How our garden grows Week 7 This week wanted to show you how we plant our corn and talk a little about “The 3 sister’s technique”… Plus, we’ll throw in a few snap shots of our garden beds so you can see how our gardens growing 🙂 To start corn from seed it’s …
What’s Cooking in your kitchen Weekly Dinner Menu Sometimes we all need a little help figuring out what to make for dinner! What’s Cooking… in your kitchen, is a dinner menu plan that will help take the guess work out of dinner! Week 7 Monday: Delicious Fresh from the garden Spaghetti …
Green Tea Smoothie is just about as yummy of a smoothie as they come! I used to be able to get my favorite Green Tea Smoothie at a smoothie shop in a town where I lived about 5 or 6 years ago BUT when I moved… I was bound and determined to figure out …
Momma’s Bench Re-due SO, we snagged this bench from my mom a few years ago with the intent to spiff it up a bit ONLY, we never quiet got to the re-due-ing it part!! Lucky you… Now, you can come along on this rehabbing adventure! This bench has been well loved and …
Chocolate Turtle Cake is everything you’d hoped it’d be when you read the title!! Chocolate, Pecans, and Caramel… how can it be anything but delicious 🙂 We enjoyed this Chocolate Turtle Cake for Abbies 13th birthday party last Sunday… she loved it and so did all the rest of us! Chocolate Turtle Cake will …
Chat with Ruthie… Summer Chore Charts Another summer is upon us and you maybe excited OR just a little afraid wondering how to keep things a little less than a circus at home with all the kiddos under foot!! I’ve been there… My answer to this yearly dilemma…. Summer Chore Charts!! YEP, even the …
BBQ Chicken I received so many compliments on this easy dish last Sunday when we had our family over for yet another birthday celebration 🙂 We ate our BBQ Chicken with corn on the cob, watermelon, and green salad! AND who knew such an amazing tasting dish could be that easy!! You’ll LOVE it. …
How our garden grows Week 6 Our garden is mostly planted and off to a fabulous start! We want to share a few planting tips with you, show you how to trellis tomatoes, and let ya have a look at how our garden is growing 🙂 We talked about “hardening off” your …
What’s Cooking in your kitchen Weekly Dinner Menu Sometimes we all need a little help figuring out what to make for dinner! What’s Cooking… in your kitchen, is a dinner menu plan that will help take the guess work out of dinner! Week 6 Monday: This french toast bake is delicious …
DIY flower pots with this 3 day weekend upon us, I thought it’d be fun to show you some of my flower pots and give ya a few tips on how to build your own! The pots that sit in the front of our house are pretty much always in the shade except for a …
I’ve been thinking a lot about the Seasons of life lately and I’ve decided they go way too fast! The next I’ve realized is we hardly recognize that one is shifting into the next, until it’s already shifted. I love my ‘To Everything There Is A Season’ sign that I bought many years ago. I …
Picnic Perfect Potato Salad is not your “run-of-the-mill” potato salad! NOPE! It’s Waaayy better than that 🙂 Let’s just say it’s a skinnier and yummier version of a Potato Salad… AND who doesn’t LOVE that?!?!? It’s got flavor you won’t believe and still has all that creamy deliciousness! Today, I’m joining up with some fellow …
Gram’s Famous Barbecues are the perfect combination of sweet and sour with a hint of dill! Yummo 🙂 AND the best part of these barbecue sandwiches is you use leftover meat! YEP, you heard me right!! Never know what to do with the leftover hamburgers all grilled up from last Saturday? or the Roast that didn’t …
How our garden grows Week 5 This past week we’ve been working on getting our watering system up and running AND also making some Vegetable Trellises for some of our plants to grow on! We’ll show how we made each of these this week 🙂 Watering System: In our area we have secondary water …
What’s Cooking in your kitchen Weekly Dinner Menu Sometimes we all need a little help figuring out what to make for dinner! What’s Cooking… in your kitchen, is a dinner menu plan that will help take the guess work out of dinner! Week 5 Monday: These Fajitas are just amazing!! You’ll …
Texas Baked Beans belong right up there with pulled pork and bar-b-que sandwiches!! How do ya have a proper BBQ without this famous side dish? Well… ya don’t!! That’s why I’m fixin’ to share this family favorite Texas Baked Beans recipe (for a good 15 years) with y’all 🙂 I picked this Texas Baked …
Spinach and Feta Chicken I have no words… (and that’s rare)… to properly explain this mouthwatering dish!! MAYBE the picture will do a better job 🙂 See?? NOW… you all know what I’m talkin’ bout… the Feta, Spinach, Honey Mustard drizzle just melts in your mouth! THERE… I’ve just made you grab your car keys …
Chat with Ruthie… the FuD feud is a little culinary contest at Orson Gygi’s in Salt Lake City that I went to last Saturday! I thought it’d be fun to tell you all about it as we chat this week! The judges were from a variety of backgrounds… some were chefs at area restaurants and …
Bread you never thought could come from your oven This is actually one of the first posts I ever wrote AND somehow in the shuffle of my transfer a few months ago, this little post was lost!! SO, after being asked the other day where it had disappeared to… I pulled it off the other …
How our garden grows Week 4 We’ve been working on transplanting and “hardening off” our little seedlings so they’ll be ready to plant… we’ve been at it for a couple of weeks SO, today we’re gonna show you how it’s done!! Transplanting: Once the seeds sprout and begin to grow under the lights, …
What’s Cooking in your kitchen Weekly Dinner Menu Sometimes we all need a little help figuring out what to make for dinner! What’s Cooking… in your kitchen, is a dinner menu plan that will help take the guess work out of dinner! Week 4 Monday: This one pot dinner is just …
My niece and nephews can seriously Bust some Moves!! This is a You Tube contest for their local radio station and if they get the most views… THEN they win a trillion tickets to the movies!! (ok… not that many but a lot!) So, be sport and watch their quick little flick 🙂 …
Mothers’ Day Topiary… is cute little idea I saw on Pintrest! It looks like a gal name Melody McBride originally made it and pinned it up! It’s darling and edible (well… mostly!) I thought it’d be fun Mothers’ Day gift for our kids to give Grandma’s so I rounded the stuff up and they …
Strawberry Basil Salad isn’t it just lovely! I saw this recipe at our local health food store the other day, in their free magazine and it totally intrigued me! I wasn’t quiet sure how the basil and strawberry’s would taste together?? Well, I was pleasantly surprised!! Honestly, it was SO good 🙂 * …