Menu Plan Monday [Vegetarian Meal Ideas!] – 10/10

This week’s menu plan was difficult to put together. I’m going to be out of town visiting the J.R. Watkins headquarters on Wednesday and Thursday (more on that later!) and then my husband is going to Florida for a conference from Friday to Sunday. I had planned on tagging along with my husband at first, [...]

How to Prevent Food Spoilage with Careful Meal Planning

Food Spoilage Chart

You all know that I participate in Menu Plan Monday. Even before I started blogging, I always planned out my meals for the week. By planning meals ahead of time, we end up saving money because we’re wasting less food. Food spoilage is like throwing money away! But doing a weekly meal plan involves more [...]

Menu Plan Monday [Vegetarian Meal Ideas!] – 10/3

How was your weekend? Mine was pretty great. I decided to cut my work hours to something a wee bit more manageable (as much as I like making extra money, sanity is also important–I tend to forget about sanity), so I actually had a full weekend to do whatever I wanted. On Saturday, we went [...]

Menu Plan Monday [Vegetarian Meal Ideas!] – 9/26

I’m going to be honest–I really don’t feel like cooking this week. I love to cook, but I’m so stressed and busy that cooking has just become another obligation on top of everything else I have to do. Most of these recipes are super easy and the ones that aren’t are ones that my husband [...]

Menu Plan Monday [Vegetarian Meal Ideas!] – 9/19

Sweet Onion Casserole

It’s finally starting to feel like fall around here–time to break out the cardigans, go apple picking, order Pumpkin Frappuccinos and things like that. Okay, maybe I’m getting a little bit ahead of myself. It’s supposed to be in the 80s again this week. But! Fall is going to be here soon and now I’m [...]

Menu Plan Monday [Vegetarian Meal Ideas!] – 9/12

Cornmeal Crepes with Blueberries and Vegan Sausage Patties

It’s Monday again. Last week I had two early morning migraines and I planned on catching up on sleep this weekend, but no such luck. On the bright side, I did do some work in the garden and we finally bought a kitchen table, 3 1/2 months after moving here. I hope we can get [...]

Menu Plan Monday [Vegetarian Meal Ideas] – 9/5

Roasted Fresh Corn, Poblano and Cheddar Pizza

I hope you are all enjoying the long weekend and have a fantastic Labor Day! Why can’t every weekend be three days? I need that third day! Can we start some kind of organized movement to make this happen? We went to the smaller local farmers market this weekend in search of ingredients for this [...]

Menu Plan Monday [Vegetarian Meal Ideas!] – 8/29

Watermelon Mint Salad

Although we only got the outer band of Hurricane Irene here, it was windy enough that we decided to stay in on Saturday. It was nice to have an excuse to relax a little and get things done around here. Not that the hurricane was a good thing, of course, but you know what I [...]