Motherhood is a marathon. Enjoy the run.
Welcome to Day 2 of the Soup-A-Thon at The Marathon Mom! It’s Tonya from 4 little Fergusons, back again! Yesterday, I shared some of our family favorite soups, and today I brought 3 more! Today's Soup Du Jour's are: Amish Cheeseburger Soup, Hearty Vegetable Hamburger Soup & last but definitely not least, Crock Pot Kraut & Bean soup. (No wrinkling your nose, it is seriously the … [Read more...]
By Guest Writer Tonya at 4 Little Fergusons Hi! I'm Tonya! I am a midwest mom of 4, 3 of those miracles arriving in the last 4 years. We have been pregnant 8 times in 9 years of marriage, so as you can imagine, the words spoken most often at my house are: “Hello”, “Goodbye” and “I’m Pregnant.” I guess if I was being truthful, you’d also hear the words: ”I … [Read more...]
By Guest Writer Jasmine at Ponder the Path When my older children were younger, we would often make "sugar" cookies for the different holidays. We had all sorts of cookie cutters. The kids loved rolling out the dough, cutting out their cookie, and then of course loading it down with a ton of icing and colored sprinkles. Then I went through my healthy eating phase (okay, not so much a phase … [Read more...]
I've experimented with biscuit recipes for a very long time now. There's just something about a homemade biscuit that's special. A good, fluffy, soft biscuit tastes like home. I like this other buttermilk recipe that's pretty good, too, but this one is my new favorite! My good bloggy friend Candace at Sacred Mommyhood shared it with me a while back, promising it is the perfect biscuit … [Read more...]
This week I really am keeping our menu as simple as possible. In fact, most, if not all of these meals, are ones that my husband and boys could easily make themselves in the event that I am suddenly unavailable for reasons of childbirthing processes. I found the blueberry breakfast cake recipe here on Pinterest and have been wanting to make it for a long time. I made it yesterday morning … [Read more...]
Over the past couple of weeks, I've slowly added meals to our freezer for after the baby arrives. I never really did one big cooking day, but accomplished it rather in spurts. Several nights, when preparing dinner, liked I talked about in my post on freezer cooking tips, I simply doubled the recipe and froze one. There was one day when I made the four batches of vegetable beef stew and two Mexican … [Read more...]
I'm not a football fan. At all. The boys asked me who I was rooting for on Sunday and my response was, "so, who's playing?" I'm not even kidding. But, I have a football fan husband and eight sons. Therefore, in Super Bowl Sunday, I will participate. I've found over the past few years, that my husband and the boys really enjoy when I make fun foods for them to nibble on while … [Read more...]
I made a big pot of chicken tortilla soup tonight and needed some tortilla chips. We had some multi-grain, flax chips, and as good as those are with hummus, salsa, and even guac, I just didn't think they would work well in our bowls filled with soup, avocado and jack cheese. I had plenty of corn tortillas, so I decided to just make our own chips. So simple, and I can't believe I've never … [Read more...]
This is one of those versatile dishes that can serve as a great dinner for your family or as party food. Wait....isn't that the same thing? Certainly not the healthiest, seeing how the first ingredients on the list are crescent rolls, but overall, not too bad. I would love to find an easy, healthy, homemade version of the crescent roll and when I do, I'll update this recipe. But until … [Read more...]
I'm sure there are a million and a half variations of Mexican lasagna out there. And my advice to you when making your own is this: Layer in the pan what sounds good to you. Experiment. Change it up. Find what you like and pile it high. And then? Enjoy with your favorite chips, salsa and guac! I've tried a couple of different versions of this, some with rice and some without, … [Read more...]
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As a homeschooling mom of eight boys, I find lots to talk about, including the challenges and beauty of this amazing season of motherhood. It is indeed a marathon. Thanks for joining me!
