People are creatures of habit. The top 5 blog recipes for this past month are basically the same as last month though in a slightly different order. They are all comfort foods, which we are all still craving. I have moved to more summery salads and grilling recipes on my blog but we are still…
Tag: Easy Meals
Cucumber Cous Cous Salad
Day 73: Finally getting outdoors to do some work. Our flower beds were overgrown with clover and sea grass that we never cut down last fall. Next is getting some mulch for the beds but that will have to wait for awhile. I am not ready to venture into a big box hardware store just…
Twice Baked Ham and Cheese Potatoes with Fried Eggs
Day 53 – Looking at the report in “The New York Times” the other day about how deaths are projected by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) to be possibly double by June 1st and that cases of Covid-19 are still going up made me incredibly sad. It was one of those days where I…
Grilled Tandoori Chicken Skewers
Day 52 – The weather has been super nice here for the past few days. It has gone to 60 or 70 degrees from the low to mid 40s of the past month. It seems like everyone is outside. We live on a corner and the traffic has definitely picked up quite a bit. It…
Top 5 Recipes for April 2020
For the first time in four months Ground Beef Enchilada Verde (click for link to original recipe) tops the list of the 5 most popular recipes on What’s for Dinner Moms? It is a simple recipe made with canned enchilada verde sauce that provides the semi-homemade dinners that can be a life saver on nights…
Caramelized Onion, Feta, and Spinach Pizza
Day 44 – My daughter had her graduation ceremony for community college yesterday. It was held virtually. She was so proud of herself because she has always struggled in school but she graduated with honors AND Phi Theta Kappa distinction. She would have had cords and she was so looking forward to this. We made…
Breakfast Sausage Egg Squares
Day 39 – As states are talking about ending shelter-in-place rules do you have a line when you know it will be safe for your family to go out? We are talking as a family that even if our state ends shelter-in-place in a week we will not. I am not comfortable yet sending out…
Best Salmon Patties
Day 38 – What is something that you miss from the shelter-in-place if you have it in your area? Mine is going to the grocery store. I love making al different kinds of meals and if I was missing something I could run up to the store (or send my daughter) for a quick one…
Jamaican Beef Stew
Day 32 – It has now been more than a month we have been doing shelter-in-place. School just started back up for my son. They haven’t officially been meeting for over a month and he will be taking his Advanced Placement (AP) tests in May. EEK! He has 3 to take this year. He should…
Vietnamese Pork Chops
Day 31 – All of this shelter-in-place is starting to feel, well, normal. Some days it seems like this is the way it has always been and always will be. And other days it seems like this has just been a horrible dream. Today is a good day for me. I am beginning to see…
Beer Battered Fish Tacos
Day 25 – They say it takes 3 or 4 weeks to change habits. We have now been in shelter-in-place for 25 days. Have we changed any habits? I think so. We are a bit more patient with each other. If we snap we almost immediately take a step back and say, “I’m sorry.” We…
Top 5 Blog Posts for March 2020
The top recipe for the past 5 months has been the Pork, Sauerkraut and Apples (click for link to recipe). With pork having been super inexpensive in most places it makes sense. This dish has great flavor and is super simple for a nice easy dinner. Throw it in the slow cooker and dinner is…
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