MENU PLAN MONDAY: Indexing Freezer Meals and Freezing Bone Broth

Last week was a pretty lazy one when it came to eating. Big T worked late, and I only had to cook for three nights.

The Meals:

Monday: Pasta with veggie gratin sauce
Tuesday: Coconut squash soup
Wednesday: Slow cooker chicken tikka masala
Thursday, Friday and Saturday - eat at Mom Mom's

Twas the Night Before Tmuffin's Christmas

The toy described in the poem. Which was awesome. Once it was put together.

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Every creature was stirring, probably even a mouse.
No stockings were hung, but we didn't care.
St. Nicholas was coming, and Baby T was scared.

A Holiday Wish

This post is part of the Breastfeeding Blog Hop hosted by Life with Levi, and co-hosted by The Slacker Mom, and Diary of a Devil Dog Wife. Visit the links below and link up your own story or leave a comment!

Last week's topic was breaking the rules. This week's is about passing the torch. What does passing the torch mean to you when it comes to breastfeeding?

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY: Walking Mischief

Now that Little M is walking, he is getting into all kinds of mischief.

Little M Walking

Zucchini Muffins Even Your Toddler Will Eat

These muffins were inspired by the Zucchini Muffin recipe on this beautiful, beautiful food blog, Scaling Back. But of course, I have trouble following directions and can't do anything as I'm instructed, so I changed it up a bit. That, and I was getting a little sick of wiping poppy seeds of Baby T's butt. (Gross, I know.) Oh, and I've been making them with gluten-free baking mix. The recipe usually makes 24 muffins, and I put at least half in the freezer. I can grab one at a time and microwave it for 15 seconds to thaw.

This was a lesson in toddler patience.

MENU PLAN MONDAY: Budget Shopping and Cooking What's Fresh

I didn't do much this week. For what has come out of my efforts, I've put in a lot less effort in total in the past three weeks than if I hadn't done any meal planning at all. I didn't even have to do much grocery shopping. In fact, I probably spent more on beer than on groceries. Oops.

This is my menu planning from last week:

SUNDAY SURF: Some Crafts and Some Other Stuff

I'm going to take some time off of the drama that is my bedtime saga so you can do some surfing. At first, I thought, "I've been so busy with Christmas Crafts and everything that I haven't even had a second to read my regular blogs." And then I checked out the history on my computer, and it turns out, I have done a little surfing this week. (That's what a couple of homemade Irish creams on the rocks in the evenings will do to you).

This is what I checked out this week. Go ahead, check em out too!