
Salisbury Meatballs
My hubby has been begging me for Salisbury steak and I just haven't had the time to make it with both babes back in school. I decided to do a cheater version using frozen meatballs, you can find my legit Salisbury steak recipe here. It was actually pretty good! I found out recently that I am allergic to nearly every food under the sun, and have been doing really good at avoiding them... The one thing I missed here was that the meatballs, are in fact mixed with chicken and por

Slap Yo Mama 3 Bean Chili
Fall is just around the corner and my gang has been begging for me to make my chili! It is by far the most versatile food I make, I like to make potato skins and set up a mini bar with all the fixins similar to our taco nights! The kids love making their own, and the chili tastes amazing with the potatoes topped w cheese, sour cream, and bacon! I do my chili a little bit different than most traditional recipes. Here’s what I use for mine: 2 Lbs of browned ground beef 1 Red on

Hot Dots - Interactive Learning by Play and Self Correction
If you sift back through my previous posts on The Montessori Method you will see a strong connection here between these particular learning tools and one of the main Montessori Missions about encouraging autonomy by way of self correction. A simple example would be the "classroom" in a Montessori school. You may notice the children are using mini sized porcelain dishwater, and drinking from actual glasses. In most children's centers/schools you will see them using plastic dis