Celebrating Food!

We celebrated the many foods that have national holidays today (9/20) on the Morning Thing. If you’re looking for a good snack, or lunch or dinner ideas today, try pepperoni pizza, fried rice, string cheese, or queso. Yum!

Check out these links for these food’s histories and for fun ways to eat them:

National Pepperoni Pizza Day

National Fried Rice Day

National String Cheese Day

National Queso Day

GREAT Back-to-School ideas and activities for your family

It is Back-to-School Week on The Morning Thing. We found some wonderful ideas and activities for your family from imom.com

Click HERE to find organization tips and ideas on how to celebrate this new year and new beginning!

Here are some of the tips we shared today.

Back to School Home Organization Ideas

Back to School Feast

Back to School Party Ideas for a Family Celebration

Role Swap Back to School Game

Back-to-School Games

Want to save money? Look for these things at Yard and Garage Sales!

We are all trying to stretch the family budget this summer. The Morning Thing hosts have been on the search for tips to share with your family.

We found a list of items to look for the next time you stop at a yard or garage sale.
You can save a lot of money if you know what to look for.

Check out the full list HERE.

Happy Hunting friends!

For more money saving tips, don’t miss the wonderful feature My MoneyLife, weekdays at 3:50pm on WNZR. This program from Crown Financial Ministries shares tips and insights from Chuck Bentley on how to manage your money life while still living on a budget!
You can access some incredible resources on the Crown website – https://www.crown.org/

Eating Healthy on a Budget

I think we can all agree that the recent rise in grocery prices has made it harder to eat health. We wanted to help you out so your health doesn’t have to be a burden at the store!

Big thanks to Healthline for this amazing article on clever ways to eat healthy while on a budget! Here are some awesome ways to do that…

  1. Plan Your Meals
  2. Stick to Your Grocery List
  3. Cook at Home
  4. Cook Large Portions and Use Your Leftovers
  5. Don’t Shop When You’re Hungry

To read more ways to save click HERE

Need a fresh idea for lunch? Check out these ideas!

Today, The Morning Thing shared some easy, cold lunch ideas. These are perfect for making ahead of time, so you can grab them from the refrigerator and pack them in your lunch bag with an ice pack.

Try a few recipes and let us know how you enjoyed lunch! Thanks to www.everydayfamilycooking.com for their recipes and tips.

35 EASY COLD LUNCH IDEAS

Here are some recipes that The Morning Thing hosts want to try!

5-MINUTE BUFFALO CHICKEN WRAP

NO COOK MASON JAR CHICKEN TACO SALAD

MAKE-AHEAD HEALTHY TRAVEL SALAD

SIMPLE ITALIAN PASTA SALAD WITH NO MEAT

Protein Snack Pack – Easy Lunch Meal Prep

Slow-Cooker Recipes with Only 5 Ingredients!

This morning we shared some 5 ingredient slow-cooker recipes to help make meals a little easier. Some of these meals take 30 minutes and others take 7 hours! Thanks to All Recipes for these awesome meals!

Here are a few we talked about…

  • Big Game Dip
  • Pulled Pork
  • French Dips
  • Ham
  • Beef Stroganoff

To see more click HERE.

Easy Winter Recipes!

Do you feel like you never know what to cook for dinner? Or do you feel like you cook the same thing every week? This morning we gave you some easy dinners that will spice up your meals. Thanks to Taste of Home for this incredible article! You can click on these dinners below to to get the full recipe and some even have videos to go with it! If you want all 100 recipes just click HERE.

Pantry-Friendly Dinners!

Today we talked some pantry-friendly dinners that can be cooked in 45 minutes or less. These are good for families that are looking for something to just throw together from food they already have. Thanks to All Recipes for this article.

Here are some of our favorites…

  • Tomato-Cream Sauce for Pasta
  • Simple Beef Stroganoff
  • Baked Italian Chicken Thighs
  • Easy Chicken Noodle Casserole

Click HERE to read the full article with all the recipes included!

It’s Thanksgiving Eve!

This morning we talked about some tips to make Thanksgiving successful this year. We all know things can get a little crazy so here are “10 Sanity-Saving Thanksgiving Tips, Tricks and Hacks” brought to you by Food Network. Here are some of the tricks…

  • Ice Chest As a Fridge
  • Pennies As Pie Weights
  • Aluminum Foil As a Roasting Rack
  • Slow Cooker As Mashed Potato Keeper
  • Measuring Cup As a Fat Separator

Click HERE to read all of the tips and tricks. Hope these hacks help your Thanksgiving go a lot smoother!

Stressful Morning Breakfast Tips

Sometimes the morning can be extra stressful so we wanted to help you out! We talked about 5 Ways to Streamline Breakfast When Life is Stressful. Thank you iMom for this wonderful article!

We talked about…

  • Grab a glass of milk
  • Make ahead
  • Sync the menu
  • Theme your days
  • Assign tasks

Here is a great resource for some make ahead muffins! Click HERE to see them!

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