Real Food Cooking
Healthy, traditional cooking: real food recipes, monthly and weekly meal plans, alternative cooking methods, and much more.
Road Trip: Segment 4- Part 1 of the Long Trip Home
> Next month my oldest daughter is graduating from college. We are driving back to Oregon for her graduation and then enjoying a little...
Real Food and Me
I was driving in to work this morning (at 5:30AM) and thinking about a blog post that I wanted to share. Kind of an update on why we continue to...
Road Trip: Segment 3- Camping at the Beach
My oldest daughter is graduating from college next month. She went to school in Oregon so we'll be driving back there for graduation. After the...
Road Trip: Segment 2- Visiting Family and The Graduation
Next month we'll be taking a road trip to Oregon for my oldest daughter's college graduation. Back in February I put out a plea for help with my...
White Beans: Menu Week of May 15
A simple menu plan for this week. For our Stretchy Bean, we're enjoying White Beans. The other night's are just quick and easy meals to fit in with...
Black Beans: Menu Week of May 8
I'm having such a busy week that taking the time to share my menu with you has been a challenge! I'm still working a part time temp job (6AM to 10AM...
Lentils: Menu Week of May 1
Last week I mentioned that I thought spring was just about here. About an hour or so after that posting, it started to snow. And continued to snow...
Menu Week of April 24
After a break from blogging and my 13 Week Rotating Menu plan, I'm back at both. Last week was an on purpose break unlike the previous week which...
Menu Week of April 10
This week I am not using my rotating 13 week menu plan. This was not an on purpose decision rather a lack of organization on my part. I forgot to...
Garbanzo Beans and Sprouted Wheat
Looking for a new garbanzo bean recipe, I found a very promising one titled simply Garbanzo Beans and Bulgur. My only problem with the recipe was my...
Food Prices and Menu Plan
Since the beginning of the year I've been sharing my rotating menu each week. The other day, I was listening to a video and was reminded just why I...
Kidney Beans: Menu Week of March 27
Week 13 of my 13 Week Rotating Menu Plan. I have to say that I have very much enjoyed this menu plan. It did take some time to get it set up...
Lunch Plan List
I have been spending quite a bit of time talking about my 13 Week Menu Plan. While my menu plan only lists dinners we really do eat other meals here...
Road Trip Food Ideas
Last month I shared that we're planning for Vacation. Yes, it is still a few months off but I love my planning time! Our vacation this year will be...
Black Beans: Menu Week of March 20
Week 12 of my 13 Week Menu Plan. This is black bean week. Our third time during the 13 weeks to have black beans. I tried to put some time between...
Pinto Beans: Menu Week of March 13
This is week 11 of my 13 Week Rotating Menu Plan. This week's Stretchy Bean is Pinto. To shake things up a bit, the pintos will become Baked Beans...
Please Help Answer a Reader’s Question
I received a comment/question from Tiff and I could use a little help from everyone in answering it. Tiff :o) said... "From what I've read, your...
Uses for Leftover Rice and an Easy Rice Recipe
Rice is one of our preferred side dishes. One reason is that rice goes well with beans and we sure do eat alot of beans! 😉 We usually have soaked...
Lentils: Menu Week of March 6
Week 10 of my 13 Week Rotating Menu Plan. This week features Lentils as our Stretchy Bean. I do my lentils a bit different than most of the other...
Stretch Your Budget with Stretchy Beans
I know that I have mentioned Stretchy Beans quite a bit lately as part of my 13 Week Menu Plan. It occurred to me that every time I mention...
Breakfast Plan List
I've been working on a 13 Week Rotating Menu Plan for our dinners. My goal for this is to make things easier for me at meal planning time and also...