Our To-Go dishes made an appearance again the other day as we dashed out to head to a conference for my son. Both kids were hungry so I put together something they could eat easily in the car. The ham was delicious but the real star of the meal is what my children call Smashed…
Tag: Potatoes
Roasted Chicken Thighs and Drumsticks with Potatoes
I am all about easy dinners. This was great because I made the chicken AND potatoes in the same pan. One pan for clean up? Yes! This was a fun dinner for us because I also got to try out my new Kitchenaid Food Processor*. Believe it or not I have not had a food…
Simple Chicken and Potatoes with Gravy
I started playing hand bells in September. It has been difficult. I am a former music teacher so I can read music and I thought this would be fun. I have never played hand bells before but thought it can’t be that bad to learn something like this. I was wrong. I am like that…
Cowboy Potato Pizza and Lessons Learned from My Social Media Break
My short social media break has been eye-opening in many ways. Friday night I removed Facebook and all the news apps from my phone so that I would not absent-mindedly click on the apps. It was a habit and I needed to break it. We spent Saturday morning at the Kalamazoo Christmas parade. It was…
A Fall Meal – Slow Cooker Barbecue Pork Chops with Sliced Potatoes
I love passing this tree. It is my touchstone for the seasons. Right now it is turning bright reds and oranges for fall but I know before long I will be watching it bud and turn green with the hope that spring is coming. This is not a great picture of what was actually a…
11 Casseroles and Slow Cooker Meals for Busy Nights
It’s back to school time all over the country. That means fall and busy schedules are heading our way! The best way I have found to have dinner as a family on busy nights is to plan ahead. Knowing when we have late meetings or lessons I know whether I need to have the meal…
Old Fashioned Skillet Potatoes and Kielbasa
There are times you have to make due with what you have on hand. We are still trying to be frugal as we still have half a month left before payday and there is still so much we want to do before school starts. And there are all those pesky things you have to buy…
Twice Baked Reuben Potatoes
While my daughter is in Europe this week, just cooking for three people rather than four has been different. My daughter has a strong dislike of onions (although she eats them far more than she will ever know), cooked mushrooms and rice. So, I have been making dishes that she may not normally like and…
Cheesy Sloppy Joe Stuffed Potatoes
This past weekend my partner and I had to go to two different places for the weekend. My daughter and I headed to a Feis (Irish dance competition) in Detroit, MI while my partner and son headed to Rochester, NY for a family baby shower. Both weekends were crazy so meals are going to be…
Roasted Potatoes with Pastrami Ragu
I realized last night I am not a normal mom. It’s okay, really. What is normal? Conforming to a standard, usual,typical or expected according to Google. Is that what we want? I don’t. The best parts of life are when we are not looking and things just “happen.” Sometimes my dinners just “happen.” This dish…
Slow Cooker Corned Beef Stew
Using up my frozen Corned Beef leftovers from St. Patrick’s Day I made a simple stew in the slow cooker. It was nice to come home to the smell of corned beef filing the house and knowing with a nice loaf of crusty bread and some butter dinner would be ready! Verdict: Corned beef is…
Slow Cooker Baked Potatoes
You all know I love my slow cooker. But, I think I may have just fallen even further in love with it after finding this great tip for baking potatoes. I have always loved that I can have dinner cooking in my slow cooker when I am busy and just finish adding some pasta, fresh…
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