For the last 8 weeks, I’ve been participating in a health challenge to try to shape up my life. Part of the challenge involves eliminating from my life one of my “addictions.” I picked playing games on my phone because I tend to waste so much time on them and in the meantime I get […]
Potato Cream Cheese Soup
There is a little restaurant down the street from me that used to serve an awesome Potato Cream Cheese soup with freshly made bread sticks. It is the soup that got me through my last pregnancy. But for some reason, they don’t serve it anymore. This, of course, had to be remedied immediately, so I set to […]
Smoky Triple-Bean Turkey Chili
It’s beginning to get that little nip in the air that says autumn will be here soon. I love autumn! It reminds me of the smell of new school clothes, the crunch of leaves underfoot, impromptu football games at the park, and the warmth of sweaters and blankets on chilly nights. And let’s face it, autumn […]
Butternut Squash Soup
When I was in grad school in DC, there was a market nearby that I would visit in between classes for lunch. They served the best butternut squash soup I had ever tasted. Combined with a slice of crusty bread, it was the perfect lunch on crisp fall days. Unfortunately, we don’t have any “crisp” afternoons […]
Chocolate & Peppermint Bread
Each year, it seems our neighbor/friend gift list gets longer and longer. I suppose it comes naturally with living somewhere for a while. You make more friends and acquantances over time. The problem is that we have a fairly limited budget for Christmas, so after making our list, I figured out that we could spend […]
Chicken Zucchini Casserole
When I first planted my garden someone told me not to plant more than two zucchini plants, and let me tell you, they weren’t kidding! Our zucchini plants are producing like mad! We’re pulling 2 or 3 zucchinis every day. Since I can only stand steamed and grilled zucchini so often, I’ve started to experiment with new […]
Schizophrenic