Menu Plan Monday--Feb 1st

 Keeping it simple this week!  Baby is turning 1, I've got a house to clean and friends and family visiting!  It's going to be a great week.



Monday- Leftovers

Tuesday- Spaghetti with Homemade Sauce

Wednesday- Veggie Chili

Thursday-Chicken Soft Tacos, Pinto Beans

Friday- Steak, Spinach Salad, Bread

Saturday- B:Baked Eggs
     L:TBA
     D:Chicken Parmigiana,  Italian Bread sticks, Salad



Sunday- B: Brunch out with Family
Baby's First Birthday Party--Cupcake Pictures to come!
     D: Super Bowl Snack Menu

Head over to Orgjunkie.com for more great meal plans!

February Meals

1- TBA
2- Spaghetti with Homemade Sauce
3-Veggie Chili
4-Chicken Soft Tacos, Pinto Beans
5- Steak, Spinach Salad, Bread

6- B:Baked Eggs
     L:TBA
     D:Chicken Parmigiana,  Italian Bread sticks, Salad

7- B: Brunch out with Family
Baby's First Birthday Party--Cupcake Pictures to come!
     D: Super Bowl Snack Menu


8- Taquitos
9- Mexican Stuffed Shells
10-Mustard Glazed Chicken, Couscous, Veggie
11-Crock Pot TBA
12 Ham Quiche, Pancakes, Fruit


13-B: Toast and Eggs
     L: Hot Dogs, Fruit
     D: Valentine's Day Date Night Dinner

14- B: Valentine Pancakes
     L: Heart Shaped Sandwiches
     D: Valentine Mini Pizzas

15-Italian Turkey Burgers, Carrots, Sweet Potato Fries
16-Chicken Stuffed Zucchini Boats, Bread
17- Southwest Roll-ups
18- Crock Pot TBA
19- French Toast, Fruit


20-  B:Sausage Egg Sandwiches
     L:Leftovers
     D:Eat Out


21-Overnight Oatmeal
     L:Leftovers
     D: Veggie Spring Rolls


22-Broccoli and Cheese Stuffed Potatoes
23-Turkey Patties, Veggies, Fries
24- Southwest Roll-ups
25- SC Spaghetti and Meatballs, Veggie, Italian Bread sticks
26- Waffles, Eggs, Fruit

27- B:Over Easy Eggs
     L: Mac and Cheese
     D: Chicken and Fries, Veggie

28- B:Cereal
     L:Who knows...
     D: Snacks on Sunday--TBA


I'm experimenting a little this month....and I also feel like I am FRESH out of ideas.

Can you tell I was losing my MOJO toward the end there???

I'm going to have to head over to Orgjunkie.com and do some reading on Meal Plan Mondays!!!

Check out 5 Dollar Dinners for a great monthly meal plan layout!

Hope something here inspires you!  Enjoy your February!

Snacks on Sunday

Snacks on Sunday will be back next week with a SUPER edition...the plate is too full right now.


Just keepin' it real folks!

Here's some snacks that look are Yummy--

Yogurt Dill Dressing 

Bisquick Sausage Balls

Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

Hope your Snacks are YUMMY too!

Baking /Freezer Cooking Plans

I've pretty much emptied out my freezer and I'm ready to fill it up again!

As much as I'd like to do it during the scheduled #oamc cooking event hosted by Crystal and Jessica I'm doing mine in bits and pieces and I've only managed to mark a few items off my list.

I've been helping my wonderful husband recover from wisdom teeth surgery, and it snowed 8 inches--can't ignore that!  My baby turns 1 next week and I'm trying to get organized for family to visit and also plan her party.  The list is too long...but blessed!

Here's what I'd like to put in my freezer--

Sweet Potato Muffins

Shredded Chicken

Banana Bread

Trail Mix Cookies

Refried Beans

Navy Beans

Black Beans

Southwest Roll-ups with Ground Turkey

Spaghetti Sauce

Cook up 8 lbs of Potatoes.

I WELCOME any ideas for the potatoes!  We can only eat so many mashed!

Hope you are having much luck filling your freezer!

Be sure to link up your progress over at Money Saving Mom.

Strategies for Washing Dishes

I LOVE a good TIP--one that will make my life easier, one that will challenge me to think differently.

With that I decided to join in on Works for Me Wednesday.

