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Welcome to one of our newest features here at Heavenly Homemakers! I love hearing the stories of how you are using the recipes you find on our site or in our books. Do you have a story to share? Take a picture or two, then email me with the details of how you use your favorite Heavenly Homemaker recipe. :)

Lori sent this in last week – a wonderful inspiration to all of us as we begin busy school years:

With school starting next week, I’ve been spending some time in the kitchen. I like breakfast to be as quick and simple as possible. My husband is usually in charge of feeding the kids while I’m getting ready for work. When I asked my kids (Kaylee-11 and Blake-8) what I should have available for breakfasts when school starts, they both said Breakfast Cookies. Silly question, I know. These cookies have been a staple at our house since I discovered the recipe a few years ago. Kaylee has actually been asking for them all summer. She will be thrilled to come home from camp to find the freezer stocked with her beloved cookies.

Blake is the happy taste tester!

Elias, our 12 year old, walked through my office as I was prepping this post. He was excited to see:

All the food in the picture. Elias likes looking at food as much as I do. :)
My cookbook in the picture. “Hey look, it’s your book!”
Blake’s glasses are almost identical to his. Love of breakfast cookies and matching glasses? I think they’d get along just fine. :)

Can’t wait to hear from more of you. Share your stories!

I loved reading about all that you did last week to get ahead for breakfast! When I extend a challenge, you all really do jump right in. Thanks for making this so much fun! I’m sure your family thanks you too. But who really benefits the most from getting ahead? You and I. Yes indeed. The pay off for our efforts is that we make our kitchen work so much easier. Sweet!

Feel free to continue getting ahead with breakfast foods. (Yes, you have my permission.) Our Getting Ahead eCourse and eBook can help. Now we’re moving on to the evening meal, the Getting Ahead for Dinner Challenge. Feel free to call this a Supper Challenge if you prefer. I grew up calling it supper, but now I call it dinner, but that’s a post I already wrote a few years ago. :)

Who’s with me?! Let’s Do This!

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What’s involved in this challenge? Anything that will help you put a healthy meal on the table in the evening a little bit faster or with a little less effort.

Some Getting Ahead for Dinner ideas:

Use your crock pot (here are all of our Healthy Crock Pot recipes.)
Cook meat ahead of time so that you can throw it into rice or pasta later
Make a Cheesy Beef and Rice casserole ahead of time to warm up at meal time
Freeze Chicken Fried Steak Strips for easy-to-grab meals
Put extra casseroles in the freezer for easy meals later on
Start making a dinner time menu plan for the week (here are our Main Dish recipes)

And those are just a few ideas. There are so many tasks you can do ahead of time to make your dinnertimes easier. (Lesson one and two – well all the lessons really – in the Let’s Do This! eCourse will give you more guidance.)

I’m planning to get a few casseroles made this weekend to help with busy days the next couple of weeks. It is SO nice to effortlessly grab a frozen casserole out of the freezer to heat up for dinner.

Let’s hear it! What are you going to make to get ahead for dinner? (Or do you prefer to call it supper?)

Share Your Story: Getting Ahead For a Healthy Breakfast

Let’s Do This! Join the Getting Ahead {Dinner} Challenge

Who’s with me?! Let’s Do This!