The kids have a nativity set that they love to play with and throw the pieces around the living room. We try to accept this as this the ONE of many nativity sets we have they can touch and play with and not harm. The other day, they decided to set it all up instead of pieces … [Read more...]
Meatless Monday: Slow Cooker Vegetarian Garden Chili
It's getting on wintertime and, here in Virginia, it's starting to get cold. As such, soup and chili are going to start being staples around our house. What better way to cook these comforting meals than using that slow cooking crockpot? Hook it up in the morning and you're … [Read more...]
Friday Favorite: Sil-pin Bakers Rolling Pin
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...]
Wordless Wednesday: Dessert…mmmmmmmm!
No Thanksgiving dinner is complete without dessert. This year, we cooked up three beauties. The pumpkin pie and pumpkin cheesecake were made with fresh pumpkin that we prepared ourselves (no cans here, folks!). The cherry pie was a little too simple. Store bought pie crust … [Read more...]
Meatless Monday: Red Beans and Rice
Our family love rice. With few exceptions, if you place a dish with rice in front of my kids, they will eat it. I love red beans and rice in particular because, growing up in Louisiana, the dish was kind of a staple of my youth. Many recipes add meat (ham hocks, sausage, etc.) … [Read more...]
Friday Favorites: Top Secret Recipe (TV Show)
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...]
Wordless Wednesday: Out with the Old, In with the New … Fridge
We bought a new fridge on Sunday afternoon. We have wanted a new fridge since we moved in this house almost five years ago. This explains why, this was our old fridge (by our calculations/research it was 10-12 years old) ... Good-bye old fridge that froze stuff in the fridge … [Read more...]
Friday Favorite: Discovery Kids Digital MP3 Boom Box
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...]
Wordless Wednesday: Run Accomplished!
Brian ran his first half marathon last Saturday. His time was 2 hours and 32 minutes. He thought he would be at 3 - 3.5 hours so he did really good! It is safe to the running bug has started for him. He is already trying to plan his next race. BEFORE: DURING (near the … [Read more...]
Meatless Monday: Pumpkin Polenta
Polenta is a pretty basic dish. It's just another starch like mashed potatoes, rice, or pasta. Polenta is most closely related to grits. I grew up not liking grits because they can be so...well, gritty. When done correctly, polenta can be a little mushy and, on it's own, it's … [Read more...]
Friday Favorite: Veteran’s Day
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...]
Wordless Wednesday: Fall in Virginia
I had the chance to join Grace on her field trip a few weeks ago. Part of the field trip was a hayride around the host farm. We are so fortunate to live in an area where there are still family farms and at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains here in Virginia. These pictures were … [Read more...]
Meatless Monday: Middle East Feast
Today's Meatless Monday was a clean out the cupboard meal. We had some Middle East mixes in the cupboard so they became tonight's feast. We had the Manischewitz Falafel and Hummus mixes and a Near East Taboule. My father visited the Middle East several times when I was growing … [Read more...]
Friday Favorites: Fall Centerpieces
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...]
Wordless Wednesday: Halloween 2011
This year was the first year we didn't need a stroller for Halloween Trick-or-Treating! Little Dude finally decided to put on part of his costume and get some candy! So here is my cowboy, Strawberry Shortcake, Mermaid, and Dinosaur (really, he is just missing the head for the … [Read more...]
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