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Honey Mustard Mozzarella Chicken with Bacon

Found a recipe here and tweaked it a bit. 🙂 You’ll need: 3 boneless chicken breasts pieces 3/4 cup honey I used some beautiful light colored local honey 1/2 cup mustard I used a spicy brown mustard 3 slices of bacon 1/2  cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Roasted Brussel Sprouts with Bacon

  First, let me start by saying, my husband is in heaven with all the bacon recipes I am sharing this month. As bacon month continues today I’m going to share a recipe guaranteed to make those brussel sprouts extra delicious. I really I really

Roasted Potato Salad with Bacon

I make potato salad at almost every cookout or family gathering we have. I thought I would try something different and make a roasted potato salad with bacon. Who doesn’t love bacon?   It made a delicious difference in the taste. Tasted a bit like a baked

10 Car Travel Ideas For Kids

Use Cookie Sheet as a Play Surface. Buy magnetic letters to spell words. DVD Player Handheld Games Books Healthy Snacks Sing Songs Pack a goodie bag for each kid with little dollar store surprises. Kids love little surprises. Play the old slug bug game except

Blueberry Banana Oatmeal Bread

I am still baking with blueberries! They are so perfect to toss in a pie, bread or cookie. I love these little guys! So here is another recipe using these little gems. I paired them with oatmeal and some overripe bananas, yum! I found a

Simple Tomato Sauce for Spaghetti

The best part of summer by far is the ability to walk into my own backyard, pick a couple different vegetables, bring them into my home, and make dinner. That is something that makes me happy. 🙂 Today I want to share a Simple Tomato

10 Tips for Camping with Kids

I spent this past weekend camping with my grand kids. It was their first trip. It was an adventure for sure. I have always been a camper and I love it. We decided to take the kids tent camping because we figured the youngest is

Rhubarb Recipes

I have plenty of Rhubarb growing in my garden. I have never made anything with my rhubarb, afraid of it I guess. The name alone is weird, rhubarb? That doesn’t sound delicious to me. But I believe in going out of your comfort zone and

Simple Easter Side Dishes

Easter Sunday is fast approaching. I have to run to the store this morning to pick up my last minute items for our dinner. I always have the family come to our house. I love it! I try to make it an easy meal for

Glazed Lemon Bread

I really enjoy the flavor of lemon. The smell and taste is wonderful. I did a little searching and found a recipe for a nice lemon bread. I changed it to make it a little healthier using whole milled  grains and applesauce instead of the

Strawberry Banana Bread

Spring is here, finally and around here it means that strawberries will be one sale. Plus before you know it, it’ll be time to pick your own. I can’t wait! Both my grand kids are old enough to help pick them this year. I have

Chicken & Mushroom Soup

Today is the first day of spring!!! Finally 🙂 It’s been so cold this winter and I am still making soup at least once a week. This week I got a great deal on bella mushrooms so I thought I would make a big pot

Strawberry Oatmeal Cookies

Spring is coming soon, believe it or not. It’s been a very long winter. With the coming of spring we will be having lots of strawberries at great prices. This week they were priced $1.00 a quart. That is an awesome price. I made these

French Vanilla Cafe Latte

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Staples. All opinions are 100% my own. When I was offered an opportunity to review this Starbucks Verismo coffee system with  Starbucks Pods from Staples. I thought well I don’t really drink coffee but I’ve heard so much about

Spinach and Mushrooms

Spinach and mushrooms, two of my favorite foods to eat, especially when they are together. This recipe calls for frozen spinach but fresh would be even better. You’ll need: 2 packages frozen spinach 8 ounce package of fresh mushrooms. I used mini bella mushrooms. My

Cheesy Cauliflower Fritters

My daughter shared this recipe with me (never thought I’d say that, but dreams do come true my daughter can actually cook), she said she found it on Pinterest. It’s always nice to find a different way to cook a vegeatble. Cauliflower is low in fat,

Applesauce Bread with Pecans

  Today I am going to share a nice bread that you can bake for breakfast Found a recipe here. I changed it up a little bit by using whole wheat flour, sucanat, and expeller pressed coconut oil. (Coconut oil without the coconut taste :))

Baked Spinach and Artichoke Dip

Today I want to share a super easy appetizer  you can make for your next party or gathering. Maybe this Sunday you are having or going to a Super Bowl party? This dip is so easy and tastes really good. It takes less than 30

Tortellini and Kale Soup

In the winter I make soup all the time. I crave it. I like to make up different soups by adding ingredients I have on hand and seeing how it turns out. Today I wanted a soup using some tortellini I had in the freezer.