I don't know about you, but I'm all about the easy meals. I love meals that I can just dump in my Instant Pot or crockpot and come back to later. Even better if they make minimal dirty dishes or require only a little bit of prep work. This is one of those meals. Our whole family really enjoys stuffed peppers. Well, actually, our whole family really enjoys stuffed pepper filling, and a few of the kids enjoy the peppers themselves. But making stuffed peppers means getting the peppers … [Read more...]
Coffeeschooling
We do this thing fairly often that a lot of people think is crazy. Why would you do something that's so hard, and with so much potential for disaster? What is that thing, you ask? Coffeeschooling. Coffeeschooling is a term that I made up to combine homeschooling and coffee shop. Basically, we take our schoolwork for the day (or at least some of it), and relocate to a coffee shop. It works like this. We will do whatever can't be done elsewhere first while we're still at home, … [Read more...]
Recipe: Potato Pizza
Do you have any weird food combinations that you just really enjoy? I'm not talking the pickles-and-ice-cream stereotype here (although if that's your thing, you do you). But foods that maybe wouldn't normally be paired together and yet they're delicious? Today's post is for you, weird foodie. I first had potatoes on pizza in my college years from Topper's Pizza. They're still around, and they still have a potato pizza, but they've changed it from what it used to be. So this recipe … [Read more...]
Grocery Breakdown: February 2018
I don't know about where you live, but our weather in February was all over the place. Some days it was freezing, and we wanted soup. Some days it was nearly 80 degrees, and we wanted ice cream. My menu plans were still mostly in the winter weather mindset, but every now and then we changed things up. Saturday, February 2: Aldi $9.05 We needed mini peppers for making nachos as part of our Superbowl feast, and Jesse offered to go to the store for me. He grabbed a few extras … [Read more...]
2019 Day In The Life Of Our Homeschool
It's time for another day in the life of our homeschool! This was last Tuesday. I had worked at Dunkin' the night before and didn't get to bed until late. For those joining from Simple Homeschool, we are a family of 7. My husband Jesse is in his first year of a doctorate program, and our kids are Jonah (age 9), Matthew (age 7), Hannah (age 5), Elizabeth (age 4), and Sarah (age 1). Somewhere around 5:30am: Sarah starts whining AGAIN. I pull her into our bed for the third time since my … [Read more...]