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I absolutely LOVE when I can make 1 dinner count for 2 meals! Such a time saver, not to mention budget friendly…
Crock Pot Chicken Bowls are one of my favorite meal staples. If I don’t make this once a week, then at least every other week. (Sad I know, but like I said, EASY).
This past week I threw everything into the crock pot, and by “everything” I mean, all that I’ve listed as an ingredient, plus any leftover chicken or beef that I found in the fridge. (We had grilled…
I am seriously in-love with Jaden Hair from The Steamy Kitchen. (Not in a stalker kinda way, cuz that’d be weird. But in a “this-lady-can-cook-and-I’m-not-quite-sure-I-WAS-really-cooking-before-I-read-her-book” kinda way)
WHAT!?!? You haven’t heard of her??? OHHH, you HAVE and I’m the last person on this earth that didn’t know about her before a few months ago..
oh.
Well, now that we have that cleared up, if you don’t already follow her BEAUTIFUL site with LOADS of
HOLY MOLY has it been a bit crazy since we returned from our trip.
Truly, I’m surprised we are all still breathing around here…it feels like we have been running circles inside a tornado. But I suppose that’s to be expected with most families. Come on Shanna, get with the program!
It gets me in the gut though when I get so swamped that I can’t post something, like when you have that feeling you’ve forgotten something. You count all the heads of your kids…
When I send out a Tweet that I’ve just made a delicious and super easy Squash Carbonara with the Garden’s bounty, and someone Tweets back “I have an incredible recipe from my grandma for squash patties! My kids and hub LOVE them! Let me know if you want it!! “…you pretty much say “Yes please!!”
Now stick with me here…it’s complicated and may take you ohhhhhh, all of 15 minutes (TOPS) to makes these babies (which I have now made 3 times this week, but who’s counting??)
Ingredients:
1 cup…
Oh my goodness gracious! This is just Heaven on a plate I tell ya…
I read somewhere (clueless now where, so sorry!) that blueberries are fabulous to give your kids as they hold LOADS of the good stuff that most veggies do. And well, if you have kids (who me?) that aren’t huge fans of veggies (what? mine?) then you should go ahead and load up EVERY plate you can with blueberries. So I went out and bought a big box at Costco (not that my kids…
This is BY FAR my favorite Basil Pesto recipe.
Truly, it’s hard to go wrong with Ina Garten. The Barefoot Contessa pretty much rocks my kitchen’s world.
This is such an easy thing to make and packs SO MUCH flavor! Your kids will love it (mine practically lick the bowl clean). You can serve it for company and feel like you’ve done something “fancy”. And it only takes a few minutes to whip up. If…
I love easy dinners. I’ve cooked a lot of nice dinners the past few weeks (nice = not hot dogs). Super simple dinners, but they’ve been above average dinners to end the day with…It always makes me feel better when I can put something good on the table, that makes me feel like I spent A LOT of time preparing it, but secretly know it took about 20 minutes!
This was our menu a few weeks ago (prior to all the road trip and vacation craziness!)
A couple of weeks ago our Plum tree was going CRAZY with ripe plums and I was desperate to find as many recipes as I could to use them up. I sent out a call for help (AKA – “Tweeted”!) for Plum recipes. To my pleasure a wonderful new friend, who I had recently met at the Thermador event in Arizona (yep, that’s a post I still need to write…), Maria from Two Peas and their…
I have to wonder sometimes if my Littles are really mine. But then I rememeber being pregnant for the past 3 years, and realize, they are very much in fact MINE.
But if they REALLY are mine, then I’m truly stumped why breakfast goes in and out of favor with them. Some days waffles and pancakes are ALL they want to eat (ALL DAY!), other days they just want a protein shake with Dada. So I’m always trying to think up new and fun things for them. Plus, I really like…
This past Friday my guy and I were able to take a much needed date night. Love them Littles, but a night off with a couple great cocktails at Fashion Island’s newest restaurant, True Food Kitchen, was just what we needed!
To back this story up a bit, I was recently introduced to an organization with a TRUE commitment, Beckstrand Cancer Foundation.
Why is this organization a part of my favorites list?
Because of this…
“Beckstrand Cancer Foundation serves patients who are in the…
Sometimes you just need an easy dinner.
