I remember when my kids were a little over a year old. They had finally gotten enough teeth in their precious little heads to make the big jump from baby food to "big people" food and I was so excited. I could almost hear my monthly grocery bill dropping. No more tiny little jars, no more cans of Wagon Wheels, no more rice cereal! Then as I got a few days in to feeding them a ...
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Green Chicken Pie
Maybe...just maybe....my kids have finally reached that age where if they make it, they will eat it. Like the majority of mothers out there, I sometimes have a hard time getting them to eat what I put in front of them. Getting them to eat anything that isn't a potato chip or a cookie after nearly 2 weeks with grandparents and in-laws is nearly impossible. My kids are culinarily ...
Pasta GIVEAWAY and Lemon Shrimp in a Spinach-Basil Pesto !!!
I am finally back from a long and wonderful vacation. While I was gone the springtime breezes turned into summer's sweltering heat. Heat like this means dinner will be much lighter fare for us. A light and flavorful pesto pasta dish fits the bill nicely. Lucky for me, Amalia from Garofalo Pasta sent me a free sample of their amazing pasta for me to try out. Now, one of the ...
Chicken Zucchini Pasta
Don't you just love an easy summery, pasta dish? Something you can throw together in a flash and it taste delicious? Me too! This super simple chicken and zucchini pasta is just one of those meals. You can even make this with leftover cooked chicken if you've got some lying around. If you don't have Herbes de Provence, feel free to substitute Italian Seasoning instead. ...
Simple and Delicious: Chicken and Rice with Peas
The last few days has been nuts. Just plain nuts. My husband turned 38 and we threw a little birthday party for him ( blog post coming soon). We had more barbeque than you could shake a stick at. We also had lots of friends and lots of kids and lots of fun. I don't think the hubby ever thought 38 would be so much fun. So, the leftovers from this party have been with us since ...
Roasted Red Pepper Pseudo Hummus
Ok, I've got a little secret to tell you. We had our gas cut off the other day. We woke up to nothing. No heat, no hot water and no gas stove. It seems that my gas payment literally got lost in the mail. Oh sure it was a little late anyway, but really I sent the check for the whole thing like 2 weeks ago and they never got it, so Georgia Natural cut us off. The worst part was ...
Ham and Cheese Egg cups
If you have kids, family will ultimately come to visit. Not that this is a bad thing. Quite the opposite really. Whenever family visits us, we usually take advantage of the free babysitting and leave the house for a while and pretend like we are young and childless for a few hours. The only tough part about visitors is that you must provide room and board. I find that ...
Oatmeal Cranberry Applesauce Cookies
Okay, so just because I'm dieting doesn't mean that I can't have sweets. Ok it does mean I can't have sweets, but if I have learned anything about myself it's that I cannot live without a cookie on occasion. If I go for too long without some kind of sweet treat my diet will end knee deep in a bowl of raw chocolate chip cookie dough. So, instead of denying myself, I'm limiting ...