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Julia’s Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowls Food Julia Busuttil Nishimura Julia’s easy mid-week dinner; teriyaki chicken rice bowls! I talk a lot about ‘weeknight meals’, but as a busy mum of two young boys, what’s for dinner is always front of mind and so I love to share the recipes that are quick and satisfying for those nights when time is limited. Even though my work revolves around cooking and testing recipes, often all day long, I too feel that midweek dinner time pressure too. The criteria for me is simple, nourishing and something that my kids will eat! On high...

MONDAY Second Tuesday genealogy group meeting: Ancestry.com has 30 billion records and 100 million family trees waiting to be explored. Join the genealogy group for a fun evening, and start building a family tree; 7 p.m. Monday, Zoom; free; broomfieldgensoc.org. A Case for the Mondays: This leads group meets on the second and fourth Monday of each month; 11 a.m. Monday, James Jacobson’s building, 5760 W. 120th, Broomfield; $50; members.broomfieldchamber.com. Monday Means Business: This group meets each Monday at noon in Broomfield. Any Chamber member is invited to visit the group twice at no charge; noon Monday, La Distileria Restaurant,...

A seasonal alfresco dinner that won’t take hours to prepareThere was a blissfully summery dinner on the table this week. A salmon pie, the pastry crisp, the filling soft and creamy – a mixture of spinach, salmon and crème fraîche. The pie was followed by a dessert of honey-sweetened gooseberries and crisp meringues with centres like marshmallow. It was the first evening meal in the garden this year, and was memorable for both its seasonality and ease.I dearly love a fish pie, topped with a thick layer of buttery mash, a coulibiac, too, with the fish wrapped inside a pastry...

Transform a dollar store vase and tissue paper into a cool night light for your room. No special tools or equipment needed for this easy decoupage project.  The post Goldfish Bowl Night Light was featured on Fun Family Crafts.

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure statement for more information. Written by Shawna Wingert of Not the Former Things My son talked me into buying him a plastic ceramics wheel this year. “But I looooooooooooooooove it, Momma. And I know how much you like me working on my art.” (I’m a sucker, y’all.) He was so excited. We set it up the next morning, right after breakfast. After mixing up the clay, we got to it. Five minutes later, there was clay splattered all over my dining room. I mean all over. Like a crime scene that you...