Every Valentine’s Day since my children were small Ive made a heart shaped meatloaf and pink mashed potatoes for dinner. They loved it and now my grand kids love it too. You can use my recipe for meatloaf or use your own 🙂 You’ll need:
Mazatlan’s Cathedral Basílica de la Inmaculada Concepción is a beautiful Cathedral built between 1875 and 1899. Shared at these parties.
Carnaval is an official Mexican holiday that kicks off a five-day celebration of the libido before the Catholic lent begins on Ash Wednesday. It’s a last indulgence of carnal pleasures that Catholics must give up for 40 days of fasting during Lent, from Ash Wednesday to
I thought since many of us have left over ham ( I have a ham with a wonderful bone to make some soup) that I would post a few ham recipes this week. Ham freezes nicely so you can freeze it today and make some of theses
I was organizing my freezer and found some round steak that needed to be used. Round steak can be a little chewy so I like to prepare it in the slow cooker. I found a recipe in an old Betty Crocker cookbook. I adapted the recipe
It seems like I always have pieces of bananas leftover after my grandson Tyler who is 20 months old visits. Tyler likes to hold the whole banana peeled half way down when he eats it. When he gets to the peeling he stops eating. Even
I took this picture of Katie a couple days ago. I love the angle and the look on her face. Geez.. I love that sweet little face 🙂 I share at these parties.
I must confess, sometimes when I make these No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies I don’t share any of them. I will make a batch and store them way in the back on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator where I figure my husband won’t look
This recipe is called lasagna casserole because it tastes like lasagna but without the lasagna noodles. I guess I should really call it something else since I am using rotini noodles. If I call it rotini casserole you really wouldn’t know what it was. So
Cleaning products are so expensive. I used to would stock up on them when a sale was good and I had a coupon. I like the GreenWorks products. I came across this recipe on The Frugal Girls. I love it. It works great and there
Lilly and Emma “Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” Carl Jung I share at these parties.
I’ve always been a moon lover, watcher. I follow all the phases of the moon, even as a small child it fascinated me. This Saturday morning at 5:21AM EST / 2:21AM PST the moon is full. I found this beautiful picture I want to share
I shared with you in an earlier post how I have been swapping recipes with my oldest brother Jim. He is retired from tool making. He is really enjoying cooking. It’s so much fun getting different ideas from him. He does most of the cooking
Here’a an easy way to jazz up a chocolate bar for a cute stocking stuffer. This was one of many little goodies Miss Pam, Katie’s pre school teacher had in Katie’s Christmas bag. I thought it was so cute I wanted to share it with
I want to share my Christmas version of Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies. It’s an easy recipe to make. Katie loved rolling the cookies in sugar and sprinkles. This gives them a Christmas look and they taste yummy too. The whole wheat flour gives them a
Every Christmas I make caramel corn to give to family and friends. It’s really easy to make. This is a not so healthy version. But heck it’s Christmas! You’ll need: 6 Quarts popped popcorn 2 Cups dry roasted peanuts (optional) 1 Cup butter 2 Cups
We bought a 1/4 side of beef recently and I have been looking for different recipes to cook rump roasts in my slow cooker. Some evenings I may not get home from work until seven o’clock and I want my dinner ready. I use my
Katie and Tyler came for a visit today. Since going outside was out, I decided to teach them how to make marshmallow snowmen. They love marshmallows so I figured they could eat the snowmen and the mess if I make everything edible. Brilliant huh? I
I’ve never been a big fan of banana muffins or breads, but I always seem to have a banana or two turning brown on my table. So I did a little Swagbucks searching and found this recipe at allrecipe. It adds a cinnamon sugar topping.
When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator Mahatma Gandh I share at these parties.
It has been super busy around here these past few days, cleaning up from Thanksgiving. Katie has been staying with me since Thanksgiving day. Katie and grandma have been best buddies, hanging out together. Grandma has her own TV room and Katie has been in there
Katie was allowed to invite one person to her school for a Thanksgiving lunch and she chose me I was so honored and excited to see her at school. When we came home after the party I gave her a glass tea set I found
Often I make my husband and I baked potatoes for dinner. On the days I’m working late I’ll put my Baked Potatoes in the Slow Cooker. You’ll need: Potatoes (I used 5 large) oil Scrub potatoes clean and prick with a fork. Coat with
My dance with the deer. Stay safe girls 🙂 I share at these fabulous parties!
I learned how to make this Country Fried Steak when I was 18 years old. I was working for an alarm company with several older women. We were locked into a building and monitoring alarm systems. We had a kitchen so every once in awhile one of the ladies would
I guess she needs the seeds more then I need the decoration 🙂