Please tell me you’ve heard Adam Sandler’s Lunch Lady Land song? I can’t hear the words “sloppy joe” without hearing that song in my head. I just can’t. If you’ve never seen it, you’re missing out on some great comedy. In fact, let’s just watch it again, shall we? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH8jAjtvc10 Now that I’ve put some Read more

Disclosure: Fruit provided by The Fruit Club & contains affiliate links. All opinions are mine. When I tell people I regularly make homemade jam for my kid’s peanut butter and jelly sandwiches they think I must spend all day in the kitchen. What they don’t know is that freezer jam is ready in minutes with Read more

As I’m about to become the mother of an infant again, I started thinking about how I wanted to prepare my home. Since I’m not really a new mom (this being my 4th child), I didn’t need to worry about common things that first time moms need to worry about, such as: Childproofing – that’s Read more

Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday dear Money Saver! Happy Birthday to you! Maybe it isn’t your birthday.  Maybe it isn’t a birthday at all.  Maybe your good friends are returning from living a year in China.  Maybe it’s a holiday and you want to p-a-r-t-y with your family.  Maybe it’s Read more

Ahoy mateys!  I have a meal to share today that’s not just good for marines, but for us land dwellers too.  Meatball submarine sandwiches!  You can make them at home with very little effort – even less effort than getting in your car, putting on your seatbelts, opening the garage door, turning on your car Read more

Did you know that if you eat too many carrots, you’ll look like an oompa loompa?  Okay, that’s a lie.  But carrots are wonderful! They give you fiber. They might not be orange.  They can be purple, red, white or yellow. Bugs Bunny loves them and who doesn’t want to love what he loves?! They’re Read more

This homemade (and freezer-friendly) sweet spaghetti sauce made in the slow cooker is so good it inspired a poem.  Yaa, Yaa, red sauceYaa, Yaa, red sauce,Have you any taste?Yes, sir; yes, sirThree tummies full.One for my mister,And one for my fame,And one for the little boyWho loves the choo choo train! The best meal that I Read more

I once went on a road trip with Peter Pan.  It was really skippy, but it didn’t last very long – you might say it was over in a jif when our car got smuckered by an oncoming taxi cab. Nevertheless, some good times were plantered in my memory. As you may have guessed, I have Read more

Disclosure: Contains affiliate link. See full disclosure here. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.  That’s what “they” say.  I can’t tell you if “they” are right or not.  But I can tell you that breakfast can be one of the most overlooked meals.  It’s easy to fall in a rut – cereal Read more