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  • Menu Plan for the Week of 2/20/11 to 2/26/11

    Sunday 2/20 b/ French Toast Casserole, Bacon, Milk l/ Fish Pie, Whole Wheat Bread s/ Breakfast Bars d/ Ouefs en Cocotte, Creamed Spinach, Apple Flapjack Crumble   Monday 2/21 b/… Read more →

  • French Toast Casserole

    5 cups bread cubes 4 eggs 1 1/2 cups milk 1/4 cup white sugar, divided 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 tablespoon margarine, softened 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon… Read more →

  • On Marriage

    The 4 y.o.: Mom, I don’t know who I am going to marry. It’s certainly not anyone I know right now. The Mom: Well, you have a long time to… Read more →

  • Breakfast Bars

    Although these oaty-chewy bars take 1 hr to bake, double the recipe and make a batch on the weekend so they are ready during the week when you need breakfast… Read more →

  • Chopped Fruit Salad

    Yield: 2 servings Ingredients 1 c finely chopped strawberries 1 tsp pomegranate juice 1/2 c diced mango 1/2 tsp lime juice 3/4 c blueberries 1/2 c vanilla yogurt (or 2%… Read more →

  • Rules for My School

    This morning, the 4 y.o. announced that when she was ‘growed up’, she was going to own her own school to teach kids how to be just like her. She… Read more →

  • There is a tornado of blue jays, bugs and Fergus poops in the backyard today! The 4 y.o. enjoying the February thaw and seeing grass for the first time in… Read more →

  • On Car Trash

    The 8 y.o. (in the car): All done with the pretzel. Thanks for the snack. What do I do with the bag? As she is talking, the 8 y.o. hands… Read more →

  • On Bedtime Munchies

    The 4 y.o.: Daddy, I’m hungry. Can I pwease have something to eat? The Dad: It’s past your bedtime now. I asked you before you took a bath if you… Read more →

  • Mommy? Promise me you’ll make nice things to eat for dinner with lots of meat every night? And put treats with chocolate in my lunches every day? And let me… Read more →

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