Yay! We’re ready for another week of Meal Planning! I have new recipes for you guys…..the truth, though, is that I probably won’t be cooking much this week. My Mom is coming into town tomorrow and we always end up buying easy meals and spend our time hanging out instead of cooking. I love having…
Monday Menu Planning
Ooh! I am so excited for this week’s menu. I’m trying a few new recipes (always a slight risk when sharing!) Don’t blame me if they don’t turn out. Ha! **Crock Pot New England Clam Chowder **Creamy Herbed Pasta (vegetarian) **Caribbean Pelau **Sesame Pork Ribs (crock pot) And a few extras: **Butterscotch Dessert **Homemade Cream…
Fun with melted chocolate and sprinkles!
On Thursday, the kids and I tried an amazingly easy and sinfully yummy recipe posted on a friend Melinda’s blog the other day. Reese got a little out-of-hand with the melted chocolate and sprinkles…. But in the end, we had these… Oh my! Heavenly! Mine were not as beautiful as Melinda’s, but they tasted SO…
Monday Menu Planning
Here we are at the start of a new week, and I’m ready with a new meal plan. Here we go! I’ve listed all the new recipes on my recipe blog. Photos will be added as I cook them this week. Lemon-Garlic chicken (Crock Pot) My Favorite Taco Salad (a classic from my childhood) Chicken…
Monday Menu Planning
I am ready to get back into the groove this week, with the kids back in school and me back on a schedule. Last night KitKat made yummy **banana bread**, so I though I’d pass that recipe on, too. For our meals this week, we are carrying over the **Popover Chicken** that never made it…
We built a house….
We typically make one of those gingerbread kits early in December, but somehow I never ran across one in the stores this year. I’m sure they were there. I just never saw them. I was feeling bad about missing out on the family decorating time, so I pulled out a recipe that an former grandma-aged…
A New Years Recipe for you–Corn and Black Eyed Peas Salsa!
I learned yesterday that black eyed peas are a traditional New Years food. Big news to me! I eat them all year long. Here is one of my favorite ways to eat them: Corn and Black Eyed Peas Salsa 1 can corn, drained1 can black eyed peas, drained2-3 tomatoes, choppedfresh cilantro, to taste, chopped (after…
Monday Menu Planning
Another week of menu planning! I can’t use the holidays as an excuse not to plan meals for another week. Here are the meals I’ve got scheduled for this week. I’ve included the recipes on my new recipe blog, with links below (pictures will be added as I make them this week). Enjoy! **Cheesy Vegetable…
Introducing…..
My new recipe blog. I decided to put my recipes together in one place. It’s still a work in progress. I’ll be adding recipes regularly (or at least every Monday). The real work in this food blog? I designed it myself. Background image, header, button, and all. It was a little frustrating, but I proved…
CandyMan’s Peanut Butter Cookies
I get to take a week off from planning and cooking dinners as we get ready for Christmas. I took my friend, Karen’s advice and made extra meals all month long and stuck them in the freezer to use this week. Now I can sit back, wrap presents, and concentrate on my big ham dinner…