Leila
When the weather outside warms up, the kitchen can be a terrible place to be. There are many things you can do however, when it comes to cooking a nice home made meal that doesn’t require traditional stove top or oven cooking.
Learn to utilize some of the lesser heat producing equipment in your kitchen, such as the crock pot, in order to truly beat the summer heat and keep your cool while preparing a nice hot meal for friends and family.
So, how does crock pot cooking really help beat the heat?
Simply put, the crock pot in and of itself puts off far less heat when cooking than an oven or stove top.
This is the first and possibly the best reason to utilize the crock pot in your summer meal planning. Continue reading
Summer goes by so fast. You blink and it’s time to get school supplies and get ready for another school year. What you’re left with is lovely memories of a fun summer spent with the family. Why not hold on to those memories by creating a family scrapbook or memory box.
Make it a family affair by creating it together. It will be a wonderful memento and something everyone involved will come back to again and again.
A Summer Scrapbook
Take pictures throughout the summer, save ticket stubs and other mementoes and turn them into a family scrapbook that records everything you’ve done this summer. Once a week, or whenever you get back from a fun event take a minute to make a few notes about what you want to add to your book about it. Continue reading
