When little boys hear the sounds of trucks they stop everything they are doing and watch… I just want to kiss the back of his little neck, which I do. Mamal’s little man Tyler Benjamin. The share at these parties.
Preparing chicken soup in a slow cooker brings out the rich flavor of the chicken. I have been making chicken soup for as long as I can remember. It was something my mom taught me early on. She always made it for us when we
Good grief, I am so tired this morning. I was up half the night with a sore throat and a head cold. Blah! I happened to have the day off already…lucky me. Here is the list of the big plans I have/had for this day. I want
I grew up in a household where we didn’t waste anything. On Halloween after we carved the pumpkin mom would roast the seeds. The smell of them roasting sure brings back some good memories. Last fall I tried different ways of cooking the pumpkin seeds, but nothing
I love the traditional chocolate no-bake cookies, I could eat a dozen at a time, that’s why I don’t make them very often. I was doing some recipe searching on Swagbucks and found this recipe for No-Bake Pumpkin Oatmeal cookies. I had to try them. I
Good Morning all! It’s going to be a beautiful Sunday. A little chilly starting out. I’m bundled up in a nice warm sweater this morning. Today I plan on canning up some corn salsa. I ‘m still getting lots of tomatoes and have to find
Since the weather has cooled down and I have all that frozen pumpkin puree. I thought I would try my hand at creating a pumpkin cheesecake. I love pumpkin and I love cheesecake so it seemed like the perfect choice. I have never made cheesecake other
My sweet mother in law who recently turned 90 always made the macaroni and cheese for the family gatherings. You know how it is, everyone has a specialty that they bring each time, something they are famous for. Several years ago we found out it
I am spending my day with my sweet little grandson and my mom. Mom loves sweets so I like to bake something that is sweet but healthified up a bit…not sure if healthified is a word but you know what I mean. My little baking
Today I spent some of the days with the grandkids. Tyler had a little cold. He was a bit cranky. The poor little guy he’s always so cheerful. My daughter came home early to take Tyler to see the doctor. I decided tonight we will
On Labor Day we had a 90th birthday party for my mother in law. Katie wanted to make something special for her great grandma’s birthday. We decided to make her some stuffed strawberries. We fell in love with this recipe when we first had them
Spent the day playing outside with the grand kids. The weather was beautiful. Katie was doing some work in the garden. Tyler… well he likes to play with his trucks. It’s nice to be able to work out in the garden with the kids. Katie
“Oh hi Mamal… I’m making you a surprise. A muddy puddle. Do you like it?”” “It’s okay if I get a little dirty…right?” “Don’t worry Mamal, it’s still me, I’m still Katie.” Gotta love a girl who’s not afraid to get her hands
A simple affordable option for take-out Chicken Fried Rice. I’m a big fan of chicken fried rice. I order it when we get Chinese take out. Some time ago I started making my own because it’s easy and so much more economical. I have to
Today I was able to get a good deal on some strawberries, so thought I would make up some freezer jam. Doesn’t that sound good? It’s super easy. No messy canning equipment. I freeze it in small jars. This way I have less waste. You can use
Spent a nice day with the grand babies. I took them to the farmers market early this morning. There is a field next to them where they plant sunflowers and they are in bloom now. It’s beautiful. They plant two crops about 2 weeks apart.
Whenever I make zucchini bread I think of my sister in law Sherri. Every time we would visit her house she would make zucchini bread using zucchini from her garden. I’m embarrassed to say I would never try it. Zucchini and bread didn’t seem like
I’m sitting here listening to the thunder in the distance. The promise of rain is in the air. They are predicting rain for today. Maybe up to an inch of rain. That would be so nice for the garden. I love a good thunderstorm.
During a recent gathering at my house a friend brought over a bean type dip. He called it Cowboy Caviar. I had never heard of it but it was delicious. I decided to do a little research and find out if anyone else had heard
It’s so great this time of year when all the berries are ripening. I especially like blueberries. They are so tasty and good for you. I eat them with yogurt and freeze them to make smoothies. I had never made cobbler with them so I
The tomatoes in my garden are ripening fast. Soon there will be so many that I will have to start canning and/or freezing them. I don’t want to waste even one tomato. You can’t get that fresh from the garden taste anywhere else. For canning
I was so excited when I came home from vacation to see my cucumbers and tomatoes ripening. One of the first things I did was to pick them to make a cold summer salad. That evening I sliced and diced the vegetables and whisked up
Spent some time with the grand kids this week. It was still pretty hot so they spent most of the time playing with water. They play so hard they wear themselves out. Me too. It’s mid July and we are grilling like crazy.
I grew kale for the first time this year. It’s doing great. It must love hot, dry weather. I am still pretty new to eating and preparing kale. I have been looking for different ways to use the kale in my cooking. I made kale
As Dorothy said in The Wizard of Oz “There’s no place like home” I am back from our Tennessee vacation with my daughter and her family. They had record setting temperatures here while we were gone. Glad to have missed that. It was hot where we were, but
Have you heard of the new product called Fresh Take? It’s a product made by Kraft that combines cheese, bread crumbs and spices together to make a coating or a ground meat mix in. They are really pretty good. When they first came out I
