Yesterday, Alden and I made a special trip to Sur la Table to look for fun things to do in the kitchen together. We found an entire set of alphabet cookie cutters and Alden couldn’t wait to get started!! By the time we got home last night it was too late for cookies so I [...]
Since the entire top of our stove was taken up with pear preserves and canning equipment tonight (and I was completely exhausted from standing there stirring the pot all afternoon), I decided to throw something together that could go in the oven. I also had some leftover marinara sauce in the fridge that I wanted [...]
Tonight I was craving meatloaf, so I decided to make a healthier turkey version. This is a great way to hide veggies in the food if you have picky eaters around! This meatloaf will win over even the people that say that hate it…
1 lb ground turkey
3 carrots, grated
1 cup fresh spinach or 1/2 cup [...]
Tonight we had one of my favorites. And I love it when Alden can’t get enough mushrooms! He ended up eating the mushrooms off of everyone’s plate by the time the meal was over.
4 pork chops (bone in or out - doesn’t matter)
2 cups of baby bella mushrooms, sliced(you can use regular button but they [...]
Alden woke me up at 5:00 am with a crazy request to wash his “brown blanket” (his lovey) and to make muffins, so I thought I would make the best of it and start baking! While we had a great time watching the blanket spin in the soapy water, we had an even better time [...]
After my fabulous birthday weekend celebration in Galveston, it was back to reality on Sunday night. The kids were in bed early, so I was able to prep Monday’s dinner on Sunday night so that all I had to do this morning was add everything to the crockpot and turn it on. There’s nothing like [...]
I got home totally exhausted after a day spent in the hot Texas sun collecting donated school supplies for Stuff the Bus and decided what I really needed was an easy prep way to cook the chicken sitting in the fridge. I grabbed a bunch of rosemary from the garden and headed inside to create [...]
Sounds like an odd combination, but these eggs are delicious!!!
1tbsp butter
1 apple, peeled and sliced into thin slices
4 eggs, beaten slightly
Melt butter in frying pan over medium heat.
Saute apple slices until they start to brown and are soft.
Add eggs to the frying pan with the apples.
Scramble eggs.
Serve warm.
Saturday morning breakfast. Mmmm… We had these with Ellis’ delicious apples & eggs, some crispy bacon and of course, Community coffee.
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 cup all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup unsalted butter (1/2 a stick), cold and cut into small pieces
1/2 cup raisins
3/4 cup of lowfat milk (I use [...]
1 bag fresh spinach
1 large, ripe tomato, diced
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 tbsp olive oil
Salt & pepper
Heat olive oil over medium heat in a large nonstick frying pan. Add garlic and saute for about one minute. Be careful not to cook the garlic too long or it will be bitter. Add the spinach and saute until [...]