Motherhood Moments

JANUARY 18, 2023

They Pose Learning Opportunities The more you cook at home, the more opportunities you have to teach your children about nutrition, food preparation, and kitchen safety. Everyone knows that spending time in community and eating tasty food are both good for the soul, so adding these together is a recipe for stress relief.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Who cooks at home anymore, many people eat out. Even if you do cook at home, have you ever worn an apron? They were used to protect clothing while cooking – to keep grease splatters and spills contained on the apron. When I was a kid, most preserved food stuffs either came in a can or a glass jar.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 21, 2014

While most people think of eating out as a way to relax and save time, they typically don’t account for the time it takes to drive back and forth to the restaurant as well as the time to order, sit and wait for the food, and eat. Still, I missed the convenience of eating out and not having to cook at home.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Peggy: Well, probably some of the same ones being espoused now (maybe our kids did pick up on some of our examples!). We shopped at garage sales, turned down the heat, combined errands to use less gas, didn’t buy a lot of prepared food, cooked at home and the like. We changed our own oil and rotated our own tires.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

When I was a kid in the 1950′s, most folks weren’t overweight. We are bombarded with images of luscious looking food. It seems that every commercial or ad or billboard shows us wonderful looking food – and it is always available quickly and easily. We didn’t use a lot of prepared snack foods.

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Food and Drink Parenting Kids and Family Eating Out 167

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 12, 2016

I am the oldest of seven kids (yes, we all have the same parents – I get asked that quite a bit!). And I cut back on lifestyle – cooking food at home, taking the bus to work vs driving and paying for parking, etc. I was born in West Palm Beach, FL. My childhood was split between Florida, Ohio and Minnesota.

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