Short, to the point post today. This week we’re keeping it real simple and relatively healthy. Here’s what’s on the menu: Friday Night: Gefilte Fish Turkey drumsticks Sweet potatoes Broccoli kugel (freezer) Shabbos Lunch: Gefilte fish Chicken stir-fry Rice (freezer) Have a great Shabbos! Are you trying out any new…
Being on maternity leave is so different than working full-time. I still don’t plan fancy Shabbos menus, but just spend an abnormal amount of time cooking- or so it seems. For the past few weeks I have been spending my entire Thursday cooking. It’s like since I have time on…
I thought being on maternity leave would give me tons of free time to do the things I like (including blogging), but I forgot that maternity leave usually includes a very needy newborn baby. So far, I haven’t accomplished as much as I had wanted, but I did get to…
We survived our first Shabbos home alone with all three kids and are gearing up for a second. It’s been a long week, one which I was home alone with DS1 (who had off for Yeshiva week vacation) and DS3- just barely three weeks old. The challenge was that I…
This Shabbos will be our first one home since the birth of DS3. I’m excited to finally be home, but nervous to be all on our own with three small kids. In order to calm myself down I’ve been setting my expectations for the weekend: Kids will be off schedule-…
It’s been a while since I last posted my Shabbos menu. This week we’re keeping with our usual theme of super simple/ whatever’s in the freezer. I think with all the excitement and eating we did on Chanuka I desperately need a low-key Shabbos. Friday Night: Vegetable Soup (freezer) Minute…
This week I was able to do a bit of freezer cooking and made 3 potato knish kugels and 2 butternut squash kugels. It’s not really enough to tide us over for when I go back to working in the office, but I feel like at least we have something…
