The Supper Challenge: Day 3

Tonight’s meal wasn’t on the menu but I forgot to soak the beans overnight for the Black Bean and Ham Soup. What’s worse is I realized I didn’t have enough chicken for the Chicken Divan. But then Amy at Amy’s Finer Things reminded me about her Desperation Dinner and I knew that would the perfect [...]

Brain Food through the Summer

Summer is here, the time most of us look forward to a break from schooling. While we enjoy a less demanding schedule through the summer, we still do what some would call “summer school”. However, I hope I am successfully teaching my children that learning is a life-long and fun process and that we should [...]

The Supper Challenge: Day 2

Supper tonight was a quick throw together meal which is good because I had several errands to run and a piano lesson late in the afternoon. I found the recipe for Mordecai’s Chicken in a church cookbook Come and Dine put out by Antioch Baptist Church in Knoxville, TN. A year ago I was flipping [...]

The Supper Challenge: Day 1

Today I had a few errands to run, but other than that we pretty much took the day off. The children and I had cleaned the house last night after church so there was very little tidying to do. Because it was our day off I didn’t want to spend very much time in the [...]

Menu Plan Monday: The Supper Challenge

Mine and Joy’s Breakfast Challenge and Lunch Challenge is over, but June is not over and we still have 2 more weeks of recipes and meal ideas. This week we will focus on preparing supper each day. Not only will I find myself challenged this week in the kitchen, I’ll be challenged in the grocery [...]

The Lunch Challenge Link-up

Well, this week could have been a bit more successful perhaps, but life happens and life usually doesn’t wait for us to schedule and organize it. But let’s not focus too much on the lunches I didn’t prepare, rather let’s take a quick look at what we did eat this week. Monday – Because of [...]