It’s almost 2016! Almost unbelievable! I’m ready for the colder weather – ready for making snowmen outside and hot chocolate inside. To free up my time, I make use of my menu plan! The more prepared that I can be, the more time I can save in the kitchen. If you want to save time Read more

Holy buckets – I just made a menu plan that included Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving!? Where did this year go? It’s almost criminal how fast time is flying. With as fast as time goes, I want to spend as little of it as possible worrying about meals. Planning meals? You betcha. But worrying about them usually means Read more

Have you started thinking about Halloween yet? My kids have their costumes already (thanks to hand-me-downs!) Although it doesn’t seem like it should be Halloween planning time, it is. October is almost here! To me, that’s the start of soup weather. And bring on the comfort foods! Try this monthly menu plan for October! Want Read more

Fall is upon us! Okay, not really. Not yet, anyway. But it’s almost September and that makes me think of fall. Mostly because it makes me think of the AppleJack Festival down in Nebraska City. Which makes me think of apple crisp, apple cream cheese dip, and caramel apple cheesecake bars. Which makes me think Read more

Can you believe that it’s almost back to school time? Wowzers! I don’t even have school-aged children and that amazes me! Better soak up those last few days of the summer while you can! Even though school’s almost in session, it doesn’t mean that the heat has gone away. With this menu plan, I tried Read more

Holy heat! Someone turned up the mugginess meter! You can tell that July is almost here. That means about 1/3 of the summer is already over. Boo! Hiss! But Independence Day is right around the corner and that’s a great reason to celebrate – and to grill out. Here’s a monthly menu plan for the Read more

June is almost here! That means Father’s Day. If the father in your life (be that your father, your husband or any other father you know) could pick any meal, what would it be? My husband would probably pick ribs – but ribs made at a restaurant! Fine by me – one less meal to Read more

It’s May! (Or almost May!) That means May Day baskets, graduation parties and Memorial Day. It also means warmer weather, which is perfect for grilling! Put those soup recipes away and get out the goods to grill. I like this time of year as my husband is the grill master at our house, freeing me Read more

If March snuck up on me, April definitely has! Easter is almost upon us. Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow! This is the start of a busy season for me – with Easter, a baby due in the next couple of weeks, my son’s 3rd birthday as well as 5 other birthdays this month. That Read more