January is a “No Buy” month in our house. Except for fresh produce and dairy, which I am trying to keep to a minimum, I want to complete the first of my clean out the freezer challenges for the year and try to save money towards vacation. So, the first thing I found in my…
Slow Cooker Cocktail Meatballs
So, on New Year’s Day we don’t eat a traditional meal. We snack all day long. I searched through Pinterest for easy and different appetizers for my family to try. I remember trying this dish about 20 years ago at a party and liking it but when I went to make it I thought it…
World’s Best Steak Marinade
We are a family of carnivores. A few times we have tried going vegetarian or semi-vegetarian but the smell of a really good steak cooking always seems to lure us back. Even my mostly vegetarian daughter can’t resist a good steak. The other night when I made a comment about my daughter being mostly vegetarian…
Cheesy Pesto Chicken and Garlic Crispy Red Potatoes
I am a “Real Mom” home cook. I am not trained in any form of cooking or baking. I have two children and a spouse that like to be fed each day and I try to accommodate them the best I can. We have dance lessons, cello lessons, Science Olympics, Lego Robotics and library groups…
Aunt Amy & Uncle Mike’s Texas Caviar
When I am entertaining friends and family I like to have things that I can make ahead and then pull out at the last-minute before guests arrive. I don’t want to be in the kitchen all night serving and baking. That’s why I love having a variety of dips on hand so that I only…
Cinnamon French Toast Bake
We love our breakfast casseroles. I love that I can make it the night before and just pop them in the oven the next morning. This is our favorite for New Year’s Day because no matter what time we get up breakfast can be on the table in about an hour. My kids love this…
Making the Perfect Blend of Reservations at Walt Disney World
We are having a mini-family reunion at Walt Disney World later this winter. So, I am planning meals and fast passes for my father (75, mostly wheelchair bound and unable to walk more than 2-3 steps), my mother (72 and just coming off a knee replacement and a second that needs to be done),…
Veggie Pizza Appetizer
Between now and Super Bowl Sunday I am planning on making and tasting quite a few appetizers. For us New Year’s Eve and Super Bowl Sunday are all about the food. Oh, and isn’t there a ball dropping and a game we are supposed to be paying attention to? But, for us we start weeks…
Hot Italian Sandwich Bites
I have recently been trying to rely more on my old cookbooks and recipe cards (what we used in the days before Pinterest). I love my cookbooks. I have many from the 1950’s, 1960’s and little pamphlets put out by companies to promote their products. I love reading them. Some of the recipes especially the…
Season’s Greetings
Let our New Year’s resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word. Goran Persson Whatever holiday you celebrate I wish you happiness and health in the coming year. I am making my grandmother’s recipes for German Pigs in a Blanket and…
Delicious Steak
Steak is a rarity in our house. I don’t often want to spend $5-$7 per pound on meat my family will eat in one bite. They LOVE steak but for me to spend $10-$15 on one piece of meat for dinner it has to be a special occasion or on sale. That’s exactly what this…
Sesame Noodles with Pork
Being as frugal as I am, I wanted to use up the last bits of Glazed Pork Roast from the other night. But, dinner also needed to be on the table fairly quickly. If you have not used Chinese Chow Mein noodles before try them! They are better in Chinese noodle dishes than spaghetti and…
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