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A question for vegetarians – Fool Month of Purging

So with the Fool Month of Purging, I’ve been adapting my menu to purge meat from my diet. But as many of you may know — a diet is only as effective as the support you get from those around you. My Life has been supportive so far, making sure I was able to bring [...]

Black bean salad (four ingredients)

Another super easy side dish, or a meal all by itself for Meatless Monday. I enjoyed this one as a full lunch last week. 1 can of black beans 1 can of corn 1 can of Rotel 1/2 pkg of Ranch dressing mix Simply drain the beans, corn and Rotel and then add them all [...]

Meatless Monday

This morning on NPR I heard a great story about Sid Lerner’s new campaign: Meatless Mondays. For those who are unfamiliar with Lerner (like I was), he’s the brains behind the “Don’t squeeze the Charmin” ads, as well as a number of other successful ad campaigns. Now he’s taking on a new challenge — encouraging [...]

Simple Manifesto #37 – Create a simple weekly dinner menu

This is part of our series on The Simple Living Manifesto. We invite you to join us on the journey. The 37th idea in the manifesto is: Create a simple weekly dinner menu. If figuring out what’s for dinner is a nightly stressor for you or your family, consider creating a weekly menu. Decide on [...]

Weekly menu (1.17.10)

Setting our our weekly menu in advance has been a God-send this year. Sure it takes a little time on the weekend (or Monday morning) but it saves us so much time later in the week trying to figure out what to cook. It’s also helping us save money because we’re less likely to get [...]

Weekly menu (1.10.10)

A day late and it looks like this week will be fairly light on leftovers (which means bring on the sandwiches for lunch). We expect to be getting home later than normal on Tuesday night for sure – thus the quick and easy corn dogs. Monday Dinner Tacos (ground beef) Tuesday Dinner Corny Dogs Wednesday [...]

Weekly Menu (1.3.10)

Here’s our menu for this week… Sunday Dinner Baked Potatoes & Salad (cereal likely for Laurie ) Monday Dinner Beefy Cheesy Pasta Tuesday Dinner Homemade Pizza (gluten free dough mix) Wednesday Dinner Chicken Crockpot tacos – one of the best finds of late, especially on Wednesdays when I’m at home and can start it around [...]

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