Washing Dishes

First, I put all the food away, THEN I collect all my dishes into ONE place--no matter how high the pile.  This keeps me from having to move around the kitchen and I can focus on my dishes--see below--

 

And after being washed it all goes LEFT and set out to dry or in the dishwasher.

I then run the dishwasher and dry all the dishes and I haven't had to run around my kitchen.

I love to do dishes.  Does that make me crazy?  I find it relaxing.  After everything is cleaned, dry, and put away I wash counters or sweep--whatever else needs to be done.

Be sure to head over to Works for Me Wednesday and find more great tips!

Dinner with the Witmer's

Homemade Chicken Soup

Ingredients

2TB Butter

1 Onion, chopped

2 Carrots, thinly sliced

2 stalks Celery, thinly sliced

2 TB minced Garlic

Sprinkle of Kosher Salt

6 C Chicken Broth

1tsp Basil

1 tsp Oregano

1 tsp Parsley

1/2 tsp pepper

1/2 tsp Kosher Salt

2 C Shredded Chicken

1-2 C Cooked Noodles (I used Elbow Macaroni)

Directions

1. Melt butter in your soup pot. Saute onion, carrots, celery, and garlic and sprinkle with kosher salt.  Cook until veggies are soft.

2. Add chicken broth, oregano, basil, parsley, pepper, and salt and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and add in shredded chicken.

3. Continue cooking until veggies are soft.  Adjust seasonings to your taste.

4. Serve with warm bread.

I truly believe this helped KICK my cold!

Head over to Tempt My Tummy Tuesday for more great links to make your day!

Menu Plan Monday

Like I mentioned last week, our pantry challenge is kind of ending a little early since Dad has to get his wisdom teeth out.

I've had to get some food he will be able to eat and I'm not cooking full dinners for myself, my 4 and 1 year old.

We are just going to eat whatever we can find around the house--so it's still kinda the pantry challenge

I've also packed our week FULL of activities so dinner has to be easy!

Here's the plan--

Monday- Spaghetti with Homemade Sauce, frozen veggie, bread

Tuesday- Chicken Soft Tacos, Refried Beans (Crock more Chickens!)

Wednesday- Eat Out

28- 31 Daddy gets his Wisdom Teeth Out--Smoothies, kid favorites, and whatever else we can find!

Check out my pantry progress here.  

Check out more meal plans at Orgjunkie.com!

Pantry Challenge Update #4 We are almost there!!!

 What I Learned--

We made a significant dent in our pantry and freezers this month. 

  

 Eating at Home

We ate out less and shared food with others.  I made a donation to a food pantry and cooked up extra soups for friends.  

Grocery Budget 

The tally for the month is $211--a little more than my hope of $35/week, but it's a HUGE savings over our regular monthly grocery budget.  I'm happy with the results.  I am HOPING we don't have to make another store run this week, but I think we'll run out of bananas.

Stockpiling

Lastly, I learned a little about stockpiling for my family of 4--I don't have to BUY so much when I stockpile.  I can buy 2 packages of chicken, instead of 4.  I'm hoping to see more savings in the months to come :)

Be sure to link up your progress at Money Saving Mom!

  

Meats

Ground Beef 

Whole Chickens

Boneless Chicken

Split Chicken Breasts

Shredded Chicken

Hot Dogs

Beef Sausage

Ham Bone

Ham Slices

Chicken Wings

Salmon

Refried Beans

Pinto Beans

Black Beans

Kidney Beans

Breads
Apple Bread 
Great Depression Bread
Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins
English Muffins
Beer Bread
Italian Bread
Hamburger Buns
Cream Cheese Banana Bread
Yeast Rolls

Pasta
Spaghetti
Whole Wheat Rotini
Mac and Cheese
Elbow Mac
Rice
Wacky Mac
Oatmeal
Couscous

Prepared Foods
Chicken Nuggets
Chic Nuggets
Sausage Patties
Morning Star Bacon
French Fries
Cream Soups
Chicken Noodle Soup
Tomato Soup


Freezer Meals
Chicken Parmigiana
Southwest Roll-ups 

LOTS of Homemade Chicken Broth (9 cups down)


Breakfast

Cereal
Cinnamon Rolls
Waffles
Pancakes

Dairy
Shredded Cheese
Sour Cream
 Cream Cheese 

Veggies
Frozen Boxed Veggies
Carrots
Canned Green Beans
Canned Corn
Chick Peas
Tomato Sauce
Mashed Potatoes

Fruits
Strawberries
Oranges 
Canned Pineapple
Apples
Grapefruit
Pears

Dessert
Cookies
Ice Cream

Snacks on Sunday

We love snacks in our house.  We also love sports.  Usually I find myself thinking up good snacks for us to eat while the football, basketball, golf, or hockey is on.

