Here's a hearty lunch for those days when you just feel like eating. Anyone else ever feel like that? If so, grab a serving bowl and follow this quick and easy recipe. In retrospect, you'd probably want to put the raisins on the side. Salsa and raisins are flavor foes, not ...
In The Kitchen: Go-To Potluck Recipe
Between having both sides of our family living close by and being Lutheran, we host and attend a lot of potlucks! I'd say for sure one a month, and through the summer even more. Commonly on a potluck day I'm standing in the kitchen (an hour or two before it's time to leave), phone in hand, ...
Recipe: Yummy Water!
Water is a big topic at our house. I manage to drink plenty, but I don’t always enjoy doing it. Different types of water have different flavors to me. Some of them make me down right nauseous. I’m not a big soda drinker either, but I do love me some black tea or coffee. mmm-mmmmm… Sun tea! If ...
In The Kitchen: Thanks A Lot Girl Scout Cookie S’mores
Here is a quick How-To using the Girl Scout Cookie "Thanks A Lot" to make indoor S'mores. Here in Iowa we can handle the cold temps we've been given lately. We'd be just fine with pulling out our fire pit and roasting marshmallows, because we're tough like that. Alright, please don't make me ...
Recipe: Creamy Crock Pot {or not} Potato soup
This version might as well be called Blessing Soup. I was first blessed with this recipe while at a MOPS Christmas dinner. A friend had brought a crock of it to share. She shared with me that it only had 4 ingredients! Yes, 4 ingredients! 1 can of cream of chicken 1 can of chicken broth 1 ...
On The Cheap: Discounted Produce
Our grocery store has a rack of heavily discounted produce that is nearing the end of its prime. A lady at church encouraged me that there are a lot of great bargains to be found on that rack. I was skeptical, because when we moved here 8 years ago my husband told me that food was rotten & for ...
Freezer "Cooking" Friday- Peanut Butter Sandwiches
We are busy family of 5 and always on the go. In an effort to avoid the drive-thru for the safety of our pocket books and our health, I present to you a quick make ahead..... Peanut Butter & Honey Sandwiches for the freezer. Yep, this is the extent of my freezer cooking today. Pretty awesome, ...
Lazy Morning Smoothie
I love breakfast. Typically when you think of breakfast you probably start thinking about bacon, eggs, toast & cereal. The problem is: I'm not a huge fan of bacon. We have a little boy who doesn't care for eggs. It's hard to find bread here that doesn't have high fructose corn syrup in it... ...
DIY Table Top S’mores
Last night we made Table Top Driveway Smores. I had everything on hand already except the charcoal and the pot. Driveway S'mores Being impatient we roasted some while there was still a little flame, this makes deliciously burnt mallows. ;-) The Basics. I think this bag of charcoal will last us ...
Recipe: Simple “Smoothie”- Strawberry-Banana
Simple “smoothie”- Strawberry-Banana Calorie Break down: 1 C. Strawberries: 50 calories 1 Small banana: 90 calories Water Total: 140 Calories & it won’t weigh you down and leave you feeling tired the way “normal” breakfast cereal does. You have time for this, you can do this. Tip: Rinse/wash ...
Recipe: Ugly Delicious Salad
Food doesn’t have to look pretty. It needs to nourish you. This ugly salad does just that. Calorie Break down: 3 C. Shredded Lettuce: 20 calories A few slices from a huge pickle (because the little boy thought I needed some with my lunch just like he had): 5 calories ½ C. Cottage Cheese: 80 ...
Recipes: Organizing
I mostly just pull my recipes from the internet these days. Somtimes it's something great I see on pinterest other times it's something I'm craving (or saw on TV & had to have) so I Google how to make it and use which ever recipe seems easiest. There are times that I taste what I've made and I ...
Recipe: Baked Oatmeal
Here is a peek into my oven this morning: I must have made breakfast too early this morning, or maybe I just didn't eat enough, Because this delightful dish came out of the oven at about 10:30 this morning. Yes, that's right, I had baked oatmeal at 10:30 in the morning. I chalk it up to being one ...
Recipe: Spinach & Strawberries Drink
One afternoon I was eating my healthy spinach leaves topped with some frozen strawberries that were slowly thawing. I enjoy eating, but this poking the leaves & the strawberries being too frozen to bite through stuff was just getting boring! I just wasn’t in the mood to struggle with ...
Flowers For Valentine’s Day
Just for fun, I wanted to show off what my hubby did for me for Valentine's day. He knows I'm watching what I eat so he avoided giving me a great big box of my favorite chocolates (although I would have made an exception- then complained later when my weight went up). He instead made these ...