I decided to take a two-week hiatus recently with the passing of my mother-in-law. She lived a long beautiful life but death, even when expected, is never easy. The day we had been waiting for had arrived about 2 weeks ago. We got the call that my mother-in-law was near the end and we should…
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Rachel Ray inspired Asian Ground Beef Lettuce Cups
My kids were asking for something savory tonight for dinner. I wanted something fairly easy to make and clean up. I still had ground beef, yes, night number 3, but I wanted to make it not feel like the same meat again. This time I turned to an Asian influence to try to change things…
Slow Cooker Bottom Round Steak
So last night’s dinner was not a casserole. I found a really great deal on Bottom Round Steak at the local grocery store that I just could not pass up. When I got it home I realized I had no idea how to cook it. It was about 2 1/2″ thick and had a fairly…
Slow Cooker German Style Beef Roast
I had another beef roast in the freezer. The first thing I thought was “Oh no, not again.” It seems we have a beef roast lately at least once a week and I was running out of ideas of what to do with it to make into a different meal for my family. Well, back…
Italian Sausage with Roasted Balsamic Vegetables
With Veteran’s Day and then a SNOW DAY (yes, a real snow day) now behind us I can finally get back to posting. It is hard to write with my children around. That is mostly my fault because I love having them home so I tend to want to spend all my time with them….
Buffalo Chicken Lasagna
We love lasagna, well except my son who detests ricotta cheese. I read this take on lasagna and thought it sounded like a perfect fall evening meal for our family. Being from Western New York we LOVE Buffalo chicken wings. Actually all kinds of wings. Buffalo (medium), Country Sweet (go Rochester!) and Barbecue are among…
Parmesan Pasta Salad
We are nearing the end of our “No Buy July” month and my cupboards are getting pretty bare. I am having to become more and more creative in my meals. I saw this recipe on Pinterest for Pasta Salad with Creamy Parmesan Dressing from Grumpy’s Honeybunch. The recipe sounded delicious but I did not have…
Crockpot Beef Stew
My refrigerator is slowly dying and I again needed an emergency dinner so I turned to my trust crock pot. I LOVE my crock pot! I had frozen stew beef and needed to make something so the easiest way for me to cook is my crock pot. Ingredients: 1 1/2 lbs. stew beef well-trimmed 1…
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