Our gallery page http://jessandzach.shutterfly.com/ finally got a bit of an update!
New pics, a few new recipes and a style section.
I decided to start keeping track of some of my outfits and try to be fashionable so I don’t turn into a frumpy mom. 
I was inspired by a friend, she has a gift and is always amazingly fashionable. Check out her blogs http://charmedvalerie.com/ and http://momstreetstyle.com/! Send me your inspiration or favorite outfits. I need all the help I can get!
Successful first week of making 5 dinners in 1 hour. It took me 1 hour and 18 minutes because I had a helper. Checkout http://5dinners1hour.blogspot.com/ I made the free trial week- looks yummy!
Week 1 with a helper
The free trial week had a good variety- bean and cheese quesadillas (we added chicken) [SO TASTY and the leftovers were great for lunch today (I took the filling out of the tortilla to store overnight)], Asian slow cooker pork chops [Delicious and nice to come home from work to a full meal!] , breakfast casserole for dinner, mini meatloaf, turkey croissants (added avocado). It is $5 for a …month of menus (5 per week). We wasted at least that much by going out to eat or throwing out unused ingredients. You can substitute ingredients and you have 2 days unplanned so you can do whatever you want. The one hour is prep time and then the day of the meal you cook it, but will only have 1 dirty dish and no wasted time figuring out what to eat or if you have the ingredients. It also gives recommendations for a side dish. The shopping list is well organized too. So far I am a big fan and we’ve only eaten 2 of the meals! We got into a rut of having the exact same things…. spaghetti, tacos, frozen pizza, out to eat. Blah. Then a friend recommended http://5dinners1hour.blogspot.com/ Thanks Clarissa! Happy Cooking!
It is hard to believe that our “Very Hungry Caterpillar” is turning one on Wednesday (December 22)! We celebrated on Saturday with family and friends. It was fun to decorate from one of her/my favorite books. We even had all of the food that the caterpillar ate! A big thanks to The Jenny Layne Bakery for making the day extra sweet! Pics and videos in the gallery.
Love, Caroline Smith
Smith Family Christmas 2010
