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Shabbos Menu: P’ Vaera (Jan 16-17)
Next week is yeshiva winter vacation. I’ve already heard from DS2 that he has 2 friends going on airplanes. We’ll try to plan some fun day trips, but in this family- there will be no airplane...
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Shabbos Menu: P’ Yisro (Feb 6-7)
Where is the time going? I was preparing this post and realized I typed in February in the post title. It’s February already?!?! With all the snow days, early dismissals, and delayed openings it’s...
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Homemade Hot Lunch at Work
This past Chanuka I bought myself a Crock-Pot® Lunch Crock® Food Warmer. I was hoping this would encourage me to pack a healthier lunch from home. So far, this thing has been awesome! I’ve been using...
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Shabbos in One Hour
A few weeks ago I prepared our entire Shabbos in less than one hour. As usual, our menu was super simple. I pulled some stuff out of the freezer and bought some. As soon as I got home from work I...
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Shabbos in One Hour: Pre-Pesach
I’ve started making Shabbos in one hour and it’s awesome. So, if you haven’t done this already then now- the week before Pesach is the perfect time to start! Below is the menu I’m making and how I’m...
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Kid Snacks Work for Me
Now that I’ve been good about bringing lunch from home, I’m also bringing snacks too. When I first started I took a look in the pantry at what we had and immediately closed it. Nope, none of those...
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Shavuos is Coming! All 3 days of it…
I cannot believe Shavuos is here! We were pretty good about our prep and made our entire menu plan on Sunday. We also did the bulk of the shopping then too. DH even made a quiche and meatballs! I...
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Shabbos in One Hour: Last Week of School
With school ending and camp not starting for another week, we are super busy with our children. So busy that we do not want to spend time cooking in the kitchen. I’ve been cooking Shabbos in one hour...
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Shabbos in One Hour: Summer Fun
Right before I sat down to type this I received an email from my son’s camp reminding me to tip his counselors for the first half of camp. Didn’t summer just begin?? How can it be almost half way...
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Shabbos in One Hour: Post Yom Tov
Now that the holidays are over, it’s time to get back to cooking ;). Another Shabbos is on its way and what better way to get back into the swing of things than to only spend one hour on Shabbos...
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Shabbos Menu: P’ Toldos (Nov 13-14)
Shabbos is getting earlier and earlier! It’s crazy how little time I have on Friday’s to get things done, so b”h for Thursday! Last year I wrote a post called When You Work Until Candle Lighting Time...
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Lunches, Dinners and More – What We Eat During the Week
Recently a reader noted that most of the freezer cooking I do is for Shabbos and she was wondering what we eat during the week. While it’s true that most of my freezer cooking is for our Shabbos meals...
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Shabbos in One Hour: What to do when you don’t want to cook
Even though Shabbos doesn’t start until late, doesn’t mean I’m not rushing until the last minute. I sometimes find it harder to prepare for Shabbos in the summer, because I work later on Fridays and...
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Menu Planning with Evernote Templates
I did it guys! I finally found an easy way to menu plan in a digital way. I know in the past I’ve made printables and have used them, but in a digital age when I’m not always home with my paper I...
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200+ Back-to-School Snack, Lunch and Dinner Ideas
Now that school has started I figured it’s high time I get my act together when it comes to weekday snacks, lunches and dinners. So, since my kids are getting bored of bagels and cream cheese and I...
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Shabbos Menu: P’ Nitzavim (Sep 30- Oct 1)
Even though we have many many days of yom tov coming we decided to have some friends over for lunch this week. My kids are super excited and so am I! Of course DH will be helping with some of the...
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Why I Bring My Own Lunch to Work and How I Prepare in Advance
For the past year and a half I’ve been so good about packing my own lunch for work- I even surprise myself. It all started when I realized that I was paying upwards of $10 each day for soup (I won’t...
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3 Easy Steps to Plan Simple Shabbos Menus that Your Family Will Love
On Monday night, our babysitter asked my son what he wanted for dinner. Knowing that he was having leftovers for dinner he immediately began rambling his standard list, “Gefilte fish, chicken, rice,...
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Shabbos Menu: P’ Terumah (Mar 3-Mar 4)
Even thought we’ve been so busy lately our Shabbos menus have stayed simple and delicious. We recently had a new kosher grocery store open near us and they sell a lot of convenience food- like...
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Pesach 2017: Prep, Menu and Cleanup
It’s after Pesach and I can’t believe we made it through. This was the first year that we kashered our house. Although we only spent the last 2 days at home, it was totally worth it. We loved going...
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