Menu Plan Monday 4-25-11

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Yesterday was the first Easter in a long time that I didn't fix the traditional ham dinner. We had been to a Memorial service for Chris' Grandma on Saturday and there was a ton of food left over. So, we had leftover fried chicken, lasagna and caesar salad for Easter dinner! Thanks to my friend Eliza mentioning it on Facebook, I discovered the site Give Every Night New Flavor, which looks to be a collaboration between ConAgra Foods and participating grocery store chains. I picked Kroger because it's the only one on the list we have here in Lansing, and used the recipe search to come up with a few ideas for meals this week. I searched for Italian recipes that take 30 minutes or more and serve 4 or more and found a Baked Ziti that only calls for 5 ingredients - my kind of recipe!  Here's everything I'm making this week: Baked Ziti Casserole with steamed broccoli and garlic toast Betty Crocker Chile-Chicken Enchiladas with rice, chips and salsa Manwich Sloppy Joes, with … [Read more...]

New Color Scheme – Better?

I let Kaitlyn help me tweak the colors of this new theme. After rejecting her first background suggestion, which was to use a repeating pattern of MY LITTLE PONIES, we settled on this purple that comes from one of the shades used in my purple flower logo. I also changed the footer background to a darker purple. I need to do something with the very bottom footer stripe, not sure what yet. So? Better? … [Read more...]

Friendly Friday 4-22-11 – Welcome New Friends!

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Welcome to Friendly Friday! Remember, YOU can host the link list on your blog, too! Just get the InLinkz code and copy it directly into your post. The code is different every week, so be sure to get the new code when hosting Friendly Friday on your blog. Hosting the list is a great way to get even more traffic to your blog and make Friendly Friday more beneficial for everyone. Thanks for joining the Friendly Friday celebration hosted by Christi at Frugal Novice, Xenia at Thanks, Mail Carrier and Charla at Healthy Home Blog! We invite you to join us every Friday to make more friends in blogville, get more blog followers and follow other great blogs out there. To join in the Friendly Friday celebration, include your family-friendly link in our list, follow the hostesses in the first 3 spots and then start blog hopping! Visit other blogs on the list and comment to give them some blog love. Then take a minute to follow them through Google Friend Connect – this is a good way to … [Read more...]