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Meatless Monday: Cabbage, Carrots, Potatoes, and Chickpeas

January 2, 2012 By Brian 3 Comments

Meatless Monday:  Cabbage, Carrots, Potatoes, and Chickpeas

This week's Meatless Monday recipe was taken from Farmer Dave's, a CSA based out of Massachusetts.  The recipe, African Cabbage, Carrot, Potato, and Chickpea Stew, was the first meal of 2012 for us.  As a southerner, it is imperative that I eat my greens and black-eyed peas on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Meatless Monday, Memes, Recipes, Simply Food Tagged With: cabbage, carrots, chickpeas, cooking, meatless, meatless monday, New Year's, potatoes, recipe, stew, vegan, vegetarian

Starting The New Year On The Right Foot

January 1, 2012 By Brian 5 Comments

Starting The New Year On The Right Foot

  As 2012 gets underway, many people are thinking about how best to keep (or even start) those New Year's resolutions.  Many people will resolve to lose weight, but will not put together a plan to do it.  Others will resolve to exercise more.  Often, they will start out strong, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Beauty, Simply Life Tagged With: couch to 5k, exercise, getting started, New Year's, New Year's resolution, New Year's resolutions, resolution, resolutions, running, running program, weight loss

January 2012 Monthly Meal Plan

January 1, 2012 By Brian 4 Comments

January 2012 Monthly Meal Plan

Our Monthly Meal Plan has kind of become a staple of our budgeting process.  Rather than planning for meals from week to week, we put in a little extra time and effort and knock it out right away.  It takes a little discipline, but sticking to the plan can keep costs down and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Meal Plans, Simply Food Tagged With: 2012, 2012 Whole Living Action Plan, cooking, family friendly, January, January 2012, meal plan, meal planning, meatless monday, monthly meal plan, Recipes, vegan, vegan meal plan, vegetarian

Turkey Leftovers: Pot Pie and Enchilasagna

December 29, 2011 By Brian 9 Comments

Turkey Leftovers:  Pot Pie and Enchilasagna

Some people do ham for Christmas, but I've always fancied turkey.  Just like with Thanksgiving, though, you always have the problem of what to do with all of the leftover turkey.  You want to use up the turkey, but turkey dinners, turkey sandwiches, and turkey salad can only get … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recipes, Simply Food Tagged With: cheap, Christmas, christmas leftovers, cooking, dinner, easy, enchilada, enchilasagna, food, leftovers, mexican lasagna, pot pie, recipe, Recipes, simple, tasty, Thanksgiving, thanksgiving leftovers, turkey enchilada, turkey enchilasagna, turkey mexican lasagna, turkey pot pie

Elf on the Shelf: Day 15

December 21, 2011 By Brian 2 Comments

Elf on the Shelf: Day 15

I thought this basket was a little bigger when I crawled in here ... now I am stuck for the day. aye. Where is your elf hiding today?  We are going to try to continue posting daily pictures featuring Kingston’s whereabouts so watch for them through Christmas!  Have an idea … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Simply Family Tagged With: Christmas, Christmas tradition, elf, Elf on the Shelf, hiding, new, Santa, shelf, tradition

Wordless Wednesday: Merry Christmas!

December 21, 2011 By Brian 17 Comments

Wordless Wednesday: Merry Christmas!

Our tree this year was picked by Matthew. We think he did pretty good for a two year old! Let us know where your Wordless Wednesday is so we can come by and visit! Merry Christmas from our family here at Simply Budgeted!! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Memes, Simply Life, Wordless Wednesday Tagged With: Christmas tree, Merry Christmas, picture, Wordless Wednesday

Elf on the Shelf: Day 14

December 20, 2011 By Brian Leave a Comment

Elf on the Shelf: Day 14

I wonder why time these kids will decide to listen today ... Where is your elf hiding today?  We are going to try to continue posting daily pictures featuring Kingston’s whereabouts so watch for them through Christmas!  Have an idea where Kingston should hide next? Leave … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Simply Family Tagged With: Christmas, Christmas tradition, elf, Elf on the Shelf, hiding, new, Santa, shelf, tradition

Elf on the Shelf: Day 13

December 19, 2011 By Brian 1 Comment

Elf on the Shelf: Day 13

It is a real tree! And I am suddenly sticky with pine sap! ... I really didn't think this all the way through before landing here. aye.   Where is your elf hiding today?  We are going to try to continue posting daily pictures featuring Kingston’s whereabouts so … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Simply Family Tagged With: Christmas, Christmas tradition, elf, Elf on the Shelf, hiding, new, Santa, shelf, tradition

Elf on the Shelf: Day 8

December 14, 2011 By Brian 4 Comments

Elf on the Shelf: Day 8

Brrr ... it is getting cold outside. I wonder if I would fit in one of these gloves ...   Where is your elf hiding today?  We are going to try to continue posting daily pictures featuring Kingston’s whereabouts so watch for them through Christmas!  Have an idea … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Simply Family Tagged With: Christmas, Christmas tradition, elf, Elf on the Shelf, hiding, new, Santa, shelf, tradition

The Daring Cooks Challenge: Char Sui Bao

December 14, 2011 By Brian 19 Comments

The Daring Cooks Challenge:  Char Sui Bao

Our Daring Cooks’ December 2011 hostess is Sara from Belly Rumbles! Sara chose awesome Char Sui Bao as our challenge, where we made the buns, Char Sui, and filling from scratch – delicious! Thanks so much Sara for a great challenge.  I've seen these sorts of things on some of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Daring Kitchen, Simply Food Tagged With: Cantonese, Cantonese BBQ pork, Cantonese BBQ pork buns, challenge, char sui, char sui bao, cooking, daring cook, daring kitchen, dinner, pork, pork barbecue, pork bbq, pork buns

Chex Party Mix-Change with Sam’s Club

December 13, 2011 By Brian

Chex Party Mix-Change with Sam’s Club

Chex Party Mix-Change website has some great new recipes like the Chex Pumpkin Pie Crunch! We were sent a $25 Sam’s Club gift card and a box of Chex cereal that contains all three varieties! With that we created the classic Chex Mix Muddies Buddies using the recipe on the box. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Giveaways, Promotional, Reviews, Simply Food Tagged With: Chex Mix, Chex Mix Recipes, Chex Party, Chex Party Mix-Change, giveaway, My Blog Spark, review, Sam's Club

PlanetBox

December 13, 2011 By Brian Leave a Comment

PlanetBox

Details ... Your PlanetBox comes with everything you need to pack your child the lunch they will love. All children have their own likes and dislikes when it comes to their lunches. One child likes variety and surprises, while another likes the familiarity of that same PB&J … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kids, Promotional, Reviews, Simply Family Tagged With: eco-friendly lunch box, lunch box, lunchbox, metal lunch box, metal lunchbox, not plastic, packing a school lunch, PlanetBox, review, school lunch, stainless steel, stainless steel lunch box

Elf on the Shelf: Day 7

December 13, 2011 By Brian 1 Comment

Elf on the Shelf: Day 7

Kingston is such a card! Where is your elf hiding today?  We are going to try to continue posting daily pictures featuring Kingston’s whereabouts so watch for them through Christmas!  Have an idea where Kingston should hide next? Leave us a comment and let us know! Make … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Simply Family Tagged With: Christmas, Christmas tradition, elf, Elf on the Shelf, hiding, new, Santa, shelf, tradition

Meatless Monday: Slow Cooker Lentils

December 12, 2011 By Brian 1 Comment

Meatless Monday:  Slow Cooker Lentils

Beth and I are gearing up for our vegan diet challenge as we approach the new year.  We like this recipe because it has so many options.  If you want to go meatless but someone in your family just can't bring themselves to drop meat, just serve it as a side to roasted chicken or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Meatless Monday, Memes, Recipes, Simply Food Tagged With: cooking, crock pot, lentil soup, lentil stew, lentils, meatless, meatless monday, recipe, slow cooker, Slow Cooker Lentils, vegan, vegetarian

KIA Sorento Review and Inspired Recipe: Orange and Ginger Cranberry Sauce

December 12, 2011 By Brian 6 Comments

KIA Sorento Review and Inspired Recipe: Orange and Ginger Cranberry Sauce

We recently had the opportunity to drive the 2012 KIA Sorento for a week. The kids were thrilled to have something new in the driveway even if Little Dude insisted it was a van. The Dark Cherry color of the Kia Sorento that we drove is almost identical to the color of our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Promotional, Recipes, Reviews, Simply Family, Simply Food Tagged With: Christmas, condiment, cooking, cranberry, cranberry sauce, easy, ginger, KIA, KIA Sorento, KIA Sorento 2012, Orange, orange and ginger cranberry sauce, recipe, sauce, simple, Sorento, SUV, Thanksgiving

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