WOW!

I am a skeptic by nature. So, when I started seeing ALL over Pinterest how to regrow my green onions it was only natural that I think, yeah right! However, Tuesday as I was preparing dinner and slicing into the lush green of my green onions I figured why not give it a try.

Placing my white onion bulbs with roots still attached in a glass of water, I was certain I would be throwing them out within a matter of days. Imagine my surprise when the next morning I noticed they had indeed grown. By the end of the day almost all of my onions had at least 1/4" growth!

On the matter of whether green onions can be regrown I am a believer....for now.

My onions 48 hours after I placed them in a glass of water. The bright green is the regrowth.

Dinner Menus

A friend of mine commented on this blog about not being sure where or how to start doing menus....

My advice is simple. Just decide to do it and then do it. If doing a whole month seems daunting, try starting with doing just one week. When you are comfortable doing that, try doing two weeks and so on.

Menu planning isn't for everyone. I can attest to the blessings my family has seen by my being prepared;

• Our grocery bill has shrink drastically because I am buying what we need. No longer am I trying to fill our pantry with things we "might" use. Sure I am still working on building up our food storage, but I am more in tune with what we actually use. Food no longer goes to waste waiting for the day we "might" use it.
  
• My family eats more dinners at home around the table. Sadly before Meghan started eating solid foods, we ate a lot of dinners in front of the T.V., or just went out. We still go out, but only once a week. That has saved us a lot of money. No one is perfect and there have been a couple of times that we have gone out when it wasn't planned, but those occasions have decreased dramatically since I began menu planning.
• We try more new recipes. No longer am I scrambling at the last minute to come up with an idea for dinner. When scrambling I find myself turning to the tried and true dinners of things like tacos on a regular basis. Now there is nothing wrong with tacos, it is still one of our favorite meals, but families can not live on tacos alone. My husband would argue that....

Whether you hand write your menu or use a computer program it matters not. Start small and grow big....think sunflower