How To Add Meatless Meals Into Your Week

Our family is not 100% vegetarian, but we have made a concerted effort to go meatless as often as we can. The truth is, we could all eat more veggies and going meatless once in awhile is definitely not a bad thing. I believe everyone should do what is right for them, and I don’t try to push my way of eating on anyone else. That being said, if you are looking for ways to eat more […]

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Menu Planning and Shopping With Kids (Kroger Shop-a-long)

I’ve been having a lot of fun with the Kraft Fresh Takes recipe challenge.  My kids have had fun helping me and planning what to make with the Rosemary & Roasted Garlic variety.  As part of this campaign, I wanted to show you how I plan my weekly menu, with the help of my kids, and fun game we recently came up with to help keep things interesting and fun while we grocery shop. It’s […]

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New Year’s Feast.

Oh, I know it’s been over two weeks since we all ushered in the New Year.  It’s taken me that long to go through the dozens and dozens of pictures of our January 1st Feast.  Our dear friends couldn’t make it to our early dinner party, so we packaged up part of the meal, my husband dropped it off and we partied alone.  But it wasn’t a sad thing.  Our kids loved it.  We got […]

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Holiday Q+A: Dessert for a Crowd

Hi Lindsey, Please help! We’ve been invited to my sister-in-law’s for Christmas and there will be 21 adults plus many kids running around. I’m supposed to bring dessert. I am hoping you can give me some good ideas for easily transportable desserts….I love your peppermint bark brownies idea so that will probably be one of the desserts. But, I need more! Many thanks, Karen Dear Karen, I love you for asking me this question! Desserts […]

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Holiday Q+A: Make Ahead Breakfast Ideas

Make Ahead Breakfast Ideas | CafeJohnsonia.com

Scene:  It’s 6:00 am Christmas morning.  The kids didn’t fall asleep until midnight.  You were up late fighting about discussing the assembly of the new toy kitchen with your spouse.  Then you still had to put out the presents and fill the stockings.  You’ve only slept for what seems minutes instead of hours.  The kids have found their presents and are begging you to get up.  (Or if it’s my house, the presents were already opened […]

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