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I'm looking for easy fun healthy summer meals
School let's out in like 4 weeks. I have 2 teens and a tween who will be invading my day time hours Starting May 31st and I want to be able to feed them healthier than I have in the past. No more canned pasta, no more hotpockets (unless it lean pockets) no more mac n cheese 3 times a week. You get the picture. What I need…
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Cooking Bone-in foods on the Forman
Is it safe to do so? I have a pack of thighs, 2 actually. One is bone in skin on the other is boneless skinless. Is it safe to cook them on the Forman Grill?
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Hey does anyone know....
....If the prepared calorie count on the Betty Crocker Helpers include the calories for the meat in them? When I make the chicken alfredo I always cook the meat on the side in a grill and just prepare the rest without it. I also do the liquids half and half instead of 2 cups of milk AND I use 1% milk. I'm stuck on how to…
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Need to Rant about PE in schools
I had an ah ha moment just a bit ago. I don't think we should completely blame video games on our children being overweight and inactive. I think our schools are to blame. When I was in school we had PE at least 2x a week in grade school then daily in middle and high school through at least the 10th grade. Why are the PE…
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Forman Grill: Not just for Chicken anymore.
I know. People who are like Forman? Seriously? So old school. Well let me tell you what I make on Forman grills. stuffed pita pockets grill wraps grilled cheese sandwiches I use it to make just about any kind sandwich on them. Favorite in my household is the stuffed pita pocket. Spit in the middle spread on thin layer of…
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Canning vegetables
I have a feeling I am going to have a large abundance of cucumbers. does anyone know if you can can cucumbers for the winter? I know most veggies can be but I don't know that anyone has out side of making pickles. I don't want to add anything but water and maybe some salt but I wondered if it was possible.
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New to site
Hello all. I am 3 days into using this site. I love it. But you don't want to hear that. You want to know "who are you" right? Right. So here goes. I am a 43 year old mother of 3. I am a SAHM so getting out isn't that easy. I am a new garden grower. As I am just growing my two favorite vegetables right now, Tomatoes and…
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TVP...
Does anyone have recipes that they love that uses TVP? For those who don't know what that is, it's Textured Vegetable Protein. My husband got me a container from Whole Foods last week and I've never used it before. I did find a recipe on allrecipes.com for vegetarian stuffed peppers and I am making that tomorrow night. But…
