The past few days have been crazy. For the first time in ages I actually had someone stop over unexpectedly and was embarrassed as I was making dinner that just about half of the pans in my house still needed to be hand washed and the Sunday paper was still strewn across the living room. …
Tag: Ground beef
Sun Dried Tomato Pesto Cheeseburgers
First full week of summer vacation begins and I am tired! I thought this was going to get easier. In a few weeks it will. My son asked why all our appointments are in the two weeks after school is out. He is right. I have been holding off as much as possible until school…
Chili Fritos Walking Tacos
Chili Fritos Walking Tacos – without toppings This Memorial Day weekend was a busy one in our household. It was our 18th anniversary. We always have dreams of spending it in some exotic place or even just having dinner together. But, we usually end up celebrating similar to the way we did the year our…
Barbecue Cowboy Casserole
After a doctor appointment we needed to decide if my daughter was going to dance class last night. She had just been seen by our pediatrician who diagnosed her with problems in her Flexor from overuse. The pediatrician recommended physical therapy and to cut back a bit on dance class. The doctor told her that…
Bruschetta Burgers
This was another night where dinner needed to be on the table rather quickly and all I had in the refrigerator for meat was thawed ground beef. My children know I do not make plain old hamburgers so I had to think quickly. I found one tomato, some mozzarella, spices and left over mini sub…
Slow Cooker Ground Beef Philly Cheesesteaks
Mondays are always the worst day of the week in our house. It just seems to be hard to get the motivation going to start the week ahead. I usually try to not schedule any appointments or meetings on Mondays because I just cannot get moving. But, because our schedules are extra busy right now…
Tyler Florence’s Simple Chili Cheese Dogs with NO Canned Chili
We are slowly re-entering life. After the week of family togetherness for calling hours, the funeral, eating out every meal and being in hotels we had a case of the plague go through our house. It started on the way home with my son waking in the middle of the night with a stomach bug. …
Cheese Stuffed Hamburgers with Oven Baked Sweet Potato Chips
This is a tough one today. I am just not feeling like sitting down and actually writing. That is rare for me. I love to get up and start writing about food and my family. Today started with an appointment and then seemed to go downhill from there. My routine is off which sets my…
Saucy Asian Meatballs
Lots of ground beef to use right now so I am trying to make different things so the kids don’t realize the meat is the same thing every night. This recipe for Saucy Asian Meatballs is from Bear With Me at Chef Jenny.com. I must confess that I followed the recipe just as it…
Individual Barbecue Cheddar Meat Loaves
Though the temperature on our vacation in Florida left me feeling limp and tired all the time the cold here is not helping anything either. It has warmed up a bit lately but the dampness is still leaving me with that feeling of deep inside my bones cold no matter what the thermometer says. So,…
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…
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