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Month: May 2011

Tacos Supreme

Posted in Gluten Free, Homemaking, and Photography

Project 365 – #132 Yes, I’ve been writing a good bit about food lately, but I’ve been rather tired and food is a constant in our life.  **wink**  On days when I have headaches, like today, I like to go with simple meals.  One of our easy go-to meals is nachos.  Since we had lots of veggies on hand, I decided to load up the nachos with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and green peppers.  They were very tasty, and both Munchkin and D enjoyed their meals.  I was happy because I was able to provide a good meal with minimal work…

Popcorn and a Movie

Posted in Family, Gluten Free, and Photography

Project 365 – #131 We love to have family movie night.  Nothing seems to shout movie night like a bowl or two of popcorn.  We like to get the natural popcorn and add our own butter and salt.  Sometimes, we’ll add a little parmesan cheese to the mix.  Every now and then, I’ll make up a mock caramel corn.  Yum! We decided that tonight would be family movie night.  While D and Munchkin finished playing some Scooby Doo on the Wii, I got the popcorn ready.  Once the light, fluffy, buttery popcorn was ready, we popped in The Game Plan…

GoTrybe: Kids Fitness and Nutrition

Posted in Reviews

GoTrybe is an online fitness, nutrition, motivation, and wellness program for school aged kids. They have 3 different program levels: Zoodoos: K-5th Trybe180: 6th-8th Nextribe: 9th-12th Students/kids can log online and participate in the 4 parts of the program and earn points to spend at the online avatar store. They can then use these items to customize their avatar. (Before the kids earn any points, they are able to pick a male or female, younger or older avatar. They are also able to personalize the appearance of their new avatars.) The fitness activities can be customized for the student, the…

Frozen Banana Treats

Posted in Gluten Free, Homemaking, and Photography

Project 365 – #130 What do you do with 36 pounds of bananas?  Well, you let your little monkey eat her share.  Then mommy and daddy eat a bunch or two.  You make a few fruit salads.  Finally, you start slicing up the bananas and freeze them on a cooking sheet.  Once they’re frozen, you toss them in a ziploc bag or into a freezer container.  Now, they’re ready for yummy smoothies or chocolate banana pops.  Yum!  Perfect treats for those hot summer days. For those warm winter months, the frozen bananas can be thawed and mashed as needed to…

Pancakes for Lunch

Posted in Family, Gluten Free, Homemaking, and Photography

Project 365 – #129 Today, D decided that he really wanted some gluten free pancakes for breakfast.  Well, the problem was that it was almost lunch time before he woke up.  (The pain meds tend to make him rather sleepy in the morning.)  I told him that I would be happy to make him some pancakes for lunch.  In our Bountiful Baskets this week, we had some delicious organic apples that I decided to dice and add to the pancake mix.  To round out the pancakes, I added some cinnamon. Munchkin didn’t really want pancakes for lunch.  She wasn’t feeling…