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Archive for the ‘Cooking’ Category

May 25th, 2007

My friend, Linda, the mother of a 1 year old son, is 3 weeks into her new job. It’s going well, but, the commute is longer than it used to be for her, and, dinnertime is feeling the pain.
She’s contemplating freezer cooking, but, has a small freezer. Any advice?
She’s also missing being able to […]

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May 10th, 2007

Freezer Cooking

“What’s for dinner?”
The question that strikes fear into the hearts of many parents, especially working parents, during the week.
“Must you have dinner every night? We just had it last night”, is not the proper answer.
Don’t ask me how I know.
The obvious answer is to plan your evening meals ahead of time, and, things […]

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March 18th, 2007

Emergency Bake Sale Recipe

“I need to bring 2 dozen of something to school for the bake sale tomorrow.”
If your house is like mine, this conversation is initiated around 10pm on a school night, and, you have to be at work early the next morning.
You can easily keep the ingredients for this quick recipe for blond brownies in stock […]

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March 14th, 2007

Dinner hacks for real people

We all know the drill: you know you should plan weekly meals, and, you really will, someday. Honest.
However, today is here, you just got home from work, the pantry and refrigerator are mocking you with their unknown and uninspiring contents, and, your kids insist on eating dinner every night. Bonus points if they ask, “What […]

By elizabeth -- 3 comments