Amber Strocel*

6 Easy Ways to Make Every Day Earth Day

by Amber Strocel* April 22, 2011 16 comments

Hey ladies, this is Amber here. Earth Day falls in April. In honor of the holiday, many of us spend this month thinking green. But living lighter on the planet isn’t just for Earth Day. [...]
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Streamlining Dinner Time with a Meal Plan

by Amber Strocel* April 5, 2011 12 comments

Hey ladies, this is Amber here. I am a mom, which means that I don’t have a lot of free time. And the free time I do have is usually spent doing things like picking [...]
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Desperately Seeking Balance

by Amber Strocel* December 30, 2010 13 comments

Hey Ladies, this is Amber here. I have a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old. I spend my days at home with them, for the most part. This means that my days are hectic. I don’t accomplish [...]
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Ins and Outs of Blogging: Building Community

by Amber Strocel* December 20, 2010 12 comments

Hey Ladies, this is Amber here, continuing my series on how to start a blog — “The Ins and Outs of blogging.” This is the fifth post in the series — you can get caught [...]
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Ins and Outs of Blogging:

Collecting Blog Post Ideas

by Amber Strocel* December 9, 2010 13 comments

Hey Ladies, this is Amber here, continuing my series on how to start a blog — “The Ins and Outs of blogging.” This is the fourth post in the series — you can get caught [...]
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Ins and Outs of Blogging: Name That Blog!

by Amber Strocel* November 18, 2010 29 comments

Hey Ladies, this is Amber here, continuing my series of posts on the ins and outs of blogging. This is the third post in the series — if you want to get caught up check [...]
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Ins and Outs of Blogging: Choosing a Platform

by Amber Strocel* October 6, 2010 9 comments

Hey Ladies, this is Amber here… One of the things that I love about the 5 Minutes for Mom community is that so many of us are mom bloggers ourselves. We are online for a [...]
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Ins and Outs of Blogging: Why Blog?

by Amber Strocel* September 17, 2010 26 comments

Hey Ladies, this is Amber here… One of the things that I love about the 5 Minutes for Mom community is that so many of us are mom bloggers ourselves. We are online for a [...]
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Middle Eastern Bread and Vegetable Salad

by Amber Strocel* September 1, 2010 1 comment

Amber here… Can I make a confession? I am horrible at salads. They are my biggest cooking shortcoming, right after muffins. Salad should be easy, right? I make foods from scratch that seem much harder, [...]
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Back-to-School Lunchbox

by Amber Strocel* August 16, 2010 15 comments

Hey Ladies, this is Amber Strocel here… Back-to-school time is coming up fast. This is a big year for my family, because my oldest child Hannah is heading off to kindergarten. They grow up so [...]
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