My daughter thinks she doesn’t like spaghetti with marinara sauce on it.
She loves pizza.
So last Monday, I took great pleasure in watching her eat this…
Oh yes! Spaghetti disguised as pizza! It’s the little things really.
I used this recipe and this recipe. I liked the presentation of the Kraft foods recipe since it officially looks like [...]
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Posted in Recipes, carnivals on November 15, 2007 | 6 Comments »
I had seen this beautiful button around the blogosphere, but just realized I better get in gear if I want to share the culinary joy. I am the lucky blogger who gets to go to Fried Okra’s for Thanksgiving. I know, you are all jealous. She is preparing the big guns, but I’ll be adding [...]
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Posted in Family Life, Recipes on September 9, 2007 | 6 Comments »
End of summer–Football’s on the TV, happy children are playing outside, and the smell of my mother-in-law’s Super Chicken fills the house. (She’s not actually here. She just supplies me with all my best recipes). She definitely has Jedi skills in the kitchen. Everyone loves this dish.
2 lb. chicken breast
2 cans cream chicken soup
1/2 c. [...]
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Posted in Family Life, Recipes on August 4, 2007 | No Comments »
We’re having comp’ny for dinner tonight. We decided to go with one of our favorite exotic and easy menus. If you have a Trader Joe’s near you, you can do it to.
We are serving:
Edamame
Potstickers
Bulgogi (Korean spiced beef) in lettuce wraps
Jasmine rice
Sauteed Zucchini ‘n onions
And Vanilla ice cream topped with South Carolina peaches
Easy, simple, delicious. We [...]
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There’s a batch of our favorite hot dog chili on the stove, since you can’t BUY good hot dog chili in the state of Illinois. (We eat our dogs with chili and slaw where I’m from, and I consider it to be a little slice of heaven. This chili is also good on a burger, [...]
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Posted in Recipes on July 1, 2007 | No Comments »
We’re looking forward to the 4th in this household, and there’s a pig in the crockpot to prove it. I’m cooking my first boston butt pork roast. I chose this recipe because it was the easiest (and I had all the ingredients on hand!). But this one and this one sounded good too. After cooking [...]
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Posted in Family Life, Recipes on June 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Someday when I can actually formulate a complete thought, I’ll write about parenting. But that’s not gonna be today.
I’m glad you all have stopped in to see my blog, and I’m enjoying getting to know everyone and look around more. When I decided to start a blog, I was so happy at the thought of [...]
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Posted in Family Life, Recipes on June 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Well, we cooked up this little baby over here for Father’s Day. My six year old helped me mix it up, and my two year old was given the task of hammering the oreos, which he took to with great delight…until he also started hammering the rest of the house, which sent my six year [...]
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