Mother’s Week Day 2: Strawberry Bread
From me to you: Happy Mother’s Week! Yesterday I announced that I was making this week Mother’s Week, in honor of moms everywhere. I’m continuing to honor you by showering you with a week’s worth of...
View ArticleThe dessert that almost wasn’t: Brownie Dessert Pizza
The final product was well-worth the journey, although at the time I was questioning it! Ever have one of those days where nothing seems to go quite right? Well Sunday was one of those days and we...
View ArticleThe Big Salad
You can load almost anything into a salad. Anyone out there a Seinfeld fan? Anyone remember the episode with “The Big Salad?” According to The Big Salad’s very own Wikapedia page, “”The Big Salad” is...
View ArticleKids’ State Dinner Part II: White House Gardens Tour
Coming out of this door of the White House was so cool! In yesterday’s post I gave you the best event first: the actual dinner at the White House, but the day included much more than that. We took a...
View ArticleStrawberry Compote for your next breakfast or brunch
We’ve made this twice already since finding the recipe in a magazine. Being a breakfast/brunch fanatic, when I saw this compote in a FamilyFun magazine recently, I knew I had to try it. I love...
View ArticleFat Free Strawberry Muffins (vegan)
Happy Easter! This past weekend was Easter. Normally we host Easter but this year my parents decided to host, and I was looking for something new to bring to add to their spread. Since embarking on our...
View ArticleMy new addiction: Four Ingredient Nutella Mug Cake
Nutella is not new, but there’s this great little treat that I make with it, which I’m addicted to! For the longest time, I knew that Nutella existed, but I never bought it. Yes, seriously. It was not...
View ArticleFun Friday: Baked Oatmeal: It’s not just for breakfast
I’d eat this for breakfast, lunch or dinner! The other day I came across a great new recipe for baked oatmeal. It was on Skinnytaste.com, a blog I follow on Facebook. I love all kinds of oatmeal from...
View ArticleFun Friday: Mozaik 48 Piece Mini Dessert Set
These were so much fun I just had to feature them for a Fun Friday post! A few weeks ago we hosted our daughter’s First Communion at our house. Besides cake, we had several other desserts and today I...
View ArticleA great summer snack: Honey Yogurt Fruit Dip
This is a great dip for a summer day! The summer is flying by! I can’t believe the Fourth of July is well past us and it’s mid-July already. We have been super busy, celebrating the holiday,...
View ArticleWhat’s for Dinner Wednesday: Strawberry English Muffin Fruitwiches
English muffins: not just for breakfast! A while back I posted about Elizabeth’s cookbook and I posted one of the recipes we’d tried at the time, a tuna salad recipe. Since then we’ve had it for lunch...
View ArticleFun Friday: In honor of National Chocolate Chip Day…Chocolate Chip Fruit Pizza
This was such a great recipe, it got all thumbs up, all the way around! This week I received an email message from a fellow cast member from last week’s Listen To Your Mother. The message was letting...
View ArticleThe dessert that almost wasn’t: Brownie Dessert Pizza
The final product was well-worth the journey, although at the time I was questioning it! Ever have one of those days where nothing seems to go quite right? Well Sunday was one of those days and we...
View ArticleFun Friday: Baked Oatmeal: It’s not just for breakfast
I’d eat this for breakfast, lunch or dinner! ORIGINALLY POSTED MAY 10, 2013: The other day I came across a great new recipe for baked oatmeal. It was on Skinnytaste.com, a blog I follow on Facebook. I...
View ArticleFun Friday: Welcome Back Summer Timeline, I missed you!
I couldn’t do it alone this year. If you’ve been a regular reader of my blog over the years, you’re familiar with our Summer Timeline that I started a few years back. It was my version of a clothesline...
View ArticleFun Friday: So Many Strawberries!
What to do with more than ten pounds of strawberries? We went strawberry picking!! I had not been strawberry picking since I was a child. Each year it seems, we’d miss the season between the end of...
View ArticleFun Friday: Mini Strawberry Cheesecakes
If you’re looking for a new summertime dessert, this one comes highly recommended! We don’t entertain often, but when we do, I like to try out new things. We are generally among friends and family so...
View ArticleFun Friday: Dairy-free cream cheese filling for crepes
This was a great new option for our crepe fillings! TGIF! It’s Friday and it was our first full week back to school. For me personally, it wasn’t a bad week, but for the kids, it was exhausting to be...
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