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Dinner on the table

Tricks, hacks, books, and experiments to dinner on the table Every Single Night.

Try a half-sleepover

October 24, 2011

When our kids were younger, Heather was a little bit obsessed with putting them to bed at each other’s houses in order to allow us to have nighttime plans with each other. We pulled this off quite a bit when we were rookie moms. With two kids each now, it’s not really worth the hassle; [...]

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My kids are cool with leftovers

October 20, 2011

In the Ragu-sponsored video we are sharing this week, I chat with my blogging buddies Kim Tracy Prince and Renee Ross about leftovers. Since I make two separate dinners for my family (adults vs kids), I don’t personally struggle with convincing my kids to eat leftovers. The kids are not eating what Ryan and I [...]

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Tricks, hacks, books, and experiments to dinner on the table Every Single Night.

Love makes a family

September 28, 2011

This post was going to be a quick one – just to let you know that there is a new Ragu video I’m in where I talk to Kim Tracy Prince (of diaper driving fame) and Renee Ross about how dinner is different “when Dad is in the kitchen.” But now I feel like I’ve [...]

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Activity #148: Fill your freezer before your baby arrives

August 21, 2011

A couple years ago, before this new little baby was a twinkle in my eye, I reached out to Erin Chase from 5 Dollar Dinners to ask her for her EASIEST tips for new moms trying to get dinner on the table. She went one better. Rather than a few handy tips, she shared with [...]

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Tricks, hacks, books, and experiments to dinner on the table Every Single Night.

The Ragu Panel recap

May 25, 2011

Remember those videos I made with the Ragú® folks? One of the other moms, Daphne, was saying that she got stuck in a dinner rut and actually watched one of her own videos and felt re-invigorated. I love it! Who better from to get tips that actually work for your unique situation? Yourself! Dear self, [...]

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Dinner together – do you do it? (Sponsored)

April 11, 2011

Tell me about your dinner rituals. Are you driven by treasured memories of the way you grew up or by a determination to compensate for what you never had? Or do work schedules dictate a barely-make-it-to-the-table-and-it’s-witching-hour-so-I’ll-just-eat-cereal-at-9-pm practice in your household? My role in the kitchen has changed radically since I’ve had kids. My husband and [...]

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Tricks, hacks, books, and experiments to dinner on the table Every Single Night.

The problem with potlucks (sponsored)

April 2, 2011

We recently saw this funny video from CoolMom, Daphne, about the downside of the potluck. We have long recommended that new moms host potlucks so that people will bring food to you (score!) while you do as you please with your baby (all your gear, crib, whatever!), but we hadn’t considered the problem of that [...]

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4 food-tastic finds I tested for you

March 11, 2011

I am more than a little obsessed with getting fresh food on the table for family dinner every night. Let my compulsion be your guide. Here’s hoping you can benefit from my recent experiments and have a slightly easier time getting dinner on your own table next week. Fresh20, www.thefresh20.com is a great little service [...]

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Tricks, hacks, books, and experiments to dinner on the table Every Single Night.

Just call me Baby Angel… of the dinner table

March 9, 2011

Tonight, Scarlett spread her dessert (lime Jello) on what was left on her dinner plate (pizza crusts). Wanna hear more? As part of a project with Ragú®, called Mom’s the Word on Dinner, in which I got on a party line with some other moms and chatted about kids and dinnertime and their odd eating [...]

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Bragging: I can make a casserole in my toaster oven

March 3, 2011

For Christmas, I asked my mom for a new toaster oven. She has this fancy one that Heather recommended to her and she loves it. I am a heavy user of le toaster oven and when mine broke a few years ago, I simply walked into Target and picked a new one and bought it. [...]

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Tricks, hacks, books, and experiments to dinner on the table Every Single Night.

5 essential rules for a streamlined kitchen

December 20, 2010

Our guest today, Rivka Caroline, is a mom of 7 and a self confessed time- and space-management junkie living in Florida. Without a lot of time or space to spare, Rivka is obsessed with new ways to save both; she won’t stop blogging till moms work smarter not harder and take the time to nurture [...]

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Less tushy wiping. More fun.

December 4, 2010

Santa has spoken. The winner of the Windows 7 phone was Miranda with the suggestion of: Less cooking. More enjoying. She makes double batches and then freezes food so that she can cook once but enjoy lots! We had many other great ideas from readers, too many to mention them all, but I chose a [...]

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