Quick & Easy Chicken Fried Rice
One of the guilty pleasures in our family is take-out. It's quick: you can just call it in, run by and grab it. And generally, it's something that doesn't taste the same if you were to make it at home; if you wanted to even attempt to fix it at home. (Cause we all...
Food Truck Thursday: March
I tell ya, I am never disappointed with the cuisine at Food Truck Thursday. This month we had about four trucks at Little Bear's school. And just like last time, we sampled more than one menu. Little Bear was adamant about getting a corn dog again when she saw "the...
Berry Breakfast Smoothie
For me, smoothies are my go-to meal replacement for breakfast. They can be one of the healthiest and quickest options for breakfast there is. You can load it up with all kinds of goodness...or not so good stuff. You just gotta know what to do. And I've seen all...
Jarlsberg Cheese Dip
A few years ago I was at the grocery in Kentucky when I came upon one of the deli attendants serving up samples of some type of dip. It was pale with variations of white, spotted with purple. The dip was cheesy, creamy, pungent, and called Jarlsberg cheese dip....
“The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash”
I mentioned earlier in the week that I signed up to be a mystery reader in Little Bear's class for Read Across America week . The book to be read was left up to the reader. So the first half of this week was spent researching the perfect book to read a-loud. I...
Read Across America
If you don't have kids you may not know that this week is special. But this whole week is Read Across America week. It coincides with Dr. Seuss's birthday - probably the single most influential author of all time. Think about it. Adults and kids alike know and...