How in the world is it Friday already?! This is one of those weeks where the days really flew by, which makes the weekend even more exciting, doesn't it? We are all ready for a break.
Tonight Mike and I get to go to a large, regional meeting at church for parents of teenagers. And then tomorrow night I get to bring my class of 14-16 year old girls to another meeting just for the teens. I will take copious notes and share them next week. I am really looking forward to hearing the wisdom from some leaders in our church on the issues parents of teens face these days. I think it's going to be good.
I talked about this on instagram the other day, but I'll share it here, too. Elliot's reading has really improved since we started taking turns reading the scriptures out loud during dinner. I used to read the scriptures to the kids in the morning while they ate their breakfast, and that worked fine. But this school year our schedules have changed and dinner time reading is a better fit for our family. We keep a set of inexpensive scriptures on a cake stand in the middle of our table at all times, so they are easily accessible and easily replaceable, since we pass them around while we are eating and greasy fingers are inevitable. It is a nice break from the evening rush.
I'm in a major dinner rut. We've been eating too many potatoes and eggs at our house lately. What is your go-to dinner recipe? I'd love to try something new.
I hope the sun is shining wherever you are this weekend!
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The six sisters cookbook has saved me recently for dinners. Quick, easy meals. They can be found at sixsistersstuff.com My go-to blogs for good, easy meals and treats are melsktichencafe.com and abountifulkitchen.com
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to hear what good insights you gain this weekend with teens and parenting.
Glad for the weekend too.
Thank you! I just spent lots of time looking at those sites. SO helpful!
DeleteI spelled Mels blog wrong - CORRECTION: melskitchencafe.com
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ReplyDeleteSecond melskitchencafe.com for recipes, she's my favorite! And ourbestbites.com too. I specifically wanted to mention the Black Bean soup recipe on ourbestbites also, if you use vegetable broth you can make it vegetarian and it's really good, all my kids love it.
ReplyDeleteTotally making that black bean soup this week. Thank you for the rec!
DeleteI love mel's kitchen cafe. Her quinoa enchilada skillet is delicious and something I usually always have the ingredients for, but that is just one quick dinner that I love. I rarely have a flop with her recipes!
ReplyDeleteJust added the enchilada skillet to my menu for this week. Thank you!
DeleteAnother Mel-lover here! I often just use her weekly meal plan to start mine. This is a recipe that my kids all love (so tasty and easy to do it vegan!) and I love bc it's a slow cooker one for busy days. http://skinnyms.com/slow-cooker-fiesta-chicken-soup/
ReplyDeleteSounds SO good! Can't wait to try it!
DeleteMel's Dan Dan noodles are totally delicious and really easy! I also like www.mennonitegirlsancook.ca
ReplyDeleteI am always searching the internet for new recipes, but my children really love pesto noodles, homemade pizza, and tonight I am trying a new recipe from design mom Beef Stroganoff made with meatballs. I made mine from scratch as opposed to using frozen like the recipe suggest. Taste fantastic!
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