Mastering the Kitchen
This week’s challenge was to make a recipe. I am not the most adventureus cook. If you ask me to bake, I’m all over that – but cook? Thankfully my wonderful husband and my girls are happy with...
View ArticleMenu Planning Made Easy!
This week the HOMEmaker’s Challenge was on menu planning. I’m getting better with this, thanks to a 3in30 goal, but I still need to tweak my plan just a bit! A few months ago we sat down and looked...
View ArticleMarvelous Monday!
I’ve found a new way to cook in the summer heat – my slow cooker! Admittedly, I use my slow cooker in the fall/winter for chili, stew and soups – but I never thought about using it in the summer. Then...
View ArticleTasteful Tuesday
Over the weekend I tried another slow cooker recipe. My guy and girls love baked ziti, but with the temps in the 90s {and no central air} I really didn’t want to turn on the oven. I combined a few...
View ArticleTasteful Tuesday
Although it is still quite hot, Sophie, Bella and I had fun making a yummy treat that Laura shared with me a few weeks ago. Cake Pops!! It was an easy recipe for the girls to follow and since baking is...
View ArticleTasteful Tuesday
Thanks to Larri who left this yummy recipe in the comments on my last Tasteful post, we had a wonderful summer dinner this week! Crockpot Chicken 1 pound boneless chicken1 can cream of celery soup1...
View ArticleTasteful Tuesday Taco Style!
I tweeted about making Taco Chicken last week, and got so many requests for the recipe that I decided to post it here. My cousin sent me this recipe when I was looking for some slow cooker ideas....
View ArticleSecret Family Hot Cross Buns
One of my favorite things about having my birthday in early April is that it generally lands during Lent. My mom would make Hot Cross Buns every week during Lent, so I always had a fresh batch for my...
View ArticleSo Simple Chili-Cranberry Meatballs
Here in NJ I think I can finally say fall has arrived. We’ve had our first frost, and the temps have been hovering in the mid sixties but diving into the thirties at night. The leaves are changing,...
View Article10 Perfect Fall Crockpot Recipes
Once the weather starts to cool, and here in NJ by cool I mean we are finally in the mid/low 70s, I love to pull out my crockpot. I really think the crockpot can be an overlooked tool in the kitchen,...
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