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Let’s Taco (Soup) about It! Happy Cinco de Mayo ♥

May 4, 2019 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Family Fun, Recipes, Special Events Leave a Comment

Taco Soup! Because we have an absurdly busy Saturday ahead of us and because tomorrow is an extra-fun holiday and because the sun is shining for the first time in what seems like a month of Saturdays... I have resurrected this recipe (Easter pun intended) from my cooking blog and am posting it here for your (equally busy?) consideration. Taco … [Read more...]

Making Memories, DAVANNI’S Restaurant Style

December 22, 2016 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Dans la Cuisine, Family Fun, Minnesota Me, My Boys, Reviews 3 Comments

  Being a frugal (i.e. dirt poor) blogger... I am always happy to review local restaurants in exchange for a gift card or three. This is to the advantage of both my family and...um....me.  My kids get snockered up on pizza & breadsticks... And I get to satisfy my overwhelming need to be … [Read more...]

A Lament, a Recipe, yet another Poem

December 12, 2014 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Dans la Cuisine, Just Me, Living Liturgically, Minnesota Me, Poetry Friday 2 Comments

So the thing about inadvertently dying one's hair black is... When your gray roots grow in, you have a skunk stripe.  It's the Pepé le Pew look!  (Goes with my French temperament.) * * * These cookies. Trust me. You want to bake them. * * * Yes, I know, another poem.  Indulge me, please; it's a good one.  I … [Read more...]

New for Me: A Weekly Menu

November 10, 2014 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Dans la Cuisine, Minnesota Me, Weekly Menu 12 Comments

Trying something new & improved: planning out a weekly menu!  Fingers crossed; it's Monday and I'm feeling optimistic.   I was inspired by the ever-awesome Mary Ellen, to whose blog I'm linking and to whom I owe whatever accountability I do or do not have. Monday, November 10th Breakfast: Hot Cereal Lunch: PB & J … [Read more...]

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