What’s Cooking in your kitchen? A Weekly Dinner Menu Round-Up Sometimes we all need a little help figuring out what to make for dinner! What’s Cooking… in your kitchen, is a Dinner Menu Round-Up that will help take the guess work out of dinner! Monday: I thought this recipe from What’s Cooking …
How to get oily stains out As most of you know, I do a fair amount of cooking and I don’t always remember to wear my apron! It’s usually when I’m just doing something quick in the kitchen AND I somehow end up making a mess of myself 🙁 SO, I thought I’d share …
Fake Cheesecake is every bit as addicting as “real” cheesecake BUT! there’s NO baking required 🙂 My Best Friend, Carol, brought this to a BBQ we had the other night AND it was just delightful! I told her I needed to blog it and she happily agreed… of course, I made her snap …
Today’s Big Green Egg Salmon Recipe is an easy grilled salmon recipe featuring tender salmon fillets coated in a flavorful honey Dijon glaze with brown sugar, soy sauce, ginger and fresh basil. Cooked on the Big Green Egg, this smoked salmon recipe delivers perfectly flaky fish with a delicious balance of sweet and savory flavors. …
Chat with Ruthie tips for Back to School I can hardly wrap my mind around the fact that summer’s winding down and all of our kiddos will be Back to School in just a couple of weeks!! Crazy. Summers are hard to have come to an end… I remember when my kids were little …
Summer Garden Pasta is a subtle but pleasing pasta dish that uses fresh from the Garden ingredients! Summer Garden Pasta… is lovely for a warm summers evening when a light and easy dinner is what your in the mood for! I LOVE this Summer Garden Pasta recipe… how can you go wrong with asparagus, zucchini, …
How our garden grows AND A Beet Smoothie Our garden is off and running pretty much on it’s own now- SO, we’re at the harvesting stage for a lot of our produce! Which is just the yummiest part!! 🙂 I must admit I was a little surprised at how many BEETS showed up …
What’s Cooking in your kitchen? A Weekly Dinner Menu Round-Up Sometimes we all need a little help figuring out what to make for dinner! What’s Cooking… in your kitchen, is a Dinner Menu Round-Up that will help take the guess work out of dinner! I’ve been wanting to highlight Recipes from all the fabulous …
Pineapple Bowl Fruit Salad is just about the cutest display bowl I’ve ever seen! This Pineapple Bowl Fruit Salad was served at my daughter, Madi’s, closing banquet for her dance company! I don’t even know whose mom made it but, one of Madi’s fellow dancer girls brought it and I just had to …
Garlic Basil Butter is a quick and simple way to dress up a cube of butter We grow a garden and our herbs are ready to harvest… Garlic Basil Butter is wonderful addition to any loaf of bread or rolls AND a fabulous way to incorporate fresh herbs 🙂 * My friend, …
This week for my Chat with Ruthie post I wanted to share some ideas on how to Eat Well Dining Out Sometimes it can be a little tricky when we go out to dinner with restaurants offering such a large variety of menu items… how does one choose??? In this day and age …
Cucumber Salad tastes like summer in a bowl to me! There’s nothing quite like the crisp crunch of cucumbers and onions fresh from the garden… Our garden is just beginning to produce something other than zucchini and yellow squash 🙂 Cucumber Salad… is a fabulous recipe for fresh garden produce or …
I wanted to share this fun little Picture Frame Project with all of you! My daughter, Madi, was the President of her Dance Company- ADC this year! One of the things she did was put together a gift for their instructor and this cute Picture Frame Project was part of it! This Picture …
Summer Soiree Grilled Banana Splits AND last but not least, dessert! The perfect ending to a fabulous evening… Grilled Banana Splits 🙂 * This can be a build-your-own dessert where each guest makes their own or it can easily be made beforehand and then it’s all ready to grill! I tried to keep …
Summer Soiree Grilled Lime Chicken, Vegetable Skewers, and Bread For our Main Dish we’re having a delicious trio of Grilled Lime Chicken, Vegetable Skewers, and Sour Dough Bread… *I snagged this amazing Lime Marinade from my good friend, Natalie!! You’ll be SO impressed 🙂 Summer Soiree… Grilled Lime Chicken, Vegetable Skewers, …
Summer Soiree Grilled Pear and Gorgonzola Salad The next course is Salad and it’s absolutely mouth watering! Grilled Pear and Gorgonzola Salad *I place bottles of balsamic vinegar and olive oil on the table and let each person dress their salad to their liking. This recipe can be made up to an hour …
Summer Soiree Grilled Watermelon with Feta and Mint Next is our Appetizer and it’s just amazing! Grilled Watermelon with Feta and Mint… Summer Soiree Grilled Watermelon with Feta and Mint is seriously amazing!! You’ll be so surprised at how much you LOVE this unexpected combination I put together!! Tomorrow’s recipe is an absolute …
Summer Soiree A few weeks ago I was able to guest post on Tatertots and Jello! Jen is such a sweetie and I was SO thrilled to have to opportunity!!! I wanted to share the post I put together for her with all of you… the only difference is– I’m going to post one recipe …
Chat with Ruthie 25 Healthy Snack Ideas I recently shared my Weight Loss Story and in my story, I talked about eating 6 small meals a day (instead of 3 large) to keep your metabolism revved and burning steady! What is your metabolism? I found this helpful information on Mayo Clinic.com “Metabolism …
How our garden grows Week 11 You’ll be surprised how much our little garden has grown over the past couple of weeks!! It’s really taken off- so we want to give you a tour 🙂 The first picture is of our summer squash plants and some cute sunflowers! The sunflowers are supposed to grow …
Our Pineapple Italian Ice Recipe is a delightful way to end your evening meal! Pineapple ice is also known as pineapple water ice–it’s a simple and refreshing recipe that will please all your guests. Our pineapple Italian ice has fresh pineapple, agave, honey, lemon juice, and ice cubes! Why we love Pineapple Italian Ice Recipe …
Parfait Pops are a delicious summer treat! My son, Jake and I made these yummy little Parfait Pops in about 15 minutes this morning! They’re quick and healthy and super fun for kids to help out with in the kitchen… the only down-side is the 3 hours it takes in the freezer before they …
Backyard Deck Refurbish Our deck was due for a bit of an overhaul this year so at the beginning of the season went to work on it 🙂 AND our entire family has enjoyed this space SO much more now, that there’s furniture that works well in our space and the addition of …
Chat with Ruthie… my hand on my heart Last weekend we were able to go bright and early one morning to pick up my son, Jake, from Scout Camp. We drove a couple of hours down to where the camp was held in the mountains. The camp held a closing ceremony for …