Happy almost Memorial Day!Happy almost The Last Day of School! Happy almost "Its the Beginning of Summer"Happy "Im So Glad I Didnt Burn My Retinas Out Staring At The Eclipse!lets celebrat...
plateful of cranberry goodnessA few weeks ago I had a cranberry party. And I only had to make one thing with cranberry juice, but Im a total over-achiever and made FIVE things. BOO-YAH!(recipes below...
Guess what? You can fit 60 hot dogs in a 6-quart slow cooker. This is kind of big news if you happen to be:planning an end-of-the-year swim party for the 5th grade graduating classplanning a block pa...
I made my very first Matzo Ball Soup yesterday. In the crockpot.I called my friend Jennifer and she talked me through how to make the broth and Matzo dough--shes not gluten free, but after a lot of g...
Happy almost-Easter! I have rounded up some of our favorite Easter Dinner favorites to help with your meal planning. We arent hosting this year, but I am going to make a leg of lamb and take it along...
I hope this works. I have always used the free Blogger software to run this website, which is owned by Google. And they changed it. And they are making me use it and even though I had three months of...
I feel very lucky that we live pretty close to the coast. If we hopped in the car, wed see the ocean within 15 minutes --- thats pretty cool.Im kind of embarrassed that we dont take advantage of this...
Hey Steph, did you really cook that corned beef in the slow cooker? How come its not wet and slimy? Isnt corned beef supposed to be wet and slimy?Until a few years ago, I shied away from St. Patricks...
One of the finer comforts in life is having a well-stocked freezer. Before our family became gluten free, I regularly bought packaged frozen lasagna, pizza, and hot pockets (mmm, hot pockets) to pop ...
I must admit that I dont watch very much football. I grew up in a 49er household, and thats pretty much the only football Ill watch, and even then I kind of daze in and out unless its a rather exciti...
HELLO THERE! Im sorry for shouting. I just wanted to prove that I was still here, alive and kicking. I sort of took an extended vacation for the holidays. I was planning on one week, and then all of ...
Oh theyre just so pretty! Ive got a meatball recipe for you today that will become a new family favorite. Im not going to lie -- youre going to have to dirty up your hands a bit, but you ...
this is a compensated post. I was asked by BlogHer to help spread the word about Moms Clean Air Force.I stopped eating tuna fish about 11 years ago, when I first became pregnant. I took my baby...
quite possibly the worlds best chiliThis is not an ordinary chili recipe. I received an email from Jennifer D., at the beginning of October. Her email read: Im not a chili fan after having endur...
Happy Thanksgiving!Hey, what are you doing on the computer on Thanksgiving day anyway.....?hmm.its okay. I wont tell.Are you wondering what to do with your leftover turkey meat and the bones? Look no...
Be thankful for your crockpots this year. It sounds peculiar, and maybe even a bit stupid, but if you stop to really think about it, your crockpots are providing a gift. The gift of time. ...
The temperature has followed the clocks lead, and has turned back a notch. Its officially cold outside, and were ready for soup season.mmm.There is something terribly soothing about minestrone ...
I can tell youve been really good lately. And because of that you deserve a really, really good crockpot recipe. Not mediocre. Not eh, its okay, I guess. Nope. A REALLY GOOD RECIP...
Happy Halloween! Put your slow cooker to good use this weekend to keep all the goblins in your life happy and well-fed. Witchs Brew. Green, slimy, sweet, and sour. The star anise look like tiny ...
I love one-pot meals. This is a nutritiously sound meal that will hopefully keep your meat-loving husband, your carb-conscious mother-in-law, and veggie-hungry aunt all happy.And that there is ...
We have two new family members! Meet Sugar and Oliver (Ollie)--- who were in the house all of 45 minutes before I decided to throw them in a crockpot. [PETA disclosure; it wasnt plugged in, they were...
A few years ago I was in a Buffalo Wing phase--- my tongue itched for the spicy tang of Buffalo Wing sauce pretty much always.It was a fun time.This year, though, I seem to be on a rib kick. I love t...
Happy Friday! Its the last day of September, which means CROCKTOBER begins tomorrow! Its the most wonderful time of the year.... In honor of the end of September, and the official beginnin...
Crock-Pot plugged in the garage, on the dryerWere doing a tiny bit of remodeling right now. Nothing fancy---- were (and by we, I mean not me) tearing up the linoleum that came with the house and havi...
Good morning! Its the first day of school in our house, and Im typing super quick to get this recipe out to you so I can bask in the fact that the baby is napping, the sun is shining, and the HOUSE I...
Ive got another quick, easy, and painless recipe for you that requires no washing, chopping, and only a tiny bit of dish-washing---- always a bonus when youre getting dinner on early in the morning b...
Im done with summer.The school can have my kids back.Im ready to get on track with routines, schedules, meal-planning, and quiet.mostly the quiet.Ive written about my love for meal planning in a bunc...
My apologies to the vegetarians and vegans amongst us. You might want to divert your eyes. How about a lovely black bean soup? or sweet potato chili? maybe a vegetarian shepherds pie? ooo...
When Adam and I were in our first year of marriage we lived in an apartment about a half-mile away from his brother and family. We were lucky enough to be invited over for dinner pretty often, and al...
Ive perfected black beans. Which is a good thing, since Safeway had a buy-one-get-one-free deal and I still have 5 unopened bags in the cupboard.side note: the kids and I are *fascinated* by that Ext...
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