I have written about how much fun we have around here, making the family meal plan. Meal planning is not difficult, but it takes time. Then, after you’ve been doing it for a while it takes even more time because even if you come up with creative names for what you’re making and you’re crazy about the recipes you’re using, the desire to come up with new dinner ideas takes over. If you’re a busy person especially, the idea of spending hours combing through cookbooks or searching the web for who-knows-what can be a little overwhelming. I have a confession. It never occurred to me to regularly follow any food…
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Tim McGraw And Me: Lunch At Outback Steakhouse
Well, not just the two of us. But it was fun, and he is super-nice. It happened on Friday, was in honor of military personnel, and featured Steak Flights by Outback Steakhouse. Read more here.
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Outback Steakhouse, Operation Homefront, & Tim McGraw Honor Military
I had the honor of being invited to a special luncheon last week, sponsored by Outback Steakhouse and in conjunction with Operation Homefront, which is a great organization that “assists military families during difficult financial times by providing food assistance in the form of food boxes and gift certificates to grocery stores.” (Disclosure: I received a gift bag from Outback Steakhouse on the way out of the luncheon and was not compensated financially for attending OR for writing this post. Writing this post–all words and opinions are mine, by the way–was not required as a condition of attending.) The event was lovely, and I was one of only a few…
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Chicago Food Swap: Seriously Yummy.
My sister and I had a great experience at the 2nd Chicago Food Swap back in March, and we signed up immediately for the 3rd one, which was today. Just like last time, my friends Emily and Vanessa did a fabulous job of organizing the event. New this time was the location: the folks at the Savory Spice Shop in Hinsdale were kind enough to host. I wanted to give a shout-out to Dave and the rest of his crew over there, because they have a great store (the smells! so good!) and we all really appreciated their allowing us to “clutter up” the shop for two hours! (Thanks, Savory…
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Chocolate Milk: It’s Not Just For Kids Anymore!
When I was a kid, I used to drink chocolate milk all the time. Then I grew up, and stopped drinking it for the most part. (Confession: I often order chocolate milk if we go out to breakfast. WHAT?? Don’t judge.) Recently, chocolate milk has been big news. Not only is it a great way to get kids to get their dairy servings in (I couldn’t stand white milk when I was a kid!), but it is also a FANTASTIC post-workout drink–the best, actually–because it contains the protein, carbs, electrolytes, fluids, calcium, vitamin D, B vitamins, and other nutrients you need to refuel muscles, build muscle and help reduce exercise-induced…