My children love the fruit in the Easter Basket. Each year they look forward to seeing what they will get. We have done kiwis disguised as Easter eggs and this year the Easter Cantaloupe and Easter Watermelon. We love having fun with their baskets. I LOVE Easter. To me, this is the perfect holiday. It…
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Ravioli Pizza Bake
As we await the phone call regarding my mother-in-law’s passing we are trying to keep things as normal as possible for the kids. They know Grandma is near the end and what that means but their lives are still going on. There was a Talent Show at the Middle School for my daughter to prepare…
Balsamic Glazed Salmon
We are trying to keep life as normal as possible for our family as we are awaiting the phone call that we need to head back home for my mother-in-law’s funeral. The children are under a great deal of stress not knowing what is happening day-to-day so we are trying to do as much as…
Pretzel Dogs
My kids have been asking for simple dinners lately. Hot dogs, hamburgers or pasta with sauce is what they want. Nothing fancy. I think things are so stressful in their life right now, as they are for all of us, they want comfort and familiarity in their meals as well as in their routines. My…
Slow Cooker Chicken Stroganoff
We are still in full comfort food mode so for dinner last night I started with a recipe for Slow Cooker Chicken Stroganoff from Allrecipes.com. I knew I would have to a bit of changing to the recipe for my family. The first change I made was substituting chicken stock for butter. I didn’t want…
Bacon and Balsamic Onion Macaroni and Cheese
We are in all out comfort food mode in our house. It may have been the first day of Spring but last night we received word that my mother-in-law is in her final days. So, tomorrow we will head back home. I will probably not post next week but will start again just as soon…
Fried Rice with Spam
My mother-in-laws has been in hospice for the past few weeks. Last night we received word that we are down to weeks and days and are no longer thinking in terms of months. It is amazing to me that in times of stress and grief how our minds turn to food. My partner immediately picked…
Taco Pizza
Gahhhh! It’s been one of those days. My computer has refused to connect to the internet until now. Our whole house is wireless, which I love sometimes. But, then there are days like these when it all goes fzzzzt. Ugh! So, I am just getting around to posting – in between picking up a child…
One Skillet Tortellini & Sausage in Tomato Cream Sauce
Our family had a Snow Day yesterday. It was wonderful. We all needed that day to kind of put ourselves back together. Things have been so busy that everything was just a bit off and the forced down time let us put everything back in order. Now, if we could only find my son’s winter…
Slow Cooker Jambalaya
Most of my dinner photographs are pretty awful. I am not a photographer. This has to be one of the worst pictures I have ever posted. This was taken after dinner when I realized I forgot to take a picture and there was just a little bit of Jambalaya left in the bottom of the…
Easy Chicken Parmesan Casserole
This whole time change thing has thrown my entire family off schedule. We didn’t even have brunch until almost 2:00 pm because we just couldn’t get motivated. So, of course that put dinner way off schedule. We spent the rest of the day cleaning and hanging pictures so everyone was really hungry when it finally…
Slow Cooker Cheesy Chicken and Rice
Back to my slow cooker! I love this thing. It’s that busy time of year and with a teacher conference, a dentist appointment, volunteering at the school book fair and working so dinner needed to be quick and easy. I found this recipe for Cheesy Chicken & Rice from kmhoho.wordpress.com and as I read it…
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