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Dinner on the table

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

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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Finally, the case against family dinner

December 2, 2010

Family Dinner. Almost legendary for its promise to bring your family together for bonding that cannot be replaced, right? Not to mention the guilt we feel when it doesn’t happen. I strive for a family dinner every night at 6pm. If I have a simple meal planned and can get the children in front of [...]

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

6 date night ideas that don’t require a babysitter

November 3, 2010

With the economy totally sucking, we’ve modified our babysitter retainer model slightly and are trying to have a few more date nights at home. If you thought it was totally unrealistic when I told you to put your kids to bed before 7pm and have a date-night, I feel you. Here are six slightly more [...]

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Sunday Supper: cooking big with One-Dish Dinners

October 25, 2010

I received a free copy of Perfect One-Dish Dinners; All You Need for Easy Get-Togethers a few weeks ago and took it for a spin. Recipes are sized up to serve 6 to 12 hungry eaters so they are great not only for a weekend dinner party but also if you and your partner can [...]

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

4 sanity-saving cooking strategies

October 12, 2010

Laura from Plummelo sent me a few great tips for taking shortcuts in the kitchen to free up time and sanity. How could I refuse? As the woman who declared a weekly Crock Pot Night as an excuse to make dinner when I had time (during morning nap!), I love the short cuts. I hope [...]

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Taco night, a new weekly tradition

September 28, 2010

One of my favorite dinners as a kid was taco night, where everyone got to make their own tacos from a buffet of filling choices. When you’re a kid, people are always telling you what you can and can’t do or what you should and shouldn’t eat. Taco night is autonomy. It’s freedom from authority. [...]

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

The Stocked Kitchen, final verdict

September 19, 2010

I just finished my four week experiment based the Stocked Kitchen cookbook and I rate it an enthusiastic one thumb up. I embraced the system fully in order to take advantage of the promise: maintain the master shopping list ingredients and be able to make any recipe in the book. I lived according to the [...]

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Gingered Indian Salmon, the easy way

September 16, 2010

This recipe utilizes one of my favorite kitchen cheats, er, techniques- the marinade and the sauce are one and the same, applied differently. Essentially you put some a couple seasonings in a food processor with some yogurt and use half of the mixture for the marinade while reserving half for the sauce. The salmon cooks [...]

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

Auntie Karen’s bison experiment

September 10, 2010

Another not-so-secret trick from Auntie Karen: We already know about getting produce from a CSA (don’t we?). Did you know meat can be delivered, too? Say what? Yes, I just got these Italian bison sausages in the mail, and made them for Sunday breakfast. Bison is very lean, but instead of adding more animal fat [...]

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Stocked Kitchen report, week 3.5

September 8, 2010

I continued on with my Stocked Kitchen experiment and I have to admit that I like these authors bossing me around. It feels a little bit like when my mom came out to “help” with the new baby and she did everything wrong differently but it was so nice to have the help. Just like [...]

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

Quick Macaroni & Cheese (without the box)

September 2, 2010

Food, food, food! Do I seem obsessed to you? I truly believe that getting dinner on the table Every Single Night is one of the great challenges of rookie-mom-dom. We welcome our good friend, Karen, to share another easy peasy recipe with our readers: Quick (and healthier) Mac and Cheese good enough for kids and [...]

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Stocked Kitchen report, week two

August 30, 2010

I continued on with my Stocked Kitchen experiment to see if I could settle into more of a groove. The answer was kinda YES and kinda NO. We had two preschool potlucks and a multi-family camping trip and I didn’t have to go to the grocery store one extra time. How flipping awesome is that? [...]

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