7 more to go…

Packed lunches, that is!! We are in the final stretch of the year – tomorrow + 4 days next week + 1.5 days the following week and it’s SUMMER VACATION!! We had a crazy busy week, again! Last night I had book club here, Mexican theme! And tonight I went to...

Painting and His/Her Paninis

This weekend was full of painting and paninis! Yesterday, we woke up and got started on the painting we had planned to do. The first job was the hallway going up our stairs and into the upstairs that we had patched and just needed to repaint the whole thing –...

Blast from the Past

When I was younger, we used to always have broccoli soup in the winter.  It was a favorite of ours, but we have not had it in forever.  So when my parents decided to come down for the night, I thought it would be fun to have broccoli soup with our pizza!  It was -10...

Veggie Chili (Super Easy) Recipe

For the chili I made this week I mixed: 1 box of Fantastic Foods vegetarian chili 1 can of diced tomatoes with juice 1 can drained chickpeas 1 can drained white beans hot pepper flakes 3 c. of water 1/2 bag of tri-colored peppers, found in the frozen section of Trader...

Try a New Food Day

Somehow, in the teacher’s lounge the other day, we started talking about quinoa!  I , of course, got very excited about it !  No one really knew what it was , so I decided to bring it in for everyone to try.  I explained the benefits of quinoa: Complete protein....