How To Make and Freeze Homemade Apple Dumplings
During the fall season, I look forward to going to our local fruit orchard and picking some fresh apples. Once I get back home, I like to get busy baking…first up, some freshly baked apple dumplings.
The following recipe was given to me by my great aunt about 15 [...]

Placing finished meals in your freezer can save you time in the kitchen. It takes hardly any more time and only double your ingredients to have a time saving meal ready for the times when you just don’t have the energy or the time to start a meal fresh.
If you would like to start cooking [...]

Slow Cooker – Pigs In A Blanket Cabbage Rolls
When it comes to crock pot cooking (using a slow cooker), I enjoy using mine all year long. One of the recipes I enjoy making in it are Cabbage Rolls, which are also known as Pigs In A Blanket.
This recipe does take some preparation time, but is [...]

How Menu Planning Can Save You Time and Reduce Your Stress Level
By: Michelle Shaeffer
Busy moms spend a lot of time preparing nutritious and yummy meals for their families. It isn’t the cooking and assembling the meals that takes so long – planning the meals and shopping for the necessary ingredients can take more time than [...]

By: Alyssa Dees Avant
I have been menu planning since before I knew there was a catch phrase like “menu planning” for the idea. In the beginning, the reasons I planned were simple. I am a list maker, I am a planner and I was new to cooking so I thought I’d better have a plan [...]

Once A Month Cooking – Hamburger Pasta Casseroles Freezer Meals
When it comes to cooking and baking, I love experimenting with once a month cooking. This type of cooking is when you spend a day or two making and baking up several meals for your family and then freezing them for future use.
This recipe will make [...]

It’s been at least six years since I balanced working outside the home almost full-time and having two kids. Friends were always amazed that I managed homemade meals on the table each night. Becoming a stay home mom with three kids made meal planning a bit easier because I was home BUT several of the [...]

By: Rachel Paxton
It’s no fun trying to decide what to make for dinner every night. Planning your meals ahead of time often saves you time as well as money.
There are many different ways to plan your meals. How you plan yours depends on how much time you want to spend now to save yourself time [...]

How To Make And Freeze Homemade Pierogies
As a busy mother and wife, I don’t always have time to cook an hour long dinner in the evenings. To solve this problem, I like to make our own freezer meals that I can thaw out, reheat or cook…and have on our dinner table in less than 30 [...]

By: Jennifer Tankersley
I once read somewhere that home cooks have on average 21 meals that make up our repertoire of common family meals. I thought this was very interesting and set about to writing down what my 21 meals are. I actually came up with 23 meals that my family enjoys on a regular basis. [...]