Archive for the ‘recipes’ Category


Chocolate Chip Cookie War

Monday, July 25th, 2011 in family, recipes

I promised I would share with you the… dun dun dun…Chocolate Chip Cookie War we had while in California. My husband Tyler tells everyone he makes the best chocolate chip cookies. And HE does. They are better than any bakery cookies I have tried and better than any other cookies that have been brought to […]

Chicken Curry My Way (and the way the kiddos will eat it)

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 in Raising Kids on Read Food, cooking, recipes

OLLO. How ya doing? Good. Well today, I am going to try to talk you into trying curry for family dinner. Ha, wait did you already click off my blog? No really, I want to try to talk you into trying something new. Curry is a strong flavor, curry can be spicy and curry can […]

Meal Planning 101

Tomorrow night I have put together an activity for the ladies in my church on “Home Management 101” where we will attend 3 “Mini Classes” on Couponing, Meal Planning and Household Cleaning Tips. Seriously, I know sometimes we don’t mind it and then sometimes we can’t stand it, but shopping, cooking and cleaning are things […]

Easy Salad Wraps

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 in cooking, recipes

It is almost June…it should be warm enough to worry about heating up your house too much when cooking dinner…right? Well since it isn’t that hot here, how about you save this idea until it is? You just heat up a pan for a few minutes and that is all the heat you have to […]

Hippo Cupcakes

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011 in Parties, party time, recipes

There is this Italian market we love downtown. I drove there twice during my 9th month of pregnancy to get a huge meatball sub, Mmmm. Now the girls love going there because they have the “Hungry Hippo” treats that they beg for every time we walk into that place. So this post is brought to […]

Easy Bacon Lentil Soup, Post Baby

Thursday, May 12th, 2011 in recipes

Alright, somehow it ended up that I didn’t have to cook for a whole month. Freezer meals, combined with meals brought in to me, combined with a little bit of eating out has made it so I have not had to cook. Until yesterday. Oh yesterday. Not a good day. So I sat down to […]

Beef Enchiladas from Scratch…SCRATCH

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 in recipes

My husband loves enchiladas and I have made countless batches of awful enchiladas. I wanted to try to make beef enchiladas from scratch (I mean SCRATCH) to see how good they would really be. Oh and they were…THEY WERE. Beef Enchiladas from Scratch Ingredients: Olive Oil 3 Yellow Onions, diced 10-20 Garlic Cloves, minced 5 […]

All Natural Easter Egg Dying

Thursday, March 17th, 2011 in party time, recipes

This is a great way to dye your Easter eggs this year for whatever reason matters the most to you: it’s a fun science experiment, you stay away from commercial dyes, it is cheap AND it’s just something new and different! All Natural Easter Egg Dyeing Colors 1. To make a beautiful light blue dyed […]

Fish Cakes

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011 in Raising Kids on Read Food, cooking, recipes

Fish Cakes! Something new that we have never tried before. The girls and I loved them. Fish Cakes Makes 12 fish cakes Ingredients: Salmon fillet, a little over 1 lb 2 lbs of Idaho Potatoes 1 to 1 1/2 Cups of Milk Zest of 1 Lemon Bay Leaf Black Pepper & Salt 1/2 Bunch of […]

Wacky Cake Recipe

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011 in recipes

This recipe has no nutritional value…sorry. It is something I never had while growing up but my husband did and now it is one of our family favorites. It’s a go-to FHE treat, something that is cheap to make and a recipe with ingredients you always have. They SAY that it is a cake that […]