family friendly recipes and ideas
I love a good Fish Taco anytime of year... my Best Friend, Carol, gave this recipe to me. Once a month (at least) we'd go to Rubio's for fish tacos! Until she found this yum recipe on line and now we make them ourselves!! I have to admit I'm a healthifier of recipes so whenever I can, I change it up a little to be lower calorie or lower fat. (or both) Of course not all recipes … [Read more...]
My Katie's birthday is on Halloween... not exactly the day I woulda picked BUT, we don't get to choose those things DO we? And since it's such a popular day to be out and about we've always had to celebrate it on another day. Last weekend she had some friends over for a little movie party to celebrate, I made these cupcakes for the occasion! I found the recipe in last weeks ads, … [Read more...]
This is only the second year I have made this recipe. I love it and since we have a plum tree, I LOVE it even more. Now, I know what to do with all the plums!! I finally just made this jam a few days ago... my plum tree sat in the garage fridge waiting for me to get to it for at least a week. Luckily those little plums are pretty forgiving! Freezer Plum Raspberry Jam and … [Read more...]
Here's how this Beef Barley Soup went down.... (Jake eats two to three bites of his soup) Jake: Are there mushrooms in here? Me: Hmmm... I don't think so (Turning my head cuz I can't keep a straight face) (He eats two to three MORE bites) Jake: MOM, are you sure there aren't mushrooms in here? Me: Yep, I'm pretty sure... Jake eats a bit more and upon inspecting his bowl of soup … [Read more...]
We, sadly, had to pull the garden out last weekend. (sniff, sniff) I love all that fresh produce and the supplementation to my grocery bill! Before our first hard frost I picked all the tomatoes, peppers, basil, mint, melons, etc that I could... made our last batch of Tomato Basil Soup (which we LOVE) for the season, two nights ago. (That's the Tomato Shamato recipe from Aug 18, … [Read more...]
I've had this Baked Crispy Chicken recipe for a long time, I originally got it from an aunt who kinda "checked out" of the family picture (by that I mean divorced and then estranged) I still love this Baked Crispy Chicken recipe... it's quick and easy and YUM! I swear I could serve this rice pilaf everyday and my son, Jake, would NEVER get tired of it! He loves it... probably in … [Read more...]
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