Catching up
My hubs works nights–always has and maybe always will. Since the stooges arrived one by one,we seem to pass like ships in the night. Finishing a sentence without an interruption is almost impossible....
View ArticleHaving Frank N Stein for Dinner
A few million years ago, before I has any goblins of my own, I helped my sister-in-law with a Halloween Party for her monsters. I remember trying to cook and clean and carve pumpkins, supervise and...
View ArticleStuffed Pepper Soup…Why didn’t I think of that?
Did you ever see a recipe on fb or pinterest and think, “Wow, that looks good”,” I can do that” or” Why didn’t I think of that?”. Every autumn I feel the urge to make stuffed peppers, I saw this soup...
View ArticleCardamom Venison ‘lash
I married a hunter. He leaps from his bed on opening morning, dresses in layers, studies his map while gulping his breakfast. He goes to his stand with a spring in his cautious step. He drives all...
View ArticleI would do anything for supper, but I won’t do that.
We sisters were chatting this week and found out meatloaf was on the menu for all of us. We thought it might be fun to show you how the 3 of us do such different things to the same dish. Sara’s slice…...
View ArticleNovember School Snacks to Gobble
This year I am trying to make something special for my kids school snacks each month. My kids really like searching for our next project and we count and sort and talk and laugh and nibble while we...
View ArticleParmesan, Pine Nut & Pesto Pasta
After a long afternoon of putting things on lay away. Which I kind of like. The store hides the gifts and I make payments until the 13th of December. We got home, paid the sitter, tucked the girls...
View ArticleA little Thanksgiving bite
Once upon a time ago I was the lunch lady at a small Christian school for a semester. I developed the recipes, shopped for the food and made EVERYTHING from scratch. I did this because at the time my 2...
View ArticleSunday Morning Apple Pancakes
Church doesn’t start until 10:30am. That gives us lots of time (we get up toooo early) to drink coffee and make a breakfast that’s different from the ones we enjoy during the school week. We’ve enjoyed...
View ArticleWe’re stuffed
Our kids really love each other. It warms my heart to see them play together and enjoy their time together. We had all of our favorite Thanksgiving dishes. I got to cook with my sister, one of my...
View ArticleSeason’s Eating
I have been so busy living life that I haven’t had a chance to blog about it! Holidays are so hectic around here. I had most of the family here for Thanksgiving weekend. I knew I would be cooking all...
View ArticleFa la la la la lasagna
This is the time of year to eat, drink and be Merry–right? The hubs invited some co-workers over for dinner and I needed to make some suppers for folks at church. I had all the ingredients ready for...
View ArticleRudolf’s Roll Up…dip
Red Neck Sushi…We called them pickle wraps where I come from. I hate makin ‘em and love eatin ‘em! I prowl around Pinterest and I saw this and thought–”Why didn’t I think of that? This is soooo...
View ArticleWreath Cookies
Merry Christmas! All of our gifts are opened, waffles eaten and paper burned. Now, I am having a second cup of coffee and I thought I would send you all my favorite Christmas cookie. Since I was a...
View ArticlePlayoff Packer Pizza
Football–I knew what it was growing up–I was smack dab in the middle of Chicago Bears territory. It was something in the background on Sunday afternoons. I got excited when they were in the Super...
View ArticleEasy & Delish Breakfast Casserole
Happy New Year Slicers! It was a busy and wonderful Holiday season for the Hubby and I, and we are looking forward to 2014. We were blessed to be able to spend time in Iowa and Florida with both of our...
View ArticleI am breaking up with you PlayDate
When I had but one son, we lived in a wonderful neighborhood and playdates happened. My house, their house, a park or a playground. Sometimes I would make a fancy, yummy lunch for us Mommies and nugs...
View ArticleScratch and Dent Mac and Cheese
I live in Wisconsin, (insert cheese joke here). I guess one of the best things about being surrounded by dairy cows, “the ladies” as we call them on the way to and from school is milk–and one of the...
View ArticleSausage, Potato & Kale Soup – a “best over”
On a cold and dreary winter day a savory, hot bowl of soup makes dinner feel comforting. I know, you’re not supposed to use food for comfort, its only purpose it to fuel your body (envision me rolling...
View ArticleCoffee Brasied Bottom Round Roast Beef with Roasted Dill Potatoes, Maple...
I love the smell of dinner….all afternoon. I usually use Crocky (my dented old crock pot with the missing knob) to make my roast but today I am home and I spied my roaster pan and thought I would do...
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