Category Archives: Recipes

Easy Peasy Kielbasa & Kraut

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…

Cinnamon Bun Pancakes & Icing Syrup

Our family gives 2 thumbs up- 5 stars!! Definitely a keeper!!! This is NOT our recipe and we made it exactly as suggested from the Pioneer Woman’s website!! This is mostly just a rating- and a huge recommendation to try it out. Here is the link to the recipe for the pancakes – CLICK HERE…

Grilled Tomatoes & Cheese

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…

Grilled Crunchy Asparagus

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…

Grilled Lemon Herb Chicken

We love to grill and now that we have great weather… we plan to put this baby to work!!! We decided one evening to do all our veggies and meat on the grill. The entire meal.  So be sure to check out the other grilled veggie recipes from this meal on the blog as well….

Grilled Cheese for Dessert

Did you know April is National Grilled Cheese month?? If you didn’t… now you do! That is what we had for our dessert tonight. Grilled Cheese. Everyone we told gave us this crazy look and said “What??” It was quite tasty and the kids loved it. Something very different and that makes it fun! It…

Persian Lime Meringue Pie – PUCKER UP!

They say Persian Limes and Key Limes you can’t tell the difference. Honestly I beg to differ. I think you can. However this does NOT take away from the incredible puckery yumminess this pie has! Big hit with the family. In fact we almost ate too much of it before we remembered to take a…

Blue Cheese Scallion Burgers

Tonight Chad whipped these up, (another Chad creation) and they were WONDERFUL! Easy ot make and something different. Instead of having to put so many toppings on the burgers, he put them in the burger. Very flavorful!! Moist and delicious!! If they were not so big could of eaten a 2nd!! The kids were saying…

How to make Strawberry Jam (not freezer jam)

Had 2 flats of strawberries that came from Plant City, FL.  I must give 2 thumbs up for this grower. Fabulous strawberries and very generous amounts in each flat. I thought I would never get to the bottom of 2 flats! If you are in Florida, check out http://www.ifarm4u.com/ Made 3 batches of Strawberry Jam…

Lemon Raspberry Mousse Squares

My mom 1st got her copy of her Food Network magazine this month and instantly made this and loved it. Told me we needed to make it too. It was so good. So I made it tonight for a function where we talk about our favorite cooking books/magazines etc. I took this in to share…

Lemon Parsley Fish Cakes

An awesome friend gave me this recipe a few weeks ago. I have been dieing to try it!! It sounds so easy yet so yummy. I took her word on it.. and they are a hit with the entire family. The kiddos too! I put one of them to work as well in the kitchen…

Delish Chinese-style omelet- Egg Foo Yong

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…

Very Stuffed Pork Chops

Another winning recipe from Chad himself!! Stuffed Pork Chops with spinach and mushrooms!!! Trust me it is REALLY GOOD!! Read on… Made this a few weeks ago. Getting around to sharing it with you now. This is another winning dish from Chad!!  In fact it is on the menu again for this weekend! The kids…

Grilled Corned Beef with Irish Cheddar Sandwich

We actually cooked out corned beef the day before St. Patrick’s day in the slow cooker. You just put the corned beef and all the juice it comes with and any seasonings it comes with in a slow cooker, set to low and cook till it reaches 160 degrees internal temperature. It came out sooo…

Leprechaun Ale – It is Magically Delicious

YUP! My kids were beyond thrilled for this today! Way easy and a big hit with the family! My sister gave me this recipe so I have to say a BIG THANK YOU! I think we will do this every year!! Ingredients- Lime Sherbet Ginger Ale Green Sugar Lime Similar to adding salt to a…

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