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Easy Meatless Meals for Lent

January 21, 2015 by Jen 2 Comments

Easy Meatless Meals for Lent

Easy Meatless Meals for Lent

When Lent rolls around it seems like everyone is looking for meatless dinner ideas. Over the last few years we have eaten lots of meat-free meals. If you search around for vegetarian meals, often what you find are fancy meals that seem to take a lot of ingredients and more importantly a lot of time! Time that most of us busy homeschooling moms do not have. Especially on a Friday night after a long and busy week.

Often I forget that simple is almost always best. While it’s fun to try new dishes and new foods, I also like to have the old favorites handy.

Meatless Meals for the Family

Macaroni & Cheese – I know this isn’t anything new and different, but my kids absolutely adore this Macaroni & Cheese recipe. It’s easy to make, and easy to double for a large family.

The Best Macaroni & Cheese Recipe

Leftover Soup – This is a great way to have a meatless dinner as well as use up leftovers from the week.

Leftover Soup

 

Crock Pot Taco Soup – I love easy meals, especially on Fridays. Just dump in the ingredients, turn on the crockpot (this is an important step ;)) and you are good to go. Serve with a salad, tortilla chips, corn muffins, or whatever works for your family.

Taco Soup

Rice & Bean Tacos (In a Rice Cooker) – A super simple set it and forget it meal. Serve with hard or soft shells and it will be a meal your family will love.

Rice & Bean Tacos

Stuffed Peppers – This is a very forgiving and easy recipe. It doesn’t even require a recipe, it’s just a mixture of quinoa and whatever else you like. Sometimes I even use leftover rice and beans from the recipe above, stuff it in peppers and stick it in the crockpot. I always put my stuffed peppers in the crockpot!

Quinoa Stuffed Peppers

Baked Potato Bar – This really requires no recipe, but is just an easy meal to make. Put some potatoes in a crockpot in the morning. At dinner time pull out the sour cream, cheese, broccoli or any other vegetables to pile on top. You could serve with a salad or muffins. Super easy and the kids can customize to their liking.

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Good to Eat Dinner – Lots of meatless ideas for dinner

Good to Eat Lunch – Meatless ideas for lunch

Good to Eat Soup – delicious soup ideas

 

Filed Under: Lent, Recipes

March Small Changes Challenge – Declutter!

March 3, 2014 by Jen 3 Comments

March Small Changes Challenge – Declutter!

Lent begins on Wednesday and for the past several years we have made a point to do some “unfun” tasks around the house. Mostly the projects involve doing some bigger decluttering and organizing jobs. Almost everyone has spots in their home that are magnets for clutter. If you have any number of children then you […]

Filed Under: Lent, Small Changes

A Roundup of Lenten Resources

February 24, 2014 by Jen 9 Comments

A Roundup of Lenten Resources

Lent! It’s right around the corner and I just can’t believe it.  Maybe it’s the fact that we live in a warm weather state now, but I feel like we skipped right over Lent and Easter is here.  The start of this season usually means we have to slog through at least 6-8 more weeks […]

Filed Under: Faith, Lent Tagged With: Lent

Weekly Photo Collage :: 3/1/2013 – It’s March!

March 1, 2013 by Jen 5 Comments

Weekly Photo Collage :: 3/1/2013 – It’s March!

I’m so glad that March is here and February is over.  I’ll never understand how the shortest month can feel like the longest month!The boys arrived home on Wednesday night, a bit delayed due to the snowy weather, from their trip to Vermont.  They had a great time with their cousins and enjoyed all the […]

Filed Under: Home Education, Homekeeping, Lent, Lessons, Wrapping up the Week

Lenten Clutter

February 13, 2013 by Jen 6 Comments

Lenten Clutter

Lent starts today.  As I get older I appreciate this time of the year more and more.  Instead of looking at it as all about “giving up” stuff, it’s really more about refining myself and growing closer to the Lord.  Although I do still give up something, it seems to work better for me to […]

Filed Under: Faith, Family, Homekeeping, Lent

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Catholic, Homeschooling Wife and Mom of six. Six children who joined our family from various locations around the world. Faith, Large Family Living and Learning, Adoption and Healthy Living, are just some of the topics I chat about the most.Read More...

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