Now that you’re settling back into the crazy school-year routine (laden with carpool schedules, soccer practices and PTA meetings, you’re probably feeling starved for time. When dinnertime rolls around the best option might seem like a trip to the drive-thru, but with the new ReciMeals from mealtime.org you can make a complete dinner in the time it would take you to prepare one simple recipe.
The secret of ReciMeals is the use of canned foods — most of which are found right in your own pantry or readily available at your local grocery store. Because many canned foods are already cooked, they can save you valuable time preparing meals.
ReciMeals are designed to be complete, nutritious and delicious meals that are ready to serve with just a beverage and in some cases, a side salad or slice of bread. ReciMeals are nutrient rich and many of the recipes require less than 30 minutes of prep time for a healthful and convenient solution to the dinnertime crunch:
There are certain things in life that we’d all rather not talk about. Unfortunately, little ones see the world as an open book and don’t realize which chapters are supposed to be off limits. Laughter was bound to follow when these mom’s (very personal effects took center stage.
Sticky Traffic. When my almost 16-year-old son was still a toddler, we were suddenly stuck in heavy traffic after a marathon grocery shopping expedition. While I was worried about the ice cream melting in the trunk, he reached over into the grocery bag on the seat next to him and pulled out a box of “sanitary napkins.” Playing with the box was slightly embarrassing, but when he managed to rip off the adhesive paper and stick them all over the rear passenger window, I was beside myself. I couldn’t reach to pull them off, and there was no way to pull over in all that traffic. I’ll never forget the looks from other drivers when they figured out what was stuck to the windows. – Batavia, NY read more
This is it. The Holy Grail of Toddlerhood. A milestone so momentous all others pale in comparison (OK, maybe not that first step. Or the first word. But the first emission into a potty comes in a very, very close third.
After two or three years of diapers, the thought of your child doing her business in the tidy confines of the potty might very well make your heart race with anticipation. But pace yourself Petunia — this one is a marathon, not a sprint. Sure, we’ve all heard about that mythical toddler who toilet trained himself in a weekend between breaks from watching Baby Einstein. But I’m here to tell you that if this creature exists, that weekend was preceded by many good long months, if not a year or more, of quiet preparation. While Mom and Dad were not looking, our potty prodigy was studying them, or older siblings, or preschoolmates, carefully taking mental notes and learning the rhythms of his body. Then, only when all of his groundwork had been carefully laid, did he pull it all together and pull off the Pull-Ups for good. For the vast majority of toddlers however, the process is much more overt, drawn-out, and fraught with error. read more
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