And by easy I mean, barely needing to lift a finger.
Do you have a rice cooker?
I found this recipe on Weelicious. And I’ve sung it’s praises before.
But now it has become a staple in our house.
It takes me closer to 40 or 50 minutes. My rice cooker is a combo deal, so I set the oven timer.
We love dessert in our house.
And I love to play the game of “use all leftovers, must.use.everything.in.the.fridge.and.freezer”
It’s a delusional game, but it gets me my jollies. I know, weird.
Anyway, I usually win.
Except this one time when my mother-in-law asked if I wanted to save grilled hot dogs leftover from an afternoon BBQ.
Me: “No, I think I’m gonna draw the line there. I mean, how many dishes can you REALLY use leftover hot dogs in??”
Ever since returning from Thermador’s Steamy event, I’ve been on a bigger than normal cooking kick. Plus because it’s Summer and the garden is bursting with great herbs and veggies to use, it just MAKES you want to cook. But it DOES NOT MAKE me want to clean up dishes, or be slaving in a hot kitchen when we are in the middle of a heat wave. So I’ve been searching out quick and easy dinners, that are super flavorful, AND that everyone in the family can enjoy.
I started…
When you leave your kids and your husband for 3 days, your always a little nervous to what you’ll come home to….there is always good and there is always bad.
Now the bad wasn’t soooo bad as far as the house and kids were concerned…
Nothing a little straightening couldn’t handle.
No broken bones.
But the garden had a few hiccups…
The Powdery Mildew we’ve been fighting on the Zucchini and Yellow Neck Squash has won. We could continue to fight it,…
(Image: Picky Palate – And please note, how amazingly PERFECT this looks!! Not so much for ours!)
I am on such a recipe kick these days! Must have been that Thermador event last week!!! It actually IS because of the Thermador event…I was surrounded by some of the BEST food bloggers in the country, along with some of the BEST cooking appliances in the country…how could I NOT be inspired to do more cooking??? That post is coming soon, very soon….but until…
How can you go wrong with Bobby Flay? Seriously…you just can’t. When I picked up these SURPRISINGLY delicious and sweet peaches at Costco, I needed something easy to make with them…enter Grilled Peaches. As I had never attempted before (had only been the happy eating recipient) I did a quick Food Network search and Bobby did not disappoint.
Ingredients:
1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 teaspoon cinnamon sugar
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
Pinch…
Yep, it’s going to be a 3 post Friday. I don’t think I’ve ever posted 3 things in 1 day, BUT, if you had eaten what I’ve eaten today…
Which means A LOT.
Like WAY TOO much.
As in COULDN’T STOP MYSELF because it was all so good….
You might post 3 times too!
(I also know that when I fly home tomorrow, Hubs is going on a little guys trip, leaving me with a “girls weekend” except I will be the only one over the age of TWO. I’m guessing this wont leave…
You all know I’m a pancake lover. We make this pancake recipe more than any other recipe. It is THE Saturday morning, got it going on, gonna love ya forever, pancake recipe.
I love my pancakes with whipped cream, fresh strawberries and warm coconut syrup. I’m a little high maintenance that way. (I don’t do a lot of things the high maintenance way, but the ones I do, I really do, because I REALLY love them!)
But my pancake toppings of choice may have changed this morning. Or at…
Oh boy. I don’t even know where to begin. You may have seen my post this AM about the little adventure I’m on…
Or if you follow me on Twitter you probably saw about 200 tweets today (check for #steamythermador) on the AMAZING food we ate and the incredible kitchen appliances we were introduced to at Thermador…..seriously, I’m NEVER leaving.
Well, OK, maybe I’m already back at the hotel, but it doesn’t mean it’s beneath me to sneak back in tonight and set up camp…
So this week I’m back in Scottsdale. Remember the Bosch Vision Washer & Dryer? Yep, I’m back in that training facility…and I promise, if those machines weren’t installed, I’d be trying to squeeze them in my tote bag! As it is, I’m thinking I may need to dash next door to their laundry room and use the Vision Dryer steam function for a 16 minute freshen and de-wrinkle!
But back to the point. For this trip, I’m here at the training…
ends Thursday, September 2, 2010
