family friendly recipes and ideas
Divorced Eggs are a traditional Mexican breakfast with over easy eggs and salsa done two ways plus some highlights from my recent trip to Cancun, Mexico! One of my best friends, Emily and I recently had a get-away girls trip to Cancun, Mexico! Maybe it's because we're both been divorced but we just loved these eggs AND the name is seriously too funny. Huevos Divorciados is the … [Read more...]
Chicken Tostadas with Chili Crema a crispy tostada piled high with cabbage, shredded chicken, queso fresco cheese, and topped off with chili crema! They're simple to make at home with all that south of the boarder flavor. Oh and we can. not. forget. the fresh squeeze of lime juice that makes it truly authentic! Recently, I had the wonderful opportunity to visit central Mexico … [Read more...]
I'm SO excited this morning! Are y'all ready? Hold on tight to your britches cuz it's about to get really awesome around here... All the members of the Girard's Culinary Collective wanted to share some of the Girard's Salad Dressing love with all of our readers. SOooo, we put our heads together and came up with a really fabulous Giveaway! 20 winners, yep. You heard that … [Read more...]
Good Monday Morning :) I hope y'all had a lovely weekend... I survived my finals Thursday and Friday!! Yay. Since then, I've been playing catch up all weekend long from the crazi-hectic-ness of last week :) It's all good. Just stay one step in front of the ball, right?! You remember that wonderful trip to Seattle I was able to go on with Girards Dressings about a month ago? … [Read more...]
Good Tuesday Morning everybody! Thank you for coming spend a little bit of your morning with me. The salmon in our Girard's Champagne Mint Salmon Salad below has a little bit of a story which absolutely has to be told to due the picture any justice... Some of you may remember that I was one of eight bloggers chosen to attend the Girard Culinary Collective in Seattle a week … [Read more...]
Are you ready for some football?? Or actually... a simple-to-make tailgating recipe! A couple of weeks ago I was in Denver, CO visiting my good friend Emily. I just happened to be out there for the last pre-season Bronco's game... Emily and her husband have season tickets and they usually take me to a game every year. Which is always a good time! Go Bronco's :) I … [Read more...]
I can hardly believe I'm starting into my last year of Culinary School today! I'm not exactly sure where the summer went but it flew by. I'm excited/nervous to back at it once again... I'd love it if you'd send a little happy thought my way :) A couple of weeks ago, I had the chance to head to Cancun, Mexico with my cute friend, Jen from Tatortots and Jello . It was a quick … [Read more...]
A couple of weeks ago I was invited to attend the Toscana Red Carpet Blogger Event in Salt Lake City, Utah. You guys! This event was SO swanky... I felt all cool and stuff in my $13.99 clearance dress from Ross! (yah, for reals.) Each group of bloggers were picked up and whisked away in a limo to a wonderful evening at Toscana Restaurant ~ Seriously. It's like the … [Read more...]
Welcome to Deadman Ranch on the Grey's River in Star Valley, Wy. This little piece of heaven is tucked away 24 miles up a dirt road AND the drive is beautifully scenic and absolutley breath-taking... Words can hardly express the beauty that surrounds you at this remote ranch, it's completely ah-mazing! (Check out Feathered Hook's website for booking Fly Fishing … [Read more...]
Maw Maw's Potato Salad is a Southern savory side dish that I wanted to share with y'all! It's soooo good. My best friend, Carol Ray, her folks, our 2 fishermen-boy's, and I just spent a relaxing couple of days in Star Valley, Wy. It was kick-back-country living to the this city girl... Have you been to Afton, Wyoming? It's breath taking- just SO beautiful! I tried … [Read more...]
Here it is... (drum roll, please) our Top Secret Disney Recipe :) Disney Flo's V8 Cafe Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie!! This Pie is SO amazing... it's totally worth the effort of finding Rhubarb at this time of year! Which was a little bit of a trick and after searching many frozen food sections, I ended up finding a friend that had frozen some from last summer! Many thanks to Lora Lee for … [Read more...]
Disney's Mini Mac-and-Cheese Our younger kids LOVE the Mac and Cheese at Disneyland SO, when I ran into this healthy Mini Mac and Cheese in the Disney Family Fun Magazine I just had to try it- our whole family totally loved it! You'll love it too :) Did you know that Disney has a healthy food initiative? They do and I think it's so awesome! Here's a link: … [Read more...]
