Bringing "back in the day" back to today
Sunday: Ham and Cheese Quiche, Cauliflower in cheese sauce Monday: Chicken Riggies, Salad Tuesday: Chicken and Roasted Garlic Chowder with Quick Rolls Wednesday: Sausage and Kale Pasta Thursday: Crock Pot Beef Tacos, Homemade Guacamole Friday: Slow Cooker Butter Chicken, Rice, Broccoli and Homemade Naan
A hectic schedule has forced me to use my time more wisely. I have switched my shopping day to Wednesdays for the time being so menu plans are running Thursday to Thursday now! Thursday: Chicken Milano, salad Friday: Crockpot Chili served over rice, corn Saturday: Stuffed Shells with meatballs, salad Sunday: Buttermilk Fried Chicken Strips, …
I am officially old. I asked for silicone bread pans for Christmas and I squealed like a little girl when I opened them. These babies needed a test run, so imagine my delight when I spied three past-their-prime bananas that desperately needed to be dealt with. Bread pans + Bananas = Delicious banana nut bread!
It’s that time again! We are going to be very busy again this week. Between karate, soccer and Halloween, we have something going on every night of the week. Planning ahead is necessary to stay on track and out of the drive thru! Happy Halloween Readers!!
Let’s rewind to approximately eleven years ago. Picture a small town girl, fresh out of college, whose most exotic lifetime food sampling had been sweet and sour chicken from the local Chinese joint. Now imagine that girl at a small potluck dinner function with a group of coworkers who had come all over the world. When my colleague handed …
Once upon a time, before I owned a stand mixer or a pastry blender, I attempted to make a pie crust. It was a dry, crumbly disaster. From that moment on, every pie crust came from the refrigerator section. And I was okay with that. Until recently, when my dear husband Eric discovered a …
This week’s menu includes some old favorites! Saturday: Homemade Pizza, Salad Sunday: Chicken Stew with Biscuits Monday: Turkey Pesto Meatballs with homemade pasta, Salad Tuesday: Italian Pork Tenderloin, buttered eggs noodles, broccoli Wednesday: Vegetable Samosas with Tandoori Chicken tenders Thursday: Jalapeno Chicken Tenders, couscous, corn Friday: Out
This may have been the most terrifying canning process to date. Only the truly daring handle massive amounts of hot peppers during the peak of allergy season. As I prepared to embark on this journey, I was pretty convinced that I would land in an emergency room with chemical burns in both eyes because …
It’s been a while since I’ve posted any recipes to the blog due to a variety of factors, including lack of both time and motivation. You can thank my pager for this blog post. It kindly blasted me out of bed, just after I fell asleep. Now, two hours later, I’ve thrown in the …
Breakfast has been seriously lacking around here since we gave store bought bread products the ole heave ho. This weekend I had decided that my usual breakfast of yogurt, fruit and granola wasn’t going to cut it. I was about to set out on a 9 mile run and I wanted to return to a greasy bacon, egg …