No one in this house is in Back-to-School mode, thank goodness! Just thinking about Owen’s first day of pre-school (yes, in two years) could make me cry. I’m so glad we’re so far from that. I mean, it’s not like time flies or anything. However, all the Back- to-School frenzy around us has made me…
Bell Pepper & Feta Quinoa Salad
This salad is very similar to the Mexican Quinoa Salad I’ve posted before. I’ve had some quinoa for a while now that was just waiting to be used. I wanted to do something different with it, but I finally just through together a simple salad with what ingredients I had…..very few. Which basically means…
An Auction for Ruby Jane
My heart has been touched by this sweet baby, Ruby Jane’s story. Ruby had been fighting for her life from about 3 months old, fighting a failing liver and hoping the right liver donor would come along. Sadly, Ruby passed away this weekend. My heart goes out to her family, who has been so positive…
Taffy Cookie Truffles
Several years ago, my friend Kellie introduced me to Oreo Truffles. She made them for my brother and sister-in-law’s wedding reception. We are talking about lots and lots of Oreo Truffles. When she shared the recipe with me I couldn’t believe how something so easy could taste so good. I mean, those things are dangerous. …
White Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Graham Cracker Squares
I sat and thought about what to call these for at least an hour. Graham Crackers on Crack…. Loaded Graham Cracker Squares…. White Chocolate Peanut Butter Grahams… Candy Graham Bars…. Even Brett chimed in…. “Dang-You-Woman-Why’d-You-Have-to-Make-These-Crazy-Good-Cracker-Things!”After which he said, “I could eat a thousand of them.” In the end, I just decided to go with White…
Lime Cucumber & Watermelon Kabobs
I’ve never been a huge fan of cucumbers. In fact, they used to make me gag. Something about their texture and lack of flavor. I still don’t understand how people eat them plain. I have however, discovered a few ways to eat cucumbers that I actually really like. For starters, the cucumbers always…
Easy Crock Pot BBQ Chicken Drumsticks
While I was home, we had a little picnic on our lawn with some family friends and picked up a couple buckets of chicken from KFC to eat. Our friend’s little boy, Jake, is eight and I think he scored every single drumstick. Lucky boy! I remember my brothers and I fighting to the…
Coconut Cream Pudding Cookies {with Coconut M&M’s}
One of the most popular recipes on this blog is my Oreo Pudding Cookies, which are still by far, my very favorite cookie. Those cookies were a result of wanting to experiment with different instant pudding flavors in cookies after making these. My mom is in town visiting for a few days and she recommended…
Chile & Cheese Egg Bake
This is another recipe of my mother-in-laws. She made it for brunch on Sunday while my parents and Brett and I were there. She says it’s great company food, because it’s so easy to throw together, and much easier than making individual omelets or an enormous batch of scrambled eggs. I say it’s great any-day…
Chocolate Carnutty Bars
I flew to Denver on Wednesday to visit the in-laws, some old college friends, and my own parents who were in town for a wedding. I had a disaster of a flight with Owen (Brett didn’t fly in until the next day), he through the tantrum of all tantrums and 20 minutes into our flight,…
Carrot Stick Fries
I mentioned these Carrot Stick Fries that we ate last week with our Buffalo Wing Turkey Lettuce Wraps. I almost forgot to share the method (because it’s really more of a method than a recipe) of making them, until a reader reminded me yesterday! Thanks Crystal. Speaking of fries, did you guys know last Wednesday…
Easy Peanut Butter Cookie Bars
Brett took Owen on a little camping adventure this weekend. It was a Father’s & Son’s activity for our church. Everything was going well until about 3am when Owen woke up and freaked out (his screams echoing through the campsite). Both boys came crawling into bed with me at about 3:30am. Luckily, the camp…