New Year’s Resolutions Need Not Apply
I’ve never understood New Year’s Resolutions. I don’t believe the hype. I guess that I’m just not a New Year’s Resolution kind of gal. It’s not that I am so perfect that there is no need for...
View ArticleSuper Bowl = Super Food
With the Super Bowl coming up this weekend, I thought I’d remind you of some very easy, very delicious appetizers to bring to your Super Bowl gathering. Because the Super Bowl is more about the snacks...
View ArticleLenten Housekeeping
(Photo Credit) I don’t typically give anything up for Lent. Instead, I like to do things to enrich the spirit, and bless others. This year, my focus is on blessing my family and friends. Allow me to...
View ArticleOne Recipe, Two Ways: Spaghetti and Meatballs or Meatball Sliders
Feeding a family of 6 daily home cooked meals requires a certain amount of organization and ingenuity. Organization because a weekly meal plan is an absolute must for me–it’s the only way that I can...
View ArticleMenu Planning 101: The Key To My Sanity
Pictured recipe: Cajun Chicken Alfredo As much as I was ready for winter to go, springtime begets a whole new set of circumstances. Circumstances involving 3 of 4 children participating in 5...
View ArticleMake Your Pantry: Chicken and Vegetable Stocks
Feeding a family of six, with four of them being seemingly insatiable growing boys, our food budget can get out of control in a heartbeat. The budget is further stretched by the fact that I prefer to...
View ArticleLaundry Helpers
(Photo Credit) Before we had children, Hubby & I had two beautiful Great Danes, and also volunteered with a great organization called Great Dane Rescue, Inc. We would evaluate incoming Danes,...
View ArticleOne Recipe Two Ways: Basic Pork Roast and Pork Carnitas
Being that Cinco de Mayo falls on a Thursday this year, I was trying to come up with a recipe that I could share that would have a Tex-Mex flair, but still be quick and easy to throw together on a busy...
View ArticleHappy Memorial Day
(Korean War Memorial in Washington D.C.) Thank you to all the men and women, past and present, that are fighting or have given their lives to protect our country’s freedom. May God bless you all....
View ArticleCooking 101: Instructional Cookbooks
Cookbooks can contain a wealth of information beyond just recipes. Some cookbooks act as an anthropological record of society and culture at a given point in time. Some are instructional. Some...
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