Pasta Bake

On Monday morning over breakfast I ask the family what meals they would like in the coming week. This helps me make a menu and it helps to know what kinds of meals they enjoyed and remember fondly. There is the constant “Pizza” request and then there is Pasta Bake. The dish that has never…

Winter Reading Essentials

There are a few things that I find enchanting about Winter. I love watching the snow fall. I love sitting by the fireplace watching the flames envelope the firewood. I love holding a mug of Mulled Wine while watching my children play Candy Land on the living room floor. I love making real Chocolate Cocoa…

Monster Cookies

Monster Cookies – or as my son calls them “Scary Cookies”.  I went in search for some good cookie recipe and the only thing “scary” was all the sugar that the recipes called for! All the refined sugar, M&Ms, chocolate chips, brown sugar, chocolate chunks and white chocolate chips – Talk about a “Sugar Overload”.  I…

Books to Begin With

We all want a successful year. We all want to use our time to the fullest. I hope you don’t wake up and think “how can I best waste my time today?” I want to share with you, three books that will inspire, motivate, and animate you while you’re reading them and if applied to…

Crock Pot Pulled Pork

A true family favorite. It is also an easy meal to put on after breakfast and forget till dinner. You’ll want to find a good quality Pork Butt and then pull out a 2 quart Crock Pot. If you are able to, put the dry rub on the Pork Butt the night before and place…

Valentine’s

Valentine’s Day is Four Days away! Are you making any special plans? I always find myself in the kitchen preparing something sweet for my husband. I guess my love language is cooking. Surprise, surprise! When the month of February comes around I go in search of something new that I’ve never tried before. One year…

Taco Soup

Taco Tuesday in the winter? Let’s make Taco Soup. This recipe is designed for an Instant Pot because of the dried beans that cook up quickly and throughly when put them under pressure. But if you don’t have an Instant Pot switch out the dried beans for two cans of drained beans and you will…

Frozen Grapes

The children are sick. One look tells you that there is something wrong, they aren’t their normal selves. Personally, if my son isn’t hungry – something is wrong. The past few nights I’ve been up with couching children and catching sleep when I can. Over my second cup of coffee this morning I was reflecting…