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Single Parent Dating
& Parenting Teens


Asparagus Pasta Recipe

Posted on March 2nd, 2010 | 16 comments

As a single parent raising teens, I love quick and easy dinner recipes.
My kids and I like fresh asparagus, and we eat a ton of pasta to fuel our sports (cycling and running for me, soccer and track for my daughter, lacrosse and wrestling for my son.)
So when I discovered an asparagus pasta recipe in [...]

Grilled Chicken Marinade Recipe – Jamaican Jerk Seasoning

Posted on May 22nd, 2009 | 13 comments

When my friends and I sailed a catamaran around the British Virgin Islands for a week, we fell in love with jerk chicken. It’s made with a spicy tasty grilled chicken marinade that goes great with a Bushwacker cocktail or a Dark and Stormy (Gosling’s rum, ginger beer and lime).
It’s easy to make your own [...]

Quaker Oatmeal is Good for You and Easy to Make

Posted on May 8th, 2009 | 31 comments

What do you eat for breakfast? A piece of toast? A bowl of Wheaties? A muffin from some coffee place? I have a suggestion – start eating Quaker Oatmeal every morning for breakfast. It will do wonders for your body and your day.
(To get straight to the recipe, scroll down)
No, I wasn’t asked by Quaker [...]

Cooking Tasty Vegan Recipes from Scratch

Posted on July 18th, 2008 | 5 comments

David Mott is on vacation this week, and Dad’s House has been taken over by some great guest bloggers. Ending the week, Honey from HoneyAndLance.com heads into the kitchen…
We go out to eat, or buy takeout, or get pre-prepared (kind of redundant, eh?) food so often these days that the idea of cooking something [...]