Lemon Pepper and Cheese Asparagus YUM!!!!! I got these vegetables from Aldi’s. Do you have that store? I love this store. I wasn’t sure if I would but I really do!! I love their selection of vegetables too. Sadly I have never made fresh Asparagus before. So I asked a bunch of friends how do…
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We have been trying to eat a bit healthier in our home and trying out new recipes. Avocados not only have some protein in them they also help boost your metabolism!! SCORE!! This one was a winner!!! I cut open 3 avocados and then removed a little bit extra in the center after I removed…
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This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Carapelli. All opinions are 100% mine. This dinner seems to be quite involved – but in reality it hardly took us much time at all to create and it was DELICIOUS!!! We enjoy cooking with EVOO – (extra virgin olive oil) Have you ever…
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We have never cooked with Bok Choy before. I am not sure why not but we really enjoyed this dish. It was simple and so flavorful!! It’s now added to our list of must make again!! This recipe is not our own completely but we changed a few things to make it more like what…
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Lemon Garlic Pepper Chicken Pasta- say that 4 times really fast. HA!! This dish was amazing. The family ate 2nd helpings (including the kidlets) and then the left overs were negotiated for lunch This makes enough for at least 8-10 servings. So you can feed guest on just 3 chicken breasts and they are sooooo…
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We are GUEST BLOGGING over at COUPONERS UNITED today!! You do not want to miss this AMAZINGLY yummy dinner. We did the entire meal with coupons!! We learned all our tricks and tips from COUPONERS UNITED as well. They post daily coupons you can find for many stores to save up to 90% on…
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Making sushi at home is quite easy. Its just the preparation that takes up all the time. Also cooking the rice takes a bit of time. But once you have everything ready, putting it together is quite simple. We used a mat just like this. You can find it here – Bamboo Sushi Mat with…
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My family is a huge french onion soup fan! Almost every where we go- out to eat, we generally want to find out if they make this soup. We tease each other who is going to eat the cheese off the soup bowl if we are sharing. We decided enough is enough. We need to…
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YUP!! You read it right. It is famous. (Well in our family it is) Anyone that comes over for dinner- scarfs them up, or they request to have them when they come over to dinner with us. Roasted Garlic Potatoes at it’s best!! Ingredients- 5 red potatoes (medium/large) 2-3 tablespoons of Olive Oil 1 tablespoon…
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We attended a reception a few weeks ago for some special friends. They had their children blessed at church. At the reception- they had delicious food. However this one caught our eye. Because we never thought to bake them together as they did. I don’t know why not- but we were introduced to this easy…
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Grilled Tomatoes are the FASTEST vegetable you can make!! My kids were not very sure about this till they tasted it!! What is important when making this- you use very large beefsteak tomatoes. Large ones- and you cut them very thick. Ingredients- 1 large tomato pinch of coarse salt pinch of cracked black pepper approx…
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We are not much of the canned asparagus eaters. Far too soggy for us. We prefer fresh and as you know fresh tastes better. Cooking it on the grill is a fast and delicious way to eat it. We put it on while we cook our meats. Check out our Lemon Herb Chicken recipe for…
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This is another really yummy recipe. We love going through different foodie magazines and books and making recipes. Most of the time we leave them pretty close to as they make it but it seems we always alter something. The kids were very happy with this dish! They loved it as did we. Something different…
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Sorry it has been so long since we posted. We are still cooking but nothing really NEW that was bloggable. HOWEVER… this new soup.. is very blog worthy! Extremely easy, fast and I told folks after we made this, the flavors are like a party in your mouth!! Definitely you want to try this!! I…
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We watched this on the Food Network channel. Instantly knew this was a recipe for us. Even tho we do not cook with alcohol we knew we could make this fit our family and boy was it delicious. My then 4 yr old stood up in her chair after taking a 2nd bite and proclaimed…
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