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Once-a-Week-Cooking
If you’ve been a home-maker anytime over the last 15-20 years, you’ve probably heard the term Once-a-Month-Cooking, or OAMC. Basically, this is a concept involving cooking an entire month’s worth of dinners all at once, and then freezing (or otherwise storing them) so that you can prepare them as needed. I’ve done this off…
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Getting Organized | Kids’ Clothes & Shoes
My two youngest share a bedroom. It’s a nice-sized room with a great walk-in closet. I’d been hanging some of their clothes in the closet, using the shelves and floor for toys and cramming undies, socks, pjs, leggings and the like into their cute, but very small dresser. When we recently purged a scary amount…
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Weight Reduction + Wardrobe Reduction = Less Laundry?
My clothes are a little tricky as a no-spend item, because I’ve recently lost 40+ pounds and hope to continue to lose through 2012. I DO NEED CLOTHES right now however. My pants finally are to the point where I can’t keep them up without constantly hitching them (which looks so attractive, I’m sure) so…
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Smothered Primal Pork Chops
This is only the third official “dinner” I’ve made from scratch since I’ve introduced my family to the paleo/primal style of eating. I’ve been making lots of lunch-y items but dinner?…that’s been harder. Since taking away their beloved breads and pastas was difficult enough, I haven’t taken away dairy and thus I understand we’re closer to primal…