We typically have a "snack" dinner on Saturday or Sunday.

Tonight I fixed Black Bean Dip, Homemade Chips and Ham Roll-ups.  Daddy is currently cooking up some of his wings as I type this.  (I've told him he's going to have to "guest post" his recipe :)

Did anyone make a good snack this week?  Please share!

Come check out Snacks on Sunday next week!

Ham Tortilla Rolls

I've been look for ways to use up my holiday ham.  The Everything Quick Meals Cookbook gave me some great ideas and inspired this---

 
Ham Tortilla Rolls

Ingredients

5 small tortiallas
3 oz. cream cheese
1/4 c sour cream
6 slices of leftover ham
1/4 c chopped green onions
1/4 c shredded  Monterey Jack cheese


Directions

1. Have tortillas at room temperature.  Soften the cream cheese, and combine with sour cream.  Spread on tortillas.Cut your ham into stripes.

2. On each tortilla, place 2-3 stripes of ham.  Sprinkle with green onions and cheese.

3. Roll-up wrap in plastic wrap and chill for at least 3 hours.

4. To serve, cut into 1 inch slices.

Mmmm...YUM!

Homemade Chips

These are the BEST.  Healthy. Cheap. Easy.  You control the SALT.  Enough said!

Ingredients

Corn Tortillas
Pam
Salt to your taste

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.


2.. Cut corn tortillas into triangles.

3. Spray sheet pan with Pam.  Lay tortillas on sheet pan and give another spray of Pam on top.  Sprinkle with salt (or not!).

4. Bake at 400 degrees for ten minutes or until lightly browned.

Serve with your favorite Mexican dishes or dips.

Black Bean Dip

Black Bean Dip

**My sister in law (who is an excellent cook) shared this recipe with me many years ago.  Usually, I just make it according to plan, but today I had to improvise because of the pantry challenge.  A new recipe is born!**

Ingredients


11oz can of sweet corn
2 c black beans  
1 bunch of green onions
1 red pepper, chopped

1 plum tomato, chopped

 1/4 c lemon juice
1 TB Olive Oil
1 tsp. minced garlic
1/2 tsp cumin
1 tsp sugar
Salt to taste
Sprinkle with cheese (I used Monterey Jack)



Directions

1. Combine all ingredients in a large bowl.  Chill in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours.  

2. Serve with homemade chips!

 

Blogging Goals Update

In an effort to post more regularly here's my new blogging schedule--

Sunday--Snacks on Sunday

Monday-- Menu Plan Monday

Tuesday--Come have Dinner with the Witmers (Check out Tempt My Tummy Tuesday)

Wednesday--Works for Me Wednesday 

I'll also pop in and do a Day in My Life Post in the 3rd week of the month.

Thursday-Saturday--Off from "regular" Posts

I am also going to continue to participate and post about my pantry challenges, OMAC days, and whatever else is being hosted in bloggy land that is relevant to my blog, life, and family.

I work better with a schedule....don't you?

Thanks to the Savvy Blogging team for lending a hand and building a great community to learn!

Menu Plan Monday--January 18

Monday- Dinner Out for my Birthday (if the kids are better)

Tuesday- Spaghetti with Homemade Sauce (all from my pantry!)

Wednesday- Seasoned Chicken, Frozen Veggie, Buttery Rolls
                     Crock and Shred up Two Chickens for Future Meals

Thursday- Ham Quiche, Pancakes, Fruit

Friday- Chicken Soup/ Bread

Saturday-B: Leftovers
               L: Hot Dogs
               D: Italian Chicken Melts

Sunday- B: Cinnamon Rolls, Fruit
       L: Ham Roll-ups
       D: Daddy's Wings, Black Bean Dip, Chips

Check out my Pantry Progress here.  Are you doing the Pantry Challenge?  How's it going for you?  We are almost done!!!

Check out more meal plans at Orgjunkie.com!

Help for Haiti

The people of Haiti need our help and support.  What can you do?  We just put a check in the mail today to the American Red Cross .

There are many other ways to give--

Erin @ 5 Dollar Dinners and Crystal @ Money Saving Mom have complied a great list of ways to help!

Link up how you are helping too and they will donate money for each link they get!

