Bold Turquoise

Mar 5 2013

I’ve Been Holding Out on You- My Crazy Week of Diet Overhaul

That’s right- there is something I haven’t been telling you. It’s something that I started to really get convicted of around the beginning of the year but just couldn’t bring myself to say anything here because, if I’m being honest, I didn’t want the accountability. Kind of like when I am trying something new and… Read more…

Dec 27 2012

FREE 2013 Bold Meal Planner

The much anticipated FREE 2013 Bold Meal Planner is here at last! This year’s version includes: Binder cover & Spine Binder Divider Tabs Dated Calendars for 2013 with highlighted holidays Full-page shopping list for when you are making those BIG trips to the store! You can download these printables at the bottom of this post…. Read more…

Dec 30 2011

It’s Finally Here- the 2012 Meal Planner!!

**Update** The brand new, 2013 Meal Planner is now up and available for download on this post.  Enjoy! I finally did it! I got the 2012 year-long menu planner revised and uploaded to a more friendly platform (aka- it’s NOT going to ask you to pay!!). I know many of you have been very patiently… Read more…

Sep 2 2011

Freezer Breakfasts- the ins and outs (with printable plan)

Alright, I know there have been many of you wanting to get your hands on this little printable and I am so sorry I wasn’t able to post it sooner! I was working on getting some permissions for reposting and now have everything good and clear so we’re ready to roll! Basically, I came up… Read more…

Aug 24 2011

Putting together your Meal Plan Binder for the year

****UPDATE-  The 2013 version of the menu planner is up and ready for you to download (for free)!  So, after you read this post head on over to this one to download the fresh and free version!**** My dearest apologies to all of you for not having this post up as quickly as I thought… Read more…

Aug 19 2011

Meal Planning a Year at a Time- Yes it can be done!

***UPDATE- The 2013 version of the year-long meal planner is now available!  Check out this post for the snazzy, pepped up and very FREE printable- after you read this one of course! *** Well, here it is- one of the big doosie posts I’ve heard so many of you are looking forward to (I can… Read more…

Aug 9 2011

Branching out- my OWN bread recipe!

Well, I have been fooling around with this whole homemade bread baking thing for about a year now and I have to say that for most of the year I really did make all of our bread. It has been fun trying different recipes and seeing what my family likes. In recent months however, I… Read more…

May 19 2011

Gnocchi with Mushroom Sauce, how I love thee!

Well here’s another one that comes courtesy of The Pioneer Woman… sorta. Well, she posted a picture of it a few weeks ago and I’ve had it up in a browser tab ever since, just waiting for the perfect time to make it. I don’t know why yesterday was “perfect” for it, but I was… Read more…

May 11 2011

A soup by any other color…

I cannot blame him for having an immediate aversion to ingesting this, because to be perfectly honest, I had my own doubts. I purposefully ladled an unproportionately small helping into my bowl for fear that with the first bite I would spew it across the room and thus ruin any chances of my children ever… Read more…

Apr 25 2011

Manly Cupcakes

What do you think of when you hear the word “cupcake?” You think of cute things, right? Puffy clouds, rainbows, ponies, pixies dancing on raindrops-girly stuff. Well “girly” and “cute” are two words that DO NOT fly in the BOLD household unless they are in direct reference to mama or a potential sister for the… Read more…