just our day to day life
I was busy lazy before St. Patrick’s Day weekend, so didn’t get the corned beef made until the next week. I didn’t know that I liked corned beef until we went to Skillet and I had corned beef hash. I didn’t even know what it …
These cookies from Trader Joe’s are GOOD! My friend Kelley recommended these and she was so right! I don’t love crispy chocolate cookies usually, but these were melt-in-your-mouth good. The bag contains 2 separately wrapped packs of 7 cookies for $3.99 – so while they …
If you need to make a simple breakfast to impress, this is your dish. It’s beautiful and tasty – and super-easy. You may be able to substitute thinly sliced bacon for the prosciutto, but it’s worth buying the prosciutto for. Serve with some toast and …
I made these cupcakes to take into work near Easter last year, and not only were they adorable, they were SO good! I had been craving peanut butter and banana (like Elvis), so I went on a recipe search. The cake was nice and fluffy, …
We loved these sloppy joes – the sauce was really good and they were much healthier since mushrooms were added, thus decreasing the beef in each serving. I’m being completely honest when I say that you have no idea there are mushrooms in this recipe. …
I cooked a few pounds of chicken breasts in a crockpot and made several meals out of the chicken. This bourbon chicken recipe was Lo’s favorite and would freeze easily for a meal later on. Bourbon Chicken based on this recipe 1 lb. boneless skinless …
Crispy Oven Fries I prefer to make fries from potatoes rather than buy frozen french fries (though to be honest, I have those in the freezer at any given point). The hardest thing about make oven fries is getting them crispy without burning them. I …
Gluten Free Protein Pancakes I really like these pancakes because they are high in protein, gluten-free, and have no added sugar. Since they aren’t sweet, I’ve used them as “bread” for egg and cheese sandwiches and such. As always, if you have a gluten allergy, …
BBQ Chicken Calzone with Pineapple Salsa A few weeks ago when we were making pizza, Lo froze half of the Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free Pizza Dough that he had mixed up. He was having gluten-full pizza, so we didn’t need one big enough for …
I like to make meatless meals every now and then, especially if it’s good enough that Lo can’t tell it’s meatless (trickery, I know). I cooked up a big bag of pinto beans and froze half of them. The rest I used to make Spicy …