Erin and Crystal--thanks for your efforts :) 



As it has been said many times--this will be a LONG recovery for these people.  We need to REMEMBER them and continue to help not just now, but in the years to come.

A Day in the Life--January 14

In an effort to blog more and get to know my fellow bloggers I'm hosting a monthly "Day in the Life."  I find it fascinating to see how other people live--just a snapshot of what happens day to day.


This will be quick and monthly and falling in the 3rd week of every month--right smack in the middle of all the madness!

Here's A Day In My Life

In my brother's old jammies

5:30am sick 4 yr old Thomas wakes up, can't fall back asleep, baby Stella wakes at 7am, diaper change, bottle for baby, juice for son, Mickey Mouse Christmas Movie, bananas and Cheerios for Stella, cereal for Thomas, apple bread for me, pack Daddy's lunch, follow crawling Stella around, start laundry, Stella's morning nap, Cardio X workout, snack for Mommy and Thomas, more laundry, hang laundry out to generate humidity, Thomas rests, fix Stella's bottles, Stella wakes up, bottle, more crawling, vacuum, switch laundry, fold laundry, put laundry away, fix lunch, lunch dishes, fold laundry,  chase crawling Stella, get mail, find that both kids have fevers, Stella's afternoon nap, blog while Thomas rests and I snuggle with him :)

**insert wipe noses every other comma**

That's today's snapshot--two sick kids and a pile of laundry.


Now don't you want to come back next month?

Come link up your day and so I can read how exciting it was!!!

Egg Cupcakes

Along with cleaning out my pantry and I'm also unearthing and going through all my cookbooks to try out new recipes.

We often had breakfast for dinner and I was looking for a way to spice up our regular old scrambled eggs.

These eggs were delicious. I referenced this cookbook because it helps me "keep it simple."

Baked Eggs

Ingredients

4 Eggs
4 TB Cream
4 TB cracker crumbs
4 TB shredded cheese

Directions

1. Grease 4 muffin tins and place one egg in each (just crack and drop them in!).

2. Add 1 TB each of cream, cracker crumbs, and cheese for each egg. Sprinkle with a little salt and pepper.

3.  Bake at 325 degrees for 12-20 minutes (mine cooked for 20 minutes) until the eggs are set.

**Make as many as you want!**

Served atop fresh bread with a side of chopped mango.

Menu Plan Monday--January 10th

Still eating from the pantry here!  I can really tell a difference.  I was able to reorganize food this week and even give a good donation to a food pantry.

I'm updating my pantry challenge and should have it posted tomorrow.

Here's the meal plan for this week--

Sunday- B: Cereal
       L: Leftovers
       D: Taco Pizza--Recipe to come!
 Spaghetti Sauce for Slow Cooker Lasagna

Monday- 40 Clove Garlic Chicken, Freezer Mashed Potatoes, Veggie

Tuesday-Slow Cooker Lasagna

Wednesday- Chicken Cutlets, Roasted Carrots, Fries

Thursday- Baked Beans and Sausage

Friday-Leftovers or Breakfast

16-18 My Birthday and my Daddy is in charge :)

**The crock-pot is getting a real workout this week**

Our meal plan might get rearranged to make sure we eat up all this yummy food!

How is your pantry challenge going?  Any grocery deals that you could not pass up? Share with me!

I've got a couple yummy recipes coming up this week as well as my pantry challenge update...be sure to visit again later this week!

My Spices

In an effort to stay organized I've set up a few goals that will span the next several months--

1. Clean a drawer or cabinet out everyday in January and February.
2. By February, have all the clothes organized for donation and spring consignment.
3. Clean out our attic eves and garage in March/April.

The other day I tackled our spice cabinets. This is what it looked like while I was sorting everything out--

Here's what the cabinets look like now :) 

Cyn gave me the idea for using a basket and Heather suggested using the fridge or a drawer for store magnetic round tins that also hold spices.  Thanks for you input ladies!

I managed to get rid of some expired food and collect several things for our local food bank.  Mission accomplished!

Are you interested in taking organizing this year?  Please visit The Finer Things in Life and read about Amy's De-clutter Challenge for 2010.

Menu Plan Monday

Monday-Southwest Roll-ups, Roasted Carrots
Tuesday- Crock Pot Bean Soup with Ham., Yeast Rolls
Wednesday- Black Bean Chicken Wraps
Thursday- Chicken Parmesan

Friday- French Toast, Eggs, Fruit
Saturday- B: Creamy Eggs on Toast
     L: Ham Salad
     D: Daddy's Wings, Appetizers (TBA)

Sunday- B: Sausage Egg Sandwiches
       L: Red Pepper Hummus, Pita, Fruit
       D: Taco Pizza

Check out other great menu ideas at Orgjunkie.com and start your Pantry Challenge today!

Happy New Year!

Yeast Rolls

Candi over at Family, Stamping and Food, was interested in the recipe I have for Yeast Rolls.

Let me tell you, these are the best I have ever had!  A very good friend brought them to our Mom's Club recipe exchange and baked them at our house and we ate them all soft and warm--there was not a speck left!  She got the recipe from her mother who has been making them for years. 

I've got some in the freezer that I'll be using up during my #pantry challenge.

Here's the recipe--

Yeast Rolls

Ingredients

1tsp salt
1/4 c shortening
1/4 c sugar
1/2 c boiling water
1 yeast pack (or 2 1/4 tsp)
1/2 c cold water
1 egg; beaten
3 c unsifted all purpose flour

Directions

1. Pour boiling water over shortening, sugar, and salt.  Blend and cool.
2. Add egg to shortening/sugar/salt/water/mix.
3. Let yeast stand in cold water for 5 minutes.
4. Stir cold water/yeast mixture and add to shortening/sugar/salt/water/egg.
5. Add flour, 1 cup at a time, mixing after each addition.
6. Brush or dab top of dough with shortening.  Cover with wax paper and place in refrigerator overnight (or 4 hours minimum).
7. 3-4 hours before using, roll into balls (use extra flour to ease handling).
8. Place 3 balls into greased muffin tin, cover and allow to rise 2-3 hours (or double in size).
9. Bake at 425F for 10 minutes.

**You can use a mini muffin tin and it makes the cutest looking rolls!**

January Meal Plan-Revised

From the depths of my pantry and freezer, here comes our meals for a month!  In order to keep us on track, I even planned out breakfast ideas and lunch ideas.  Also, I planned breakfast and lunches for the weekend.  This might become a trend!

Check out my pantry challenge goals here.

1-Spaghetti with Meat Sauce, broccoli with cheese
2- B: Sausage Egg Sandwiches
     L: Mac and Cheese, Pears, Carrots
     D: Take Out (I was un-decking the halls today!)

3-B:Overnight Oatmeal
    L: PBJ
    D:Sweet and Sour Meatballs, Homemade Bread, Sugar Snap Peas

4-Southwest Roll-ups, Roasted Carrots
5- Crock Pot Bean Soup with Ham., Yeast Rolls
6- Black Bean Chicken Wraps
7- Chicken Parmesan

8- French Toast, Eggs, Fruit
9- B: Creamy Eggs on Toast
     L: Ham Salad
     D: Daddy's Wings, Appetizers (TBA)

10- B: Sausage Egg Sandwiches
       L: Red Pepper Hummus, Pita, Fruit
       D: Taco Pizza

11- Slow Cooker Lasagna
12-40 Clove Garlic Chicken, Freezer Mashed Potatoes, Veggie
13- Rice Balls, Yeast Rolls, Peas
14- Chicken Cutlets, Fries, Veggie
15-Leftovers or Breakfast
16-18 My Birthday and my husband is in charge :)

19- Spaghetti with Homemade Sauce
20- Seasoned Chicken, Veggie,  Buttery Rolls (Crock Chickens for Shredded Chicken)
21- Ham Quiche, Pancakes, Fruit
22- Chicken Soup/ Bread
23- B: Leftovers
       L: Hot Dogs
       D: Italian Chicken Melts

24- B: Cinnamon Rolls, Fruit
       L: Ham Roll-ups
       D: Daddy's Wings, Black Bean Dip, Chips

25- Ham Calzones
26- Chicken Soft Tacos, Refried Beans (Crock more Chickens!)
27- Eat Out
28- 31 Wisdom Teeth Out--Smoothies, Kid Favorites and whatever else we can find!


Breakfast Ideas--English Muffins, Cereal, Apple Bread, Banana Bread, Muffins, Toast, Cinnamon Toast, Cinnamon Rolls, Sausage Egg Sandwiches

Lunch Ideas-Smoothies, Mac and Cheese, PBJ, Hot Dogs, Ham Salad, Chicken Nuggets, Breads, Fruit/Veggie Dippers

Snacks--Edible Play dough, Pudding Finger paint, Cheese and Crackers

I'll continue to post my progress and share some recipes I'm creating.  

Check out 5 Dollar Dinners for a great monthly meal plan layout!

Pantry Inventory--Update #3

Pantry Update #3

Most of this week was spent tending to my sick kids which made it easier to stay home and eat from our pantry. It doesn't seem like I marked much more off the list, however, the pantry and freezers are looking more and more empty!

Some goals for the next week include making up several batches of shredded chicken for some upcoming meals I have planned.

Finally, it will be interesting to see what the last week of the pantry challenge bring for our family.  Daddy has to have his wisdom teeth pulled so I won't be cooking my regular meals, but just feeding the kids and Daddy and grabbing whatever I can :)  I've re-adjusted my monthly plan here.

Check out my list  and link-ups below!

Meats

Ground Beef 

Whole Chickens

Boneless Chicken

Split Chicken Breasts

Shredded Chicken

Hot Dogs

Beef Sausage

Ham Bone

Ham Slices

Chicken Wings

Salmon

Refried Beans

Pinto Beans

Black Beans

Kidney Beans

Breads
Apple Bread 
Great Depression Bread
Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins
English Muffins
Beer Bread
Italian Bread
Hamburger Buns
Cream Cheese Banana Bread
Yeast Rolls

Pasta
Spaghetti
Whole Wheat Rotini
Mac and Cheese
Elbow Mac
Rice
Wacky Mac
Oatmeal
Couscous

Prepared Foods
Chicken Nuggets
Chic Nuggets
Sausage Patties
Morning Star Bacon
French Fries
Cream Soups
Chicken Noodle Soup
Tomato Soup


Freezer Meals
Chicken Parmigiana
Southwest Roll-ups 

LOTS of Homemade Chicken Broth (3 cups down)


Breakfast

Cereal
Cinnamon Rolls
Waffles
Pancakes

Dairy
Shredded Cheese
Sour Cream
 Cream Cheese 

Veggies
Frozen Boxed Veggies
Carrots
Canned Green Beans
Canned Corn
Chick Peas
Tomato Sauce
Mashed Potatoes

Fruits
Strawberries
Oranges 
Canned Pineapple
Apples
Grapefruit
Pears

Dessert
Cookies
Ice Cream

I managed to spend meet my goal and only spend $35 at the grocery store, including new finger foods for baby girl :)

How's your week 3 of the Pantry Challenge going?    Link up your progress over at Life as Mom!

Pantry Challenge

I've decided to take on the Pantry Challenge this month (you'll see why in the next post).  Our freezers (yes, THREE of them) are full, the cabinets are full, and even the fridge is FULL.  Typically when I plan meals I do "shop" in my freezers and cabinets.  The difference this month will be limiting stockpiling and planning meals that come almost completely from our pantry and stockpile.

My guidelines will be--

1.  1 trip to 1 store/week for staples (dairy, fresh fruits and veggies) and keep it under $35.

2. Extra items for baby (she's just getting into finger foods) will be allowed.

3. If we run out of a "must-have" like ketchup, I'm buyin' it!

4. I can stockpile 2 majorly good deals (but I will still try for $35)

I have never done this before so it will be a learning experience and I can't wait to see what my cabinets look like on Jan 31st.

Keep checking in to see my progress.  It could get interesting!!!

Blogging Goals 2010 and Saavy Blogging Link up!

Christmas Cookies 2009

I'm big into goals.  I love having something to reach for and look forward to achieving.

Here's what I plan to try and accomplish on this blog in 2010.  I'm starting small since I've got other personal and family goals to achieve.  I don't want to be overwhelmed and I want to do a good job!

1.Cooking-- I want to experiment  more in the kitchen.  I plan to create and share an original Cupcake Mommie recipe at least 2 times/ month. I also want to continue researching recipes online and in cookbooks that my family and readers will enjoy.  There is nothing better than sitting down to read a cookbook!

2. Content-- Post to my blog more often. This means having better time management skills when I DO have the opportunity to be online. I need to spend less time reading twitter and more time sharing, writing, and creating with my computer. 

3. Community--Comment, participate and share more in other cooking "mommy" blogs. 


There you have it--it's what I am going to be up to this year!!   I hope this year brings you many adventures and goals to accomplish!

Check out  Savvy Blogging  for more blogging information.  These  ladies really know what they are talking about and I'm learning from all the tips on Twitter's #savvyblogging hashtag too!