How our garden grows Week 3 This week we’re going to talk about the gardening methods we use and a little about planning a garden… The gardening methods we use: We use a combination of Mittleider method and the Square Foot method: Mittleider Method: is an intensive gardening method that eliminates all …
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 3 Monday: This recipe is a long …
Tres Leches Cake I happened to find on Pinterest! Of course, I adapted this Tres Leches Cake a bit BUT it’s from plainchicken.com which looks like it’s just a fabulous little place 🙂 I LOVE those cakes where you poke holes all over them and drench them with some sort of amazing sauce, let …
Blend it up Salsa is just as good as any store bought fresh salsa, if not better!! It’s way cheaper to do it yourself and really, it’s NOT worth paying someone else… it’s THAT easy 🙂 HEY, and wouldn’t it be fabulous with yesterday’s Lime Chicken Fajitas?? NOW were talking!! My BFF, Carol, is …
Lime Chicken Fajitas you’ve got be thinking Cinco de Mayo fiesta with these little babies!! I LOVE lime!! Fresh limes especially 🙂 So, when my friend, Mya, started telling me about her Lime Chicken Fajitas recipe I could hardly wait to give them a try! AND what better timing than with Cinco de Mayo just …
I had an interesting experience last weekend, my daughter Kate and I ended up watching a Lab puppy that wasn’t thriving with his liter. As we tried to keep this little guy fed and warm… we had to work together to try and be all this little puppy needed, I learned a lot through this …
Strawberry Trifle how else do I describe this Trifle than by saying it’s a beautiful blend of flavors, strawberry with creaminess, AND just plain delicious!! It’s a wonderful dessert to make for Mothers’ Day which is coming on Sunday, May 13th!! AND the best part!!! It’s really very simple to make… * I got …
How our garden grows Week 2 This week we’re going to talk about getting our little seeds started… We bought a seed starter tray that comes with a humidity dome and drain tray PLUS a heat pad on Amazon for a super good price! Hydrofarm CK64050 Germination Station with heat pad We …
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 2 Monday: This is one of Drew’s faves: …
Easy Peazy Chili is one of my “back-up” recipes… you know, the one that gets thrown together in 5 minutes and requires no more effort than opening a few cans, dumping said cans into a pot, and applying heat!! Gotta love it! I do this recipe by 2’s… you can easily cut it in half for …
Last weekend I went to what turned out to be a totally awesome event! Being new to the blogging world… I had no idea what a fabulous time an event like Snap! would be! There were classes on all different kinds of blogging stuff which was totally awesome! I got to meet and talk a …
Old Spaghetti Factory Broccoli is an easy broccoli side dish recipe featuring tender broccoli florets tossed with melted butter and savory Mizithra cheese. Our copycat version of the Spaghetti Factory Broccoli Recipe or restaurant-style broccoli recipe delivers rich, buttery flavor with a delicious cheesy finish that pairs fabulously with pasta, chicken or steak. Simple ingredients …
What’s Cooking with Ruthie Facebook and Twitter… are all dolled up and ready to go! If you want to get behind the scene information and Sneak Peeks at upcoming posts then Facebook is where you wanna be… I’m tweeting away on Twitter too! ( still trying to get the hang of that little place, …
Our Healthy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Recipe are very delicious and we love that they’re healthy too. It’s just an awesome bonus! We think they are a fabulous cross between a healthy granola bar and a healthy cookie. Today’s healthy oatmeal cookies with applesauce and honey are awesome to toss some into the freezer to enjoy …
How our garden grows is my NEW Monday post on our little garden! Week 1 Our garden DOESN’T grow with silver bells and cockle shells… Nope. It’s more like sweat and blisters! BUT, oh. my. word! The taste of fresh tomatoes makes up for the whole little pain in the rear it is sometimes 🙂 …
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 1 Monday: This recipe is one of my fav’s… …
Doesn’t just the sound of Heavenly Grilled Pineapple make your mouth water? I could hardly take the pictures of them without snitching!! K… maybe I snitched just one 🙂 Trust me when I say you’ll be in pineapple heaven with this Heavenly Grilled Pineapple recipe! Even now, with my taste buds completely tingly …
Tarragon Chicken Dish tastes and looks and feels like spring! It’s simply one of those recipes that you savor and can’t help but give a nice Hmmm, mmmm 🙂 … with every bite!! Tarragon Chicken Dish is delicious and healthy and you’ll really love the hint of Tarragon in there… it’s a wonderful spring time …
Summer Grilled Asparagus is wonderful anytime of year (of course!) but grilling fresh veggies just seems like summer-y thing to me…. which explains the name 🙂 The best part about Summer Grilled Asparagus is pairing them up with some steaks or chicken breasts , throwing ’em all on the grill… and there’s NO mess in …
Lemon Garlic Hummus is a recipe I picked up last night at the Taste of Home Cooking show 🙂 Lemon Garlic Hummus is so simple to throw together, all you need is 5 ingredients and a blender or food processor!! It’s really smooth and so delicious with naan or pita bread. The Taste of …
Pina Colada Smoothie reminds me of warm places that serve lotsa yummy drinks with umbrellas in them 🙂 AND since we hit a record high here 2 days ago of 80 degrees!! I’m not in the mood for TODAY which is rainy and 48… I’m in the mood for summer! So, I whipped up …
Lemon Cheesecake Dip just plain melts in your mouth! It’s got a slight cheese cake flavor with the crushed graham cracker coating, and OF COURSE I had to use some neufchatel cream cheese to try to slim it down a little 🙂 It’s a cinch to mix up and goes well with any kind …
Having trouble figuring out what to do with all that leftover Ham from Easter?? Leftover Ham and Bean Soup is just what your looking for… Leftover Ham and Bean Soup is a slow cooker recipe which is a plus in my book 🙂 It’s also not your “typical” ham and bean soup, it’s got a …
Our Cadbury Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe are hands-down a long time family favorite! Cadbury cookies will be a hit with your family and friends too. A word to the wise–these cadbury cookies are sooooo darn good, you’ll be addicted with the very first bite! All you need is a tall glass of milk and our …