Category Archives: Recipes

This recipe is a keeper. Once you try the ooey gooey deliciousness of this treat you will want it all the time! Ingredients: 18 cups popped corn 1 cup corn syrup 1 cup sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 cup … Continue reading →

Pasta Puttanesca, try saying that 5 times fast! We like to eat vegetarian meals, especially during the summer months.  The vegetables are  in abundance during this time of year.   This is the best time to get your kids to try … Continue reading →

Whenever family comes into town to visit they demand that my husband makes biscuits.  They are thick biscuits that have plenty of room for butter and my mom’s homemade jam! I have decided to share this recipe so that you … Continue reading →

We just celebrated National Pancake Day!  IHOP even gets in on the celebration and offers free pancakes all day long.  We love to eat pancakes at our house!  I knew that I wanted to make some, the question was for … Continue reading →

I don’t know about you, but I like to find occasions to celebrate.  My son was participating in his high school pops concert, and we like to have a little celebration after the concert.  I always seem to have the … Continue reading →

One of my son’s favorite foods is Pizza.  When he has his friends over this is what we like to make.  The kids like to make their own creations, it is filling (hard to achieve with teenagers who are bottomless … Continue reading →

I keep waiting for my husband to surprise me with a cleaning lady. It happened once in the long ago.  When I was pregnant with my daughter I was big and unwieldy and the last thing I wanted to do … Continue reading →

There’s a cute little restaurant in Steamboat Springs, Colorado called ‘Sweet Peas’.  It’s an all-organic eatery that offers simple sandwiches and salads, all made with seasonal ingredients. When we visit Steamboat we always look forward to lunches at this restaurant … Continue reading →

Last week my son decided I was no longer cool.  How can that be?  I shower him with kisses when he’s with his friends.  I sing the latest Justin Beiber song really loud in the car.  If he has a … Continue reading →

I am with Cookie Monster, I LOVE cookies.  They are the best when they are still warm from the oven.  I especially love cookies with oats, peanut butter and M&M’s in them.  This is the time of year for baking … Continue reading →

Here is a delicious, healthy recipe for homemade granola.  The beauty of making your own granola is that you can make it different every time by changing up the fruit and nuts.  It is also cheaper and it yields more … Continue reading →

Super Bowl XLVI is almost here! This means many of us will be sitting in front of our TV’s for the big event, if only to watch the commercials and halftime show. The Super Bowl is also a great excuse … Continue reading →

A mom friend of mine recently confessed that she didn’t know how to make a grilled cheese sandwich for her kids without using too much butter and/or scorching it.  This recipe works for me every time: Ingredients 2 slices of … Continue reading →

I have never experienced a picky eater  until I had my son Ryan.  He refuses to eat veggies, broccoli being the exception.  I would like him to have more variety so I have tried steaming other veggies and covering them … Continue reading →

I overindulged over the holidays.  It seems however, that my holidays don’t just include Christmas and New Year’s, but also any random day of the week during any random month. My daughter and I went for girl’s night out last … Continue reading →

I know what you are thinking.  You are thinking that there is no way that good for you and chocolate chip cookie belong in the same sentence!  Well let me tell you these cookies not only have some healthy ingredients … Continue reading →

Each New Year’s Eve we pick a theme for our family dinner.  One year it was ‘food on a stick (skewer)’ – we had caprese salad on a stick, fruit kabobs and parmesan chicken fingers on a stick.  This year’s … Continue reading →

Happy You Near! When my daughter was little – (she’s five now and “next year I’m gonna be a grown-up Mommy”) – she called it You Near and You Nork.  Sometimes it’s too stinkin’ cute to correct. I overindulged during … Continue reading →

I am not much of a cook, but this is a really simple way to make a great salad that covers all the food groups. It’s a very loose recipe because you can use whatever you have in the fridge … Continue reading →

This is the easiest quick dessert that you will love and make over and over again.  3 ingredients, a quick melt of the chocolate and you’re done. Ingredients Dried Mango (plain, NOT sugared) Chocolate (use what you like, from chocolate … Continue reading →

I like dishes that I can sneak in some veggies, so dishes like this are perfect.  I chop up the vegetables nice and small so that they just blend in with the sauce.  Easy vegetables to add are bell peppers, … Continue reading →

I love sweet bread of any variety. When it is baked just right you can’t get much better. I love to make pumpkin bread and banana bread and I love to share that bread with friends. But I cannot tell … Continue reading →

This recipe does NOT call for a crock pot <wink>. Recently my cousin and her family came to visit for the weekend.  This was stressful for two reasons – first, she has a 15 year old football player and I … Continue reading →

The holiday season is here, and with that will be the inevitable arrival of guests.  Whether it is a neighbor dropping off cookies or family descending upon your house-people will be flocking to your home.  What better way to greet … Continue reading →