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I like a nice day with my family but with the caveat that my husband do a bit more of the dirty work than usual. ;) We both work full time. Weekends are for family!

We shop mainly two places: Super Target and Sunflower. Sunflower is awesome for produce and dairy, but I'm not a fan of their meat. I like Super Target's meat and they have things like 2% cheese we can't get at Sunflower as well as diapers!

I've been storing recipes on computer since I've been cooking when I was in college (circa 2000). Word files, personal website, blog. I get tons from the internet too, most recently via pinterest. I used to print one occasionally ... that is until I got my Kindle Fire. Now that is a thing of the past too. The only paper that remains are my favorite cookbooks. Even my single cooking magazine subscription has gone digital. Of course my mom's recipe box to say nothing of my grandmas' will always hold a special place in my heart. :)

She is adorable! Happiest of birthdays. :)

We've fried a turkey two different ways ... firstly with a the giant kettle over an open flame method and secondly with a counter-top fryer (looks like a big bread maker or fry-daddy). The second method is vastly easier, cleaner and safer. The machine costs a bit more but you save some in oil since you need less so there's some tradeoff there.

Ours is similar if not identical to this one: http://www.amazon.com/Masterbuilt-20010109-Butterball-Professional-Electric/dp/B002JM1ZMY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1320159296&sr=8-1

Beyond the frying part itself, you of course need to season the beast. The way we've been told to do it making a marinade and then injecting under the skin. This has worked well but I'm sure there's plenty of alternatives out there.

Good luck!!

I posted on this today! I can hardly keep these around the house they're so popular with my family. We don't core the apples, but we use the dehydrator so it's interesting to have this take on it.

http://jesser.org/?p=3405

The Whole Foods Blog isn't a bad place to start ... they advertise some steep discounts on quality meats here and there. Super Target's website also offers their coupons which occasionally include $$ off on something green. Otherwise, for us it's shop seasonal, stock up when it's cheap, all the usual tricks.

Hope to hear some other tips!

We tried the French onion chicken recipe too and it was a HUGE hit with everyone from ages 2-89, no joke.

My heart goes out to you and your family. Such a terrible loss - I hope you and all your loved ones are OK physically at least. Hopefully living in the RV will be a good experience for you all that you will one day have fond memories of!

As for suggestions, I would suggest finding a wall pocket for some storage. We just spent a weekend camping in our popup and there were many times I wished for a place to put little things like glasses or my phone or flashlight or whatever. I thought a hanging wall pocket (similar to this one: http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/264589527/hanging_wall_pocket_storage_door_storage.html) would fit the bill.

Good luck with this big transition.

I've never thought of it as fizzy either ... sort of just like a smoothie. My kids love it and it's a great breakfast on the go.