Managing the Mundane

Everyday helps and hints for everyday life

A collection of ideas for meal planning, recipes, and cooking and cleaning tips and tricks

Let’s face it. Except for holidays and a few special occasions throughout the year, most of life is routine – dare I say – mundane. We get up, we go to work or go about our day, we take care of kids and our spouse, we cook, we clean, we attend after-school activities, church activities, and sporting events, and we fall into bed exhausted, just to start it all over the next day. That’s where this site comes into play. My goal is to help you manage your daily routine a little more efficiently and hopefully make things a little easier and more organized for you. Check out the About tab for more details about me and how this all started. You can get some suggested meal planning with recipes under the Menus tab and some planning, cooking, and cleaning pointers on the Helps and Hints tab.

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There are over a year’s worth of menus available on the site now, so I won’t be publishing any new menus. However, come back here often as I plan to post any new recipes that I have found and tried so that you have some new ideas as well. If I come up with any other new helps and hints, I will also post those.

And here are some of those new recipes that I have tried!! The ones that were previously posted are under the button New Recipes to Try!

Slow Cooker Chicken and Stuffing from 4recipe.com – This is a quick and easy recipe that is pretty delicious but is not necessarily the prettiest. It basically tastes like a deconstructed pot pie. A hint that I learned is that you probably want to go ahead and shred up the chicken when it is done cooking and mix everything together before serving. It thickens it up and makes it more appealing. Otherwise it’s a little runny.

Meatball and Pasta Bake from justapinch.com – This is a super-easy recipe that is basically like spaghetti and meatballs, but you use spiral pasta instead of spaghetti. It also makes a large portion so that you have leftovers or you have plenty for your family. I actually used frozen chicken meatballs from Aldi and they were delicious – and healthier! It does call for black olives it in. I left those out. I like them, but I did not want them in this recipe.

Chicken Teriyaki Noodles from succulentrecipes.com – Nice dish and just as good as take-out! I added mushrooms and onions to it as well. You can pretty much use whatever veggies you like in lo mein.

Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Soup from thereciperebel.com – If you like “regular” taco soup, I think you will like this as well. It is a little heavy on the cream, so it’s not necessarily good for you, but it is tasty. And it is literally a dump-n-go recipe. So easy!!

Slow Cooker Anasazi Beans from mindfulplate.com – This is my favorite recipe that I am sharing! Anasazi beans are very similar to pinto beans, and they originated in the Southwest. They cook up so tender and delicious with this recipe. You do have to “babysit” this just a little bit because you have to do something to it every couple of hours. My husband commented that these were the best beans I had ever cooked – and I agree! I’m sure you could use dried pinto beans with this recipe as well. I will definitely be making these again very soon!!