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Butterfly Lunch Wrap

One of my personal challenges: lunch. It’s easy to just serve peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, which can get tedious after a while. I’m not the most creative food person on the planet either. That said, I’m rather proud of my Butterfly Lunch Wrap....

Gingerbread Challenge 2008

We baked gingerbread houses last week for a neighborhood party. I thought this would be an ideal time for a boy to have a baking lesson, so I snagged the first ten-year-old who walked by. The Mercenary was interested in the job so we got started before he could ask...

Kids in the Kitchen: TechnoBoy Cooks Again

TechnoBoy cooked macaroni and cheese for everyone at lunch today. I didn’t realize how nervous he was about the whole cooking thing (poor thing had flashbacks to the popcorn incident) until I discovered him using a ruler to make sure he’d filled the pan...

I’m Not a Food Blogger

But I’ve been writing about food/saving money in the kitchen for several weeks over at GNMParents (now ForeverParenting). What can I say? I was in a mood. First, I wrote about a way to cut food costs with a food distribution ministry that anyone can participate...

Links 07-08-08

Well, here’s the last of my food series from GNMParents (now archived at ForeverParenting.com). I’ve written boatloads about various fruity ideas for the past 3 weeks, today I want to finish the series by discussing some ways to preserve summer vegetables....

Four and a Half Fruity Ideas

It’s early in the summer season yet, so we’ve only gone strawberry picking so far. I’ve been taking the boys for years, and it’s fascinating to watch them change from year to year. The older boys have gotten pretty good at berry picking. When...