Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to plan your breakfasts for (at least) a week. Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Baby Steps A lot of people plan dinners and understand the importance of doing so, but lunches and breakfasts are often spur of the moment or just something simple like toast or cereal [...]
Entries Tagged as 'fast meals'
Too Busy for Real Food? Convenience Foods that aren’t a Compromise
July 27th, 2011 · 30 Comments · What to Buy
"What are these five and more tasks you usually have to do before you go to bed at night so your family can eat the next day?" a reader emailed to ask after I mentioned last week that the real food lifestyle often creates a rather more lengthy "to do list" of prep tasks than [...]
Tags: convenience foods·crackers·dried fruit·fast meals·granola·jerky·real food·snacks
What to Eat When You’re Too Busy to Think!
July 20th, 2011 · 17 Comments · KS lifestyle, Recipes
I hope to never pack another box again. We just moved…sort of. 97% of our belongings are in a 10×20′ storage unit, a saga in and of itself, and the rest is tucked into my in-laws’ house where we are living while we search out The Perfect House. My aside: We saw one with a [...]
Tags: dairy-free·easy meals·fast meals·gluten free·grain-free lifestyle·meat·n salmon·quick foods·travel meals·US Wellness Meats·Vital Choice·wraps
Recipe Connection: Slow Cooker Lentil Brown Rice Casserole
October 14th, 2010 · 24 Comments · Recipes
The first time I made this parent recipe, it was a total disaster. The rice and lentils didn’t get cooked, and I had to decide between crunchy rice or a very, very late dinner. We ended up with both, as I baked the dish twice as long as it called for and still had underdone [...]
Tags: chicken·fast meals·Frugality·lentils·main dishes·rice·slow cooker
In-Season Recipe Connection: Mexican Stuffed Peppers
August 17th, 2010 · 24 Comments · Recipes
Are you tempted by the lovely basket of peppers at the Farmer’s Market but not quite sure how to deal with so many all at once? Since most recipes seem to call for one pepper at a time, you either have to preserve the peppers by freezing or dehydrating, or find a great stuffed pepper [...]
Tags: beans·beef·farmer's market·fast meals·in-season recipes·main dishes·peppers·Recipes·summer foods·summer meals
Recipe Connection: Sausage, Bean and Kale Soup
July 14th, 2009 · 14 Comments · Frugality, Recipes, Super Foods
If you’re visiting from Life as MOM’s Ultimate Recipe Swap (fast cooking meals), you may also appreciate: The Best Scrambled Eggs Ever Tuscan Bean Soup California Chicken Wraps Salmon Patties Turkey Chili-Topped Turkey Burgers (another Rachel Ray recipe) Sausage Spinach Pasta Toss Back when I had time to watch the Food Network while nursing (that [...]
Tags: beans·fast meals·kale·soup·Super Foods
