What a Week This Is Going to Be Sunday afternoons in our house have a rhythm to them. Church in the morning, a big lunch, and then somewhere around 3 o’clock, I’m standing in the kitchen looking at everything I hauled in from the grocery store and thinking through how we’re going to eat well
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What’s in the Cart This Week Saturday morning hauls are something of a ritual around here. I load up the minivan, hit the store while most of Connecticut is still drinking their first cup of coffee, and try to come home with a cart full of ingredients that will actually get used — not just
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The Weekly Haul Is In Every week, I load up the car, head to the store, and come back with what feels like enough food to feed a small army. With four boys between the ages of 6 and 15, that’s not far from the truth. This week’s haul was a good one — practical,
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Another Saturday, Another Full Cart If you’ve been following along here for a while, you know Saturday morning is my time. The boys are still waking up slowly, my wife is enjoying her coffee in peace, and I’m already walking the aisles of the store with my list and a rough plan for the week
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What a Week It’s Going to Be Every Sunday after church, I do the same thing. I unload the grocery bags, line everything up on the counter, and just take a moment to feel grateful. Six people to feed, four growing boys ranging from 6 to 15, and a whole week of meals ahead. This
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Another Week, Another Mission to Feed the Crew If you’ve been following along here for a while, you know the drill. Sunday afternoon, I load up the car, hit the store, and spend about an hour trying to balance what my boys will actually eat with what’s genuinely going to fuel them through a full
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What’s in the Cart This Week If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time, you know Sunday afternoons around here mean one thing — a full cart at BJ’s or Costco and a trunk that barely closes on the drive home. This week was no different. Six people, four growing boys ranging from
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What’s in the Cart This Week If you’ve been following along here for a while, you know that feeding four growing boys — ages 6 to 15 — in Connecticut means grocery runs that are part strategy, part prayer, and part “let’s see what’s on sale.” This week’s haul came together really well, and I’m
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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
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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
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