Submitted by Renie B.
I am a city girl, growing up just outside of Boston, MA. This happened a long time ago when we lived in the city. I was about 5 years old and Thanksgiving was coming. I am not sure who got a turkey from his work but it was either my uncle or [...]
Toni’s Week
Breakfast
Monday- Pancakes
Tuesday- Muffins
Wednesday- Oatmeal/ Cereal
Thursday- French Toast
Friday- Whole Wheat Waffles
Lunches
Lunch—Sandwiches, muffins, smoothies, leftovers, cut up fruit and veggies
Dinner
Monday- Salmon Turnovers
Tuesday- Out
Wednesday- Bee Rocks
Thursday - Spaghetti, French bread, salad ( we will be having 2 extra kids this night, so I picked a meal that is easy and a crowd favorite)
Friday- Pizza
Saturday -Shepherd’s pie
Salmon [...]
Taco Seasoning
Ingredients
2 TB chili powder
5 tsp paprika
4 1/2 tsp cumin
1 TB tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp of garlic powder
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
Directions
Combine all ingredients. Store it in a jar with a tight-fitting lid. Use within 6 months.
When adding this seasoning to ground beef, add 1/2 to 3/4 cups of water to the beef and [...]
Like Mother, Like Daughter. We are a family who live in Central Massachusetts. My husband is a Boston Irish Catholic from a big family. His upbringing was smack dab in the middle of respectable Catholic America, not untinged by 60s unrest.
I am about as different from him as you can get: I’m an only child, my parents are divorced, my father was an immigrant from Egypt, I was raised on the cutting edge of the feminist/relativist/sexual self-fulfillment/diversity revolution. My upbringing was smack dab in the middle of 70s hippie snotty know-it-all America, not untinged by anomie.
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