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  Normally on our blog we discuss things related to food and meal planning and such. Today’s review is admittedly not directly related to these...

We have been reading the Little House on the Prairie series to our girls at bed time. It is a wonderful series that I never read...

Congratulations to Lisa. She is the winner of the final giveaway in our Jamie Oliver cook-along. We have really enjoyed cooking through much of Jamie’s...

Good Old Chili Con Carne, pg. 172 Jamie’s Food Revolution Much like the fajitas in Jamie Oliver’s cookbook, we thought this recipe was very eatable...

Chicken Chow Mein, pg. 60 Jamie’s Food RevolutionChicken Chow Mein on Jamie Oliver’s web site As I flip through Jamie’s cookbook, there are some recipes...

Moroccan Lamb with Couscous, pg. 246 I begin some of the recipes in Jamie’s book with a certain amount of trepidation. I have never cooked...

And we are back! We hope you have all had a lovely spring break. We enjoyed some good family time and I enjoyed a little...

Congratulations to Susan F! She is this weeks giveaway winner! She has won a 1 year subscription to Plan to Eat. We are going to...

Our dinner tonight is the first recipe in Jamie Oliver’s cookbook: This was yummy! I have never cooked with portobello mushrooms or with watercress. It...

With a bit of skepticism, tonight we had: We began this journey as a way to get out of our cooking rut and try some...

We really enjoyed tonight’s meal from our cook-along through Jamie Oliver’s cookbook, Jamie’s Food Revolution: As I started this recipe I realized that I did...

We are continuing our cooking adventure through Jamie Oliver’s cookbook, Jamie’s Food Revolution. Tonight we tried: These were both excellent, quick and easy. My kids...

We are on week 4 of our cooking adventure and we are inviting you to join us.  We are cooking through Jamie Oliver’s cookbook Jamie’s...

For the beginning of our 4th week cooking through Jamie Oliver’s cookbook Jamie’s Food Revolution I chose recipes that I thought would be a little...

I really like granola. Jamie Oliver’s recipe for Granola, pg. 316, from his cookbook Jamie’s Food Revolution is really good. It has very good proportions...

So, we had a cheat night. We had some friends over and I needed a break from cooking, so we ordered some yummy pizza. I...

Tonight we prepared Ground Beef Wellington (pg. 156) as we cook through Jamie Oliver’s cookbook called Jamie’s Food Revolution.  We have never had this very British...

For our meal tonight on our cooking journey we had: This was amazing! And so easy to prepare. I used mahi-mahi instead of cod so...

We are cooking through Jamie Oliver’s cookbook, Jamie’s Food Revolution. Tonight we had: I have been avoiding the curry section of this cookbook because I...

Tonight for our cook-along, our family tried: What an improvement from last night! This was very good, very simple and very fast.  I really love...

Our recipes for tonight in our cook-along through Jamie Oliver’s cookbook, Jamie’s Food Revolution were: Tonight was a total failure! I don’t know if this...

We are enjoying our Jamie’s Food Revolution cook-along. This is the third week. My cooking skills are being stretched and we are trying new things....

This final recipe from this weeks meal plan was a stretch for me. We are cooking through Jamie Oliver’s cookbook, Jamie’s Food Revolution and today...

We have been cooking through Jamie Oliver’s cookbook, Jamie’s food revolution and I am off by one night for this recipe. We have been installing...