Comments on: Simple Shrimp Fajitas

By: Bree P.

Bree P. — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 23:23:26 +0000

Hello!! I’m the sorta busy Mom with two kids under the age of 3. I am the Mom that knows home cooked meals are best, but hasn’t come to love cooking yet. I love when I come across a blog who has a meal plan for their family for the week and shares the meal plan and shopping list. It makes me excited to cook when I see how others are feeding their families for the week. Sometimes meal planning and cooking seem so overwhelming. To me it seems like you have to have the main dish and what seems like a handful of different side dishes + dessert. Whew.. I guess I feel like I can’t manage all that with two little ones hanging on my legs. Mornings I seem to have more motivation. Crock pot meals take a large amount of stress off my shoulders. I guess I ought to try to prepare dinner earlier in the day that way when evening comes around we aren’t all so anxious and ready to give up and just go out.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 21:35:39 +0000

I’m not a mom (yet) – I only just got married in August! I’ve been reading your blog way before even getting engaged, though. Having learned to cook at a young age, and cooking dinner for my family (and now my husband) ever since, I love having ideas for meals. Especially healthy, quick, easy meals. That’s not why I started reading your blog, though. Your blog drew me in with the stories of the things you were finding in the walls (I had to read those posts way after they were posted, but they were so interesting!), and hearing your dreams for building your own house (and now it’s actually happening)! I loved hearing stories about your family, your life, and your faith – and dreaming that someday I could have a similar situation. That someday, I could raise my own children, and even have chickens, too. Often times, your blog appears in my email folder, and I have to come back to it later (like this post) because I can’t get to reading it right that moment. When I get the chance to read your posts, though, they are always worth it. Thank you for sharing your world with us.

By: Emily Johnson

Emily Johnson — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 16:34:09 +0000

Yep, you know your audience 🙂 I find it helpful when you demystify the less-common ingredients that I’m scared to try on my own (like quinoa, brown rice, healthy stuff like that.) I also like hearing how you tackle family issues and how you’re working towards your dreams with the house and your farming and all that. It’s encouraging!

By: deb c

deb c — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 04:39:45 +0000

Yup, the big question….what’s for dinner? Tonight it was Shrimp Fajitas…thanks! Next time I will back off on the cumin….the poor shrimp were overpowered. A fresher, juicier lime would have been better too….mine should have gone to the compost monster a week ago, but hey, you do what ya gotta do! Mr. Picky wouldn’t eat the peppers and I couldn’t pull the mom card on him. Yes, you are right, I am already trying to figure out what is for dinner tomorrow night! Grrrr… its a never-ending problem! I have just started learning about freezer crock pot cooking….. your book will be a blessing! You have done all the experimenting and fine tuning for me….I like you! I hope you aren’t trying to re-invent the wheel….your wheel has been rolling just fine! How’s the chickens?

By: Marseille

Marseille — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 19:08:41 +0000

Yep, that’s exactly who I am. I love easy, normal ingredient food.

By: AmyW

AmyW — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 18:54:44 +0000

I am a working mom who has always been a collector of recipes. I first cooked dinner for my family when I was 6 years old. I used to read cookbooks for pleasure, but now I just collect recipes. I have lots of cookbooks and love to cook from them. I can’t remember how I found your blog, but it has been fun for me to get ideas from you. Because I am busy, I usually try to have something quick in the pantry or fridge to make. We do Dream Dinners, but not every day of the week. Your blog helps me have an idea in the back of my mind for when we’re just cooking dinner from scratch. I used a bunch of your stuff for Thanksgiving dinner. I also enjoy seeing how you do what you do and knowing that there are other busy moms out there making life fun for the kids.

By: Beka

Beka — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 17:45:17 +0000

A book! How exciting!!!! You nailed it on the head with who I am. I am the busy mom who lives less than a mile from five different fast food places, with another three only two miles away. It’s literally faster, and usually cheaper for me to go get food for my family instead of prepare it. Good thing I know how important good food is! But it still needs to be fast 😛 Our main meal of the day is lunch since my husband works nights, and with homeschooling in the morning, I often lose track of time. So it’s usually either something super fast, or fast food. I love all that you do here – keep up the good work!