Meal Planning 101

Hello everyone, I am currently on vacation, but a few of my readers volunteered to take over the site while I am away! They have written some excellent posts that I am sure you will love. I also have some posts I wrote answering your burning questions about The Happy Housewife. Enjoy!

My Road Map to [...]

On the 10th Day of Christmas

my true love gave to me….

Seriously, you need to make these, so good, so easy….so delish!
Buckeyes

2 cups creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 tablespoons shortening (if you don’t use shortening you can substitute with paraffin)

Line a baking sheet with waxed [...]

Christmas Pancakes

I realize I pass along many ideas on this site. If you only use one of my ideas, do this one! It is easy and the payoffs are huge. I promise your kids will think you are mother of the year!
Christmas Pancakes
Ingredients

Pancake batter - use any kind you want, homemade, box mix, just thin it [...]

Inexpensive Appetizer

Disclaimer: This recipe contains hot dogs. I understand many of my readers have serious concerns with hot dogs. I am not a big fan of them either, but you can buy nitrate free, organic dogs if you love them and want to pay a price. Scroll down for a second hot dog free appetizer, Baked [...]

Menu Plan Week of December 1

It will be hard getting back into a routine after our fun filled Thanksgiving vacation, but I am going to try! I was too lazy to post any new recipes this week, but if you click on the links you can read many tried and true recipes that our family loves!
Monday
Breakfast- Cereal
Lunch- Sandwiches and smoothies
Dinner- [...]

Menu Plan ~ Short Week

We are heading out of town Wednesday night so we have a short week. Thanksgiving will be shared this year with several other families, I am bringing pies, stuffing and ham. I can’t wait!
I am searching for a good whole wheat French bread recipe, I do not like the one in the Bread Becker’s cookbook. [...]

Homemade Pizza vs KFC’s $10 Challenge

I started this post before I came across my least favorite ad in the world. Tonight is pizza night, so I decided to time myself and see how long it takes to make pizza from scratch. I also priced out the ingredients to see if I could make this meal for under $10.
Homemade pizza is [...]

Can you make this meal for $10… Why would you want to?

I know I am a little late on this one, but I just found out about this ad campaign this morning.
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This ad really bothers me. I realize there are many bothersome ads on television (on of the main reasons I refuse to watch tv), but this one struck a nerve. First, why in the world [...]

Help Wanted!

I am looking for an awesome granola recipe. The requirements are pretty basic, my husband doesn’t like granola with a lot of nuts in it, and I would prefer something that tastes sweet but isn’t loaded with sugar. If you have a great recipe on your blog you can leave a link in the comment [...]

Menu Plan Monday: The Kids are in Charge

Thanks for all your lunch tips last week! I am passing them on to my kids, because from now on, they are in charge of lunch! I am not sure what I will be eating for lunch since I am not a big fan of mac and cheese or hot dogs, maybe I will just [...]

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