Archive | October, 2011

19 October 2011 ~ 1 Comment

Make Your Own Funnel Cakes: Frugal Recipe for Large Families

Tweet Our family enjoys going to our town’s fair each year, but being a one income, large family with 6 kids, we rarely let everyone indulge in the food that they sell.  If we did, we could easily spend A LOT of money in one evening.  Instead, we figured out how to make funnel cakes at [...]

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18 October 2011 ~ 2 Comments

8 Steps to Making Meal Time Work

TweetBeing the mother of 6 children, I have to think about food A LOT!  My kids can eat and eat and eat.  Everyone has always been impressed with what good little eaters I have.  Now that I have a teenage boy, I am shocked at what that can mean and how many times a person can go [...]

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17 October 2011 ~ 9 Comments

Once a Week Cooking – Week 2 – From Freezer to Crockpot

TweetHaving a large family, one of my main goals in order for my week to go smoothly is to plan my meals ahead….and to make them easy for me to complete without a lot of time and effort!  I need to work on the rest of my weekly goals, but for now, meal planning it [...]

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17 October 2011 ~ 10 Comments

Slow Cooker Pizza (Freezer to Crockpot)

TweetSlow Cooker Pizza 1.5 pounds ground beef 1 med onion 1 green pepper 3 oz pepperoni 32 oz spaghetti sauce box of rigatoni 10 oz moz cheese shredded 10 oz cheddar shredded Mix half each of meat, onion green pepper and pepperoni and sauce in 2 freezer bags.  Mix mozzarella and Cheddar cheese together in [...]

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