This is definitely our family staple, my kids love mashed potatoes with meatballs. It is quick and easy to make, and you can have a healthy home cooked meal in 30 minutes. Ingredients: Mashed Potatoes 8 medium potatoes 1 tbsp salt 1/8 cup butter 1/2 cup milk Meatballs 1 pound ground meat 1 cup milk… Continue reading Easy Dinner Mashed Potatoes and Meatballs
Adjusting to Preschool
From reading my previous post about my three-year old daughter’s first emotional day of preschool, you know that it hasn’t been easy for us. It has been a long four weeks, but today, I just dropped her off, she waved goodbuy and went to play with her friends. It was a long road for both… Continue reading Adjusting to Preschool
High Protein Low Fat Lentil Tuna Salad
This easy and healthy high protein lentil tuna salad is great on a toast or on a cracker for a mid day snack. Ingredients: 1 can White tuna 1 cup of cooked lentils 1/2 onion 1 tbs olive oil 3 sticks of celery 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp pepper 2 tbs mayonnaise Chop onion and… Continue reading High Protein Low Fat Lentil Tuna Salad
Sibling Rivalry First Thing in the Morning
This morning my kids got up very early, 5:30am. As you know, if they are up, I am up. They were both tired then they added Halloween candy into their system and that caused the explosion of sibling rivalry. I was trying to reason them to stop fighting but at 5:30am, my brain as much… Continue reading Sibling Rivalry First Thing in the Morning
Healthy Delicious Oat Waffles
I love waffles, and it took me a while to come up with a recipe that is healthy and delicious. I use olive oil instead of butter and I use oat flour mixed with white flour instead of just white. The waffles come out crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, the whole… Continue reading Healthy Delicious Oat Waffles
Special Quality Time with Your Kids
As a stay at home mom, I spend all of my time with my children, but between cooking, cleaning, laundry, and drop offs how much quality time do I really spend with them. We are so busy with everyday life and we think, that since we stay home with our children that is enough, however,… Continue reading Special Quality Time with Your Kids
Teach Your Children to Play
My girls love to play together. They play mommies, school, gymnastics, grocery stores and other pretend play with each other and their dolls. They come up with different games all the time, and I am so proud, that they have such a great imagination. It wasn’t always like that. For a while I could see… Continue reading Teach Your Children to Play
Healthy Lunch On the Go
We usually have a very busy schedule. I start our day by dropping off my oldest daughter to pre-K at 8am, then I come home, do some school work with my three year old (learning ABC, doing puzzles, learning beginning math). Then I do laundry, cook lunch or dinner while my daughter plays. At 11:30am… Continue reading Healthy Lunch On the Go
Home Made Chicken Nuggets
My children love chicken nuggets, but I refuse to feed them the store bought chicken nuggets, that have more ingredients than letters in the alphabet. I make them chicken nuggets myself and they love them. Prep time 10 minutes Cooking time 20 minutes Ingredients: 2 Chicken breast or 4 thighs 2 Egg 1/2 cup flour… Continue reading Home Made Chicken Nuggets
Frozen Ice Cream Cake Tutorial
For my daughter’s Frozen Birthday Party I made her a Frozen Ice Cream Cake. I was doing a great job capturing every step of making it, until it came the last part. I was putting the cake together during the birthday party, so I forgot to take the pictures, but I hope the detailed description… Continue reading Frozen Ice Cream Cake Tutorial
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