We’re coming off a great Saturday party that was part family reunion, part surprise 50th birthday party, and part surprise 29th birthday party (because sometimes some people might expect a surprise 30th, so you GET ‘EM early! Ha!). It was a blast and ran very smoothly, in spite of the 70% chance of rain. It [...]
Entries Tagged as 'summer'
Eat Well, Spend Less: All About Summer Entertaining
July 26th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Frugality
Tags: Eat Well Spend Less·Frugality·hospitality·potluck·summer
Eat Well, Spend Less for Summer Travel
June 24th, 2011 · No Comments · Special Situations
When you’re away from home, eating well (and spending less) generally becomes much more complicated. Over and over again, readers ask me about what foods can be grabbed for quick snacks on the road and how to stick to the "real food" diet when on vacation. Those questions inspired the topic for Healthy Snacks to [...]
Monday Mission: Where are Your Summer Veggies Coming From?
April 18th, 2011 · 25 Comments · Monday Missions
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to commit to increasing your family’s vegetable intake this summer (or right now!). Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Baby Steps This week’s Eat Well, Spend Less focus is on making the most of where you live, so tomorrow I’ll get in depth about how we corral the [...]
Favorite Summer Real Food Recipes
July 6th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Recipes
Summer recipes deserve a category all their own. One of my new recipe organization methods this year was to pull my strictly summertime recipes as I came across them, and I put them all in a manila folder marked “Summer Recipes.” It lives in storage along with phone numbers for my u-pick fruit places and [...]
