Picture from joesmithfarms.com Fruits and vegetables are not cheap. Every time I find the limp celery that I planned on using the last stalks of for soup or the moldy peaches stuck in the back of my fruit and vegetable drawers I see dollar signs floating away. How do I store them AND use them…
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Traditional Southern Style Macaroni and Cheese
Growing up I knew there were two kinds of macaroni and cheese. The one from the blue box and the one my mother made. I liked them both but I remember liking the one from the box a bit more (why, oh why?) but as I grew up my mom’s macaroni and cheese tasted better…
CSA Share Dinner
The kids and I went yesterday to pick up our first Community Supported Agriculture box (CSA) from a local organic farm. It was like Christmas. The kids wanted everything for dinner but we settle on a few select things to try with our meal. Included in our box were: Kale – several varieties – Lacinato,…
Reuben Egg Rolls
I blog about our salad bar yesterday and today I am blogging about Reuben Egg Rolls. Sounds weird even to me but we are going to get our first CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) share of the year today. I know some people do not know what a CSA share is. You support a local farm…
Salad Bar – Lunches for the Summer
It’s summer vacation in our house. I am still trying to get the kids to eat more fruits and vegetables during the day so I came up with an idea yesterday to make a salad bar every day for the kids. I can prep the vegetables ahead of time and just mix the items up…
How to Store Your Herbs and Spices
Ever wonder when following a recipe why you have to use twice as much (or more of a spice) than what the recipe calls for? Is it a bad recipe? You must like extra spice, right? I just went through all my spice jars to get rid of all the ones that are old. Yes,…
Caramel Pecan Monkey Bread
I can’t even turn on the news anymore. I am limiting my time on Facebook. I love social media but it is too dark and depressing lately. The little boy in Walt Disney World, which is my favorite place in the world, killed by an alligator. The 49 people killed and 53 injured in the…
Slow Cooker Chicken Tostadas
Last night was my son’s last cello recital for the school year. All the students did a great job. It was a short program so we were home by 8:00 pm. During the summer we eat even later than normal. The sun doesn’t set until about 9:30 pm so we tend to be out and…
Philly Cheesesteak Pasta Bake
Our local OutCenter flag draped with a black ribbon says it all. The 90 degree days are gone for a while so we are back in comfort food mode again. With temperatures hovering in the low 60s and just a general sadness that seems to be in the air from the events of this past…
Eggplant Parmesan
School and my daughter’s Irish dance recital are now finally over. All of the school year obligations, except for my son’s cello recital on Tuesday are done! There was a huge sigh of relief in my house last night. These are most of the students from the dance school my daughter attends. It was a…
Share Your Social Media Accounts
Want to share your Social Media links with a wider audience? Below are my links and I hope you will add yours to the comments below so I can follow you too! Twitter: @Koolaidmoms2 (click for link to Twitter) Facebook: What’s for Dinner Moms? (click for link to Facebook) Pinterest: What’s for Dinner Moms? (click for link to…
Baked Chili Cheese Dogs
I had a meeting last night so I needed a meal that could be put together quickly and easily once I got home. Once again I looked to my slow cooker. Most of the meal could be made ahead of time and just assembled when I got home or it was so easy I could…
What's for Dinner Moms? 