Last week we talked about turkey, aka the main character on the Thanksgiving table. This week and next week I want to talk about the other dishes on the table, that are just as important, sides. Side dishes are what I typically remember most about holiday meals and are what bring happy thoughts to […]
Recipes
Book Review: Trim Healthy Mama Plan Book by Pearl Barrett and Serene Allison
I received this book from Blogging for Books in exchange for this review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. This is the companion book that goes with the cookbook that I reviewed a couple weeks ago. The tagline of the book is “Keep it Simple. Keep it Sane.” And the book shares a great not much fuss […]
Harry Potter Party: Pt 2
Our Harry Potter party was a hit. We watched 3 movies and had some delicious treats. We made our own grand table complete with Buckbeak. We had delicious cockroach clusters, recipe below. Dinner was chicken and mushroom meat pies, and a beef pie. These are modelled after the ones that were served […]
Turkey Talk
It is November and I can officially start thinking about the holidays. Thanksgiving will be here soon and with that some wonderful foods. This month I will be sharing recipes for Thanksgiving lunch or dinner. Today I want to talk turkey. There are many ways to cook your turkey and all can turn out […]
Baked Chicken Wings
Baking instead of frying chicken is not a new idea. These though you can get to the same crispness as a fried wing and I think they taste even better. We are following the Trim Healthy Mama plan and these are on plan and great for a date night or when watching a football game. […]
Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook Review
I received this book from Blogging for Books in exchange for my review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. This is a companion book to the Trim Healthy Mama Plan (review coming soon). These books are Serene Allison and Pearl Barrett’s second and third book, an update to their original self-published book […]
Crock Pot Chicken Taco Chili
I typically don’t make chicken in the crock pot, I tried when we first got married and it turned out dry and one time burnt. I thought it was the crock pot, but it made everything else perfectly, so I decided no more chicken in there. But when I saw this recipe and […]
Building the Ultimate Sandwhich
Hubby loves sandwiches, he thinks that everything can be made better by turning it into one. While I was gone last weekend at AWBU he decided to make him a special one. He began thinking that he wanted to make a muffuletta but decided he didn’t want to mess with the olives at the […]
Zoodles- Zucchini Noodles
I’m sure you have heard of zoodles, Pinterest has had them for quite some time now. I have been wanting to try them for a while but just wasn’t sure if they would be very good. I needed lunch for the week and had a bunch of zucchinis that I was going to cut […]
Chocolate Chip Cookies without Butter
Everyone has been there, you want to make a batch of cookies and you realize you don’t have butter, or in my case you forget to buy the butter when getting the chocolate chips. I had to hit the ever-faithful Google to find what could take its place. I ended up using oil, and […]