6 Desserts for Picnics

Hershey’s Cocoa Chocolate Layer Cake (click for link to recipe) My favorite cake in the world is a Wegman’s Chocolate Cake. Wegman’s is an north east coast grocery chain. They have a chocolate cake that I have buckled in seat belt for a 10 hour drive half way across the country and had flown on…

Crostini Buffet

My family loves these little mini buffets for dinner. It is almost like playing with your food. We had 2 French baguettes leftover that we wanted to use up that were going to be rock hard by the morning so we decided to slice them and toast them for crostini. Then we raided our cupboards…

Betty Crocker Maple Walnut Pancakes

So my family is in kind of a weird spot right now. We haven’t really shared this at all with anyone but one of my son’s friends is being tested for Covid-19. We just found out yesterday. The issue is that he was at our house last Thursday. We have only had about 4 people…

Grilled Mexican Chicken with Cheese Sauce

I love cheese! Grilled chicken with cheese sauce? Even better. We use this cheese sauce on lots of things – Nachos, warm pretzels, and now chicken. Verdict: This is a delicious warming dish. It felt like a big comfort food hug. My son added lots of hot salsa to the top of his chicken (see…

Grilled Sweet Asian Chili Chicken

We are still in the high 80s and low 90s here. It has been a weird summer in that we live less than a mile from the beach and we haven’t been at all this summer. We are still staying away from most people which means lots of family time. We have always been close…

Grilled Kafta Kebob

We love Kafta. It is funny when we grill this out all the people that are walking by kind of stop and sniff. It smells amazing as it is cooking. All the spices are delicious! It is so simple to make too. You can top this with tahini from a jar or we make our…

5 Great Breakfasts Hearty Enough for Dinner

We love having breakfast for dinner about once a week. Usually on Thursday nights because I am tired of cooking we have some type of breakfast meal. The family loves it and they always know on Thursdays what to expect for dinner! Country Egg and Sausage Breakfast Casserole (click for link to recipe) You can…

Check In Day: 126

DAY 126: We spent the afternoon at the fairground yesterday eating fair food. It was fun. We had giant pretzels, warm chocolate chip cookies, hot fresh french fries, elephant ears, cotton candy, caramel apples, and steak tips. We were stuffed by the time we got home. What was nice was there is a one way…

Tart Cherry Muffins

Are you still baking and cooking at home quite a bit? I still have not gone into a restaurant to eat since March. The restaurants here are at 50% capacity and having outdoor dining when possible but I am just not ready to go out to eat yet. We have been ordering take-out once a…

Cheesy Ranch Potatoes in Foil

Dealing with the uncertainty of life is starting to get to everyone in our house. My daughter’s life has been turned upside down several times this week. She had planned on living in a single in her college dorm next year and then got a letter suddenly that she needed to have a roommate and…

Grilled Pork Tenderloin

I love the lilies that we have planted in front flower beds. Lilies are one of my favorite flowers. They are so pretty. At our home in Rochester I had white, pink, and reddish lilies that I loved. We planted these three years ago and will divide them later this summer so that they don’t…

Mediterranean Inspired Couscous Salad

It seems strange to me to see things starting to get scheduled on our family calendar. I hold the master calendar that we try to keep everyone sorted on and for 2-3 months it has been almost blank. Now this week I see a college interview, a dentist appointment, a dinner, and a small gathering…