Taco Salad

We seemed to be in the cooking mode this Jumuah. We started the day making zucchini frittata (previous post), my 12 year old made chocolate chip cookies (big thing as we recently found chocolate chips for the first time here) and for dinner we made taco salad. I think that I have run [...]

Zucchini Frittata

Zucchini Frittata (in muffin pan)

My mother used to make this when I was little. I had been wanting to make this for quite some time, but after six years abroad, I am just now finding grated Parmesan Cheese in the store. So when I found it the other day, this [...]

Kids and Chores

I’ve just updated TJ’s Household Jobs page with more links to chore charts, chore related articles and a few new TJ printables including a chore chart for older children and a Morning/Evening routine chart for the little ones–a blank one and a picture, Islamicized one.
http://www.talibiddeenjr.com/aroundthehouse_householdjobs.htm 

Shortcuts to keeping kids clean and healthy

I came across this article today that I thought was interesting:
Shortcuts to keeping kids clean and healthy
The article talks about some of the things that parents may “slack” on in a hygienic sense, but good news, the article claims, some of those things may not be as much of  a problem in a [...]

Are vaccinations permissible in Islam?

This question had recently come up on one of my egroups. Masha Allah I had had the same question myself as I know some sisters do not get their children vaccinated. I do not follow the vaccination schedules in the states, mostly because its hard to get out and get them (they do [...]