How to Roast Asparagus Last year I was on a mission to find many ways to cook asparagus. When I created my Mother’s Day brunch for 2012, I decided to try roasting the asparagus and topping it with ham, egg, and hollandaise sauce. You can get that brunch recipe here. Sometimes I opt to microwave […]
Recipes
Pumpkin Bars with Pecan Oat Crust
Pumpkin Bars with Pecan Oat Crust For some reason pumpkin is one of those ingredients that gets the shaft until Fall/Winter. Then it is possible that we use it so much during that time of year that it makes up for any neglect throughout the year. I think that pumpkin can, and should be brought […]
Grasshopper Poke Cake
Combining decadent flavors, this Grasshopper Poke Cake gives you that moist chocolatey goodness from a chocolate cake covered in sweetened condensed milk, hot fudge mixed with Thin Mint Cookie crumbs, and topped with a mint whipped topping and Andes Mint Chips. For me, celebrations are always better when yummy food is involved. Mother’s Day should […]
Meat & Red Potatoes Topped With Egg
Changing time zones frequently can really mess with a person’s internal clock. I don’t know how people do it so frequently. In the past week I have been in PDT, EDT, back to PDT, CDT and back to PDT again. That’s a lot of changing around! With the time changes I have noticed that where […]
Peanut Butter Pie
Visiting the ER is not exactly my idea of fun. I suppose one could find fun in visiting an emergency room if you enjoy people watching, or creating giant hand balloons out of the medical gloves. I do happen to enjoy people watching, and it does get quite exciting at my local ER due to […]
Velveeta Hashbrown Casserole
The older my kids get, the more aware they become of money and possessions. I really try to hard to keep them grounded and not spoiled, but it can be quite difficult. It doesn’t help that I am always receiving packages on my doorstep without any cash exchanging hands. However, I try to teach my […]
Angry Birds Cake with Fondant
Angry Birds Cake My oldest son is in Boy Scouts and every year they have a Blue & Gold Banquet where the boys are supposed to make a cake with their dad. Then the families all gather together for dinner, awards and merit badges, and show off their cakes. Each cake gets an award as […]
Homemade Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce and Tyson Chicken Fries for Easy Mealtime #ChickenFryTime
I just love being able to shop and get fed all at the same time! Sam’s Club is a great place to do some shopping around lunchtime because there are tons of samples, which often count as my lunch, and I can kill two birds with one stone. Ever since my accident nearly two weeks […]
Blackberry Lemon Cheesecake
First let me apologize for the photography of this delicious Blackberry Lemon Cheesecake. It was a very impromptu photo with my cell phone. I went to my mom’s house for Easter dinner last week, and she made up this yummy cheesecake adapted from iVillage. Whenever we have a family get-together, especially for a holiday or […]
Brown Sugar Coconut Oil Cookies
Have you ever eaten a cookie that almost felt like there was a delicious and fun cooling sensation when you bit into it? It really is a unique feeling and one that you get when you bite into these Brown Sugar Coconut Oil Cookies. These cookies were adapted by Love Veggies and Yoga, and […]