Week 43: It certainly has been a strange week here. My son went back to school Monday on hybrid. Meaning he goes into school on Wednesday and Friday with 1/2 of the rest of the students in the school. He is on his own to complete assignments on Tuesday and Thursday while the other half…
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Mashed Potatoes with Simple Sausage Ragu’
My kids still think when I say ragu’ that I am talking about the American jarred pasta sauce. So, when I told them what was for dinner they thought I lost my mind (as usual!). Spaghetti sauce AND mashed potatoes? No meat sauce with mashed potatoes. A ragu is more meat less tomato sauce. More…
Slow Cooker Southwest Chicken Soup and Google Analytics
So, I learned something new this week. I often look at other recipe/lifestyle blogs to see what they do as far layouts, pictures, etc. I know most blogs are not like mine which talk about what we are doing and eating. I notice that many blogs have tons of pictures and lengthy writing before you…
Sun-dried Tomato Pesto Couscous
I have no problem with main dishes for us but it is the side dishes that seem to be the killer. It is usually a plain vegetable steamed with salt and pepper and maybe a little bit of garlic. That is BORING! Add that with the side salads and main course and it is a…
Garlic Butter Cod
I have decided fish and mashed potatoes are two of the hardest foods to photograph. I just use my phone to snap pictures of my plate at the table as we sit down to eat most days. No special preparation or anything because as I said we are getting ready to eat and I am…
Stuffed Pork Chops
We are back in the kitchen trying to keep cooking at home this month to clean out our freezer and save some money. We usually do a “No Buy January” to clean out our pantry and freezer. This year because of life we did a clean out in November but decided to do a modified…
Happy Little Plants Protein Puffs made into Mexican Pasta Salad
*This is a sponsored post by Happy Little Plants Protein Puffs. All reviews and opinions expressed in this post are based on my personal view. I received a package of various flavors of Happy Little Plants Protein Puffs (click for link) to try and then to create a recipe with. I was very excited to…
Check In: Day 294
Week 42: I am tired. I am writing this on the evening on January 1st and I am tired. We all stayed up late on New Year’s Eve and slept in a bit on New Year’s Day. We are starting to take down the Christmas decorations and starting to organize, well I guess it would…
New Year’s Day!
for·ti·tude/ˈfôrdəˌt(y)o͞od/ noun: fortitude courage in pain or adversity. Fortitude is my word for this year. The courage to look at what needs to change in my life and make the decisions on what needs to be done. To look at my life with strength of character, spirit, and mind and know that I am making…
New Year’s Eve
We are not big party people but this New Year’s Eve feels different than any other. I think we have such high hopes for the coming year and all that we may be able to do again it feels charged with hope and tinged with fear. This year my son will graduate high school. Both…
Slow Cooker Ranch Pork Chops
With everyone home and little to distract us we are trying to clean the house from top to bottom and get a few projects out of the way for the new year. I don’t want to fuss over dinner so I had my daughter make dinner the other night. She loves slow cooker dinners because…
Hot Cocoa Bar
We have been doing some fun things to make staying home, which we have been doing since March 12th, seem special. One of these was to make a little hot cocoa bar. We made homemade hot cocoa with whole milk, unsweetened cocoa powder, sugar, and vanilla extract and then all the toppings and stir-ins we…
What's for Dinner Moms? 