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
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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
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There is something about a pot of soup simmering on the stove that makes the whole house feel like home. I do not know if it is the smell drifting through the hallway or the sound of the lid rattling as it bubbles away, but every single time I make a big pot of soup
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Let me say something out loud that I think a lot of Connecticut moms are afraid to admit: I do not always cook with fresh vegetables. Not even close. Between homeschooling four boys, driving to practices, helping with projects, and trying to get dinner on the table before everyone completely melts down, there are plenty
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If you have a house full of hungry boys like I do, beef is one of those proteins that just makes sense. It is filling, it is satisfying, and when my crew comes in from a long day of homeschool projects, outdoor time, and whatever chaos the afternoon brought, a hearty beef dinner is the
If you had asked me five years ago whether pork belonged in a healthy family meal plan, I probably would have hesitated. I had the same assumptions a lot of parents have — that pork was heavy, fatty, and not exactly the kind of protein you reach for when you’re trying to feed your family
Eggs might just be the most underrated ingredient in my entire kitchen. They are cheap, fast, endlessly flexible, and my boys actually eat them without a single complaint — which, if you have hungry kids at home, you know is worth its weight in gold. On nights when I have no idea what to cook,
If there is one ingredient that has saved dinner in this house more times than I can count, it is the humble chicken thigh. Not the boneless skinless chicken breast that everyone seems to reach for by default — the thigh. Dark, flavorful, forgiving, and almost always cheaper per pound than its leaner counterpart. With
There is a moment every Connecticut mom knows well. You are standing in the meat section of the grocery store, staring at the price tag on ground beef, doing the math in your head while also mentally calculating how many more days until payday. Ground beef has become a significant expense, especially when you are
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There is one item at the grocery store that I consider a legitimate lifesaver on a busy Tuesday night, and it costs somewhere between five and eight dollars at most Connecticut grocery stores. I am talking about the rotisserie chicken — already cooked, already seasoned, sitting warm under those heat lamps near the deli section.
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