just our day to day life
For the last few years, we’ve stayed home on Easter. Traffic on Sunday night is so terrible (especially coming from my parent’s in NE Ohio). The first year we did this, we went to Betty’s for Easter lunch/dinner because they had adorable peep martinis. Last …
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. …
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 …