Our days are full working outside and it's been a challenge to get meals on the table. I mean we're not on a schedule and I can come in whenever I want to, but have to think ahead more and with fewer trips to town, I'm getting creative trying to use what I have. In my sewing room, that translates to scrap quilting. Does that mean I'm scrap cooking?
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I know when the Hubs retires at the end of this month, he will take over the primary cooking duties—yay! That means more time for quilting! But I’m still it for the next 27 days, and I tried a new recipe Thursday night. It’s a lot of prep work—in fact, the prepping takes longer than the cooking. That will typically turn me off from trying the recipe, but let me tell you my thought process on this.
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read moreKalissa brought me a rump roast and asked, “What can I make with this?” I told her, “If it were me, I would make beef stew and a Mexican dish.” She handed it to me and said, “Great! I’d love that!” So…like a good mother, I made her what I suggested. I tackled the Beef …
What I’m Making: Hearty Beef Stew Read More »
read moreI should have my “What I was working on” post here for you, but things went awry, and it didn’t get written yesterday. So I quickly subbed in this recipe as a blog post because seriously, friends, you don’t want to miss this recipe. I’ll tell you what got everything so discombobulated in the evening …
What I’m Making: Crustless Custard Rhubarb Pie Read More »
read moreThe other day my daughter Kalissa sent me a recipe and then asked, “Will you make this for me?” My reply was it looks easy. Why don’t you make it yourself? She went on to explain that the recipe uses an Instant Pot. Her’s died and she has been without one for a while. I …
What I’m Making: Instant Pot Chicken Thighs Read More »
read moreAt our house, my son Karl is famous for his mac and cheese. The other day, I had a troop of family here and wanted something easy to make for supper. We were having chicken stuffing sandwiches and I thought mac and cheese would be the perfect addition. I message Karl and he sent me …
What I’m Making: Karl’s Mac and Cheese Read More »
read moreI hosted the family over the weekend and needed some quick and easy snacks for the kiddos. I don’t like anything too fancy or out of the norm so here is the first thing I did. I mixed up a batch of Scotcheroos. You can find my recipe HERE. Use the cake pan size recipe. …
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Good question! In my anticipation of retiring earlier than the Hubs, I promised to have dinner ready upon his arrival after a long day’s work. After 4 months, I’m keeping my promise—but it does cut down on quilting time. We were discussing his retirement plans earlier this week and he said he was ready to return to being the primary provider of meals. YAY!!!! I told him I’m happy to share the duties, but he said the magic words, “I want you to go sew…” That man knows me. I can’t ...
read moreI was looking for something easy to make that I could put in the refrigerator and just throw in the oven later. I had a rotisserie chicken and that was my only ingredient that I was determined to use. Arnie was at my house and we were chatting about an upcoming family get-together and I …
What I’m Making: Chicken and Stuffing Casserole Read More »
read moreI recently joined a delightful new club in our Florida community called Girlfriends’ Happy Hour. The premise is simple and charming: the first 100 women to sign up bring an appetizer or dessert, their drink of choice, and spend a few … Continue reading
read moreKelli was busy in the kitchen. She is one, like me, who enjoys trying new recipes. The latest was Breakfast Stromboli. This is her “recipe”. HA! Roll out a pizza crust into a rectangle.Spread nacho cheese on it. Cook up breakfast meat—I used bacon and 8 eggs scrambled. Put that on the rolled-out crust and …
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read moreI have made French Onion Soup before. I made it more often when Kalissa lived at home because she really liked it. Kramer wasn’t much of a soup guy…Arnie is. So when I saw this recipe come through in my Facebook feed, I decided to give it a try. I’m going to try to add …
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read moreI told you that I’ve been working on catching things up around here. Arnie, the guy I’m dating, is an awesome influence. We defrosted my freezers, and he said maybe I should use up a ham. I said no…I only make them when the kids are home. He said I had three in the freezer. …
What I’m Making: Northern Bean Soup in the Instant Pot Read More »
read moreI've been making these for a long time...at least 15 years. They are a family favorite. We rarely eat out, but when we do, I would often order them if they were on the menu. If you share dishes they were easy to share. I no longer order them because we think these are better. We went to one very popular local Mexican restaurant last year and I ordered them. They were awful. Truly
read moreI was scrolling through Facebook on my break at work when I saw this picture. I’ve been working on cleaning the pantry and I immediately saw these noodles. I had some of them and wanted to use them up so I read the rest of the ingredients… Yep, I thought I had it all. Creamy …
What I’m Making: Creamy Parmesan Italian Sausage Ditalini Soup Read More »
read moreI’ve told you before that Arnie and I are both diabetic. We need to do what we can to limit our carbs and sugar. Yes, we still indulge now and then but we try to do what we can health wise to be conscious of what we’re eating when we’re home so we can cheat …
What I’m Making: Cottage Cheese Tomato Soup Read More »
read moreHow about a recipe? I can’t give any credit for this one because I just made it up. I’ve been gaining weight, so I’m back on Weight Watchers. This recipe is probably 0 points; I counted it as 1 point because of the canola oil, but that’s probably overkill. 
I kept forgetting to thaw out some chicken, so I stopped at the store to get some, and found a package of chicken breast tenderloins that were marked down to $4.85 since the “use by” date was the next day. It was a little less than ...
I was weeding through some recipes I had pinned and pulled this one to make on Friday. DH had gone to check on our cows, I had finished oiling the interior of the chicken coop with Linseed oil, and my cookie stash had been depleted. These sounded promising and I had all the called for ingredients on hand. As I took the last batch out of the oven, someone knocked on the door. We live very
read moreKelli, my daughter, was searching on the internet for a new recipe. She was in a rut but didn’t want to make something too time-consuming. She ended up finding this recipe for Stich of Butter Chicken and Rice. She said it doesn’t look the prettiest but is very tasty. You can find the recipe HERE. …
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read moreArnie and I went out to eat. I had a gift certificate I was using. We both got fish and I decided to get sides of a salad and a cup of soup…I was avoiding potato side options. They had four different soup choices and I went with the Stuffed Pepper Soup. I love Stuffed …
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