in Juicing Every time I post about juicing I get a whole boatload of questions and yesterday was no different. Here are some resources and ideas to get you started. This post contains affiliate links Our Current Routine Chuck’s routine right now is to get up at 5 am, go for a three-mile…
It has been just over two months since Chuck and I have been juicing and running. Chuck has gone from zero exercise to running 3 miles a day, and once or twice a week running 6, 8 or 9 miles. He has lost over…
Yesterday seemed like the perfect day to head to our favorite U-pick berry farm. The weather was fair, not to hot, not to cold. We all loaded up and were greeted like old friends (um, with thirteen children, you tend to draw a lot of attention to yourself). I quickly briefed my children on the…