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Archives for April 2012
Meatless Monday: Spinach Ravioli Dinner
Usually we have Meatless Monday filled with recipes, but sometimes we really just don't have a lot of time. It's nice to know that tasty and healthy meatless options are available at your local supermarkets. This week, we found spinach ravioli at our local big box store and … [Read more...]
Help Pfister Revitalize Homes with Rebuilding Together
Pfister and Rebuilding Together are partnering together to help build up communities. The work that rebuilding together does in local communities is amazing. The office I work in participates in the National Rebuilding Together Day where they help a local home owner. The tasks … [Read more...]
The Daring Baker: Armenian Nutmeg Cake
The Daring Bakers’ April 2012 challenge, hosted by Jason at Daily Candor, were two Armenian standards: nazook and nutmeg cake. Nazook is a layered yeasted dough pastry with a sweet filling, and nutmeg cake is a fragrant, nutty coffee-style cake. Jason described the Armenain … [Read more...]
On the Move with Kids
Are you trying to get active this Spring and Summer? We love to be outside doing various activities but the struggle often is how to include our kids in the activities. Brian has picked up running again so a Jogging Stroller would actually be a great piece of workout gear for … [Read more...]
Daily Deal Sites … Love or Hate?
Do you love or hate daily deal sites? Have you seen the Top 50 Deals Online? Those aren't even daily deals ... their catch is they are just online. It does seem some of the best deals are online. I have to admit that this week that Brian convinced me that we needed pocket folding … [Read more...]
Friday Favorite: Reynolds Parchment Paper
Friday Favorites is another almost weekly feature here at Simply Budgeted. The whole point of this feature is to share some of our favorite finds. Anything is game. Food. Cleaning supplies. Kid stuff. Garden favorites. Recipes. Anything that I really like and want to randomly … [Read more...]
Thursday Thought: Writing
I have been working on my final paper for this semester's graduate class. I am not the best writer when it comes to APA style 5-10 papers though. Give me a short blog post any day! I found this quote and realized it fully summarizes my feelings about writing this … [Read more...]
4 Ingredients Gluten-Free Cookbook
We recently received a copy of the 4 Ingredient Gluten-Free Cookbook and are excited to share a couple of the recipes with you! Seeing that I had the review task for this cookbook, I went to the dessert section. The first recipe I tried out was the Peanut Butter Cookie … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday: A New Look
Remember this? Did you notice the top today? (You may need to hit refresh but it worth the second to refresh!) Thanks to Greg at Engine 1 Media for the new look! Let us know where your Wordless Wednesday post is ... … [Read more...]
Dole Food Company Garden Kit
We were recently sent the Dole Garden Kit to review. The kit contains ... 12 different seed varieties 12 peat pots Trays Row Markers Garden Journal with tips, nutrition information, and recipes! The little pots have a soil disc in them. You wet … [Read more...]
Meatless Monday: Portobello Mushroom Burger
Last week we went easy with the pancake dinner. This week is another easy meatless recipe for you because sometimes life is just about being easy. We love burgers but we aren't big on the alternative meat foods. The ingredients in those foods, especially the sodium, just seem to … [Read more...]
Coupons: Beyond the Basics
We have talked often about resources for finding online coupons such as Coupons.Answers.com. We know that finding that online coupon code can really make that online purchase worth the savings. Maybe the coupon is for free shipping or 20% off your order ... at any rate, it is … [Read more...]
Big G Curvy Straws
Details ... Did you know that simply drinking the leftover milk from cereal bowls may help kids work towards fulfilling their body’s daily dairy, calcium, and Vitamin D needs? And what better way to slurp down to the bottom of the bowl than with the new Curvy Straws, … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday: Mud Warrior
Brian ran the Mud Warrior race last Saturday. Let us know where your Wordless Wednesday post is ... Would you ever run the Mud Warrior and get that muddy? Leave us a comment and let us know! … [Read more...]