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Another Week, Another Mission to Feed Four Growing Boys If you’ve been following along here for a while, you know that feeding four boys between the ages of 6 and 15 is basically a full-time job on top of a full-time job. Every Sunday, I do a grocery run that has to check a lot […]

What’s in the Cart This Week Every Sunday after church, I do the same thing I’ve been doing for years — swing by the store with my list, load up the cart, and try to set this family up for a week of real meals instead of chaos. With four boys ranging from six to

A Saturday Morning at Big Y — With Four Hungry Boys on My Mind There’s something almost meditative about Saturday morning grocery runs before the rest of the house wakes up. I had my list, my reusable bags, and about forty-five minutes before the texts from my oldest started rolling in asking what we had

The Cart That Feeds a Small Army If you’ve ever pushed a grocery cart through the store with a six-year-old hanging off the side and a teenager quietly dropping extra cereal boxes in when he thinks you’re not looking, you know exactly what my Saturday mornings look like. This week’s haul was a good one

Another Saturday, Another Cart Full of Good Food If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time, you know Saturday morning usually means two things in our house: church prep and grocery runs. This week I made the trip to BJ’s and came home with a cart stacked high enough that our six-year-old thought

This Week’s Haul Had One Goal: Keep Four Hungry Boys Happy Without Wrecking Our Health Goals If you’ve been following along here for a while, you already know that feeding four boys between the ages of 6 and 15 is basically a full-time job on top of the actual full-time job. This week I rolled

Another Week, Another Mission to Feed These Boys If you’ve been following along here at CT Nutritious Family Kitchen for any length of time, you already know that feeding four boys — ages 6 to 15 — is basically a full-time job on top of a full-time job. Saturday morning grocery runs have become one

Another Week, Another Mission to Feed This Crew If you’ve been following along here for a while, you already know that feeding four boys in Connecticut is basically a part-time job. Between school days, weekend sports, youth group, and whatever backyard project someone has dreamed up, my guys are constantly burning through energy — and

Friday night pizza night is basically sacred in our house. After a full week of homeschooling, after-school activities, Bible study, and whatever else life threw at us, there is something deeply restorative about everyone piling into the kitchen together to make pizza from scratch. My boys light up for it every single week. Even my

There is a specific kind of chaos that happens in my kitchen around 5:30 on a Tuesday evening. My 15-year-old is finishing up a math lesson at the kitchen table. My 12-year-old just came in from outside, still loud. My 10-year-old is asking me for the third time what is for dinner. And my 6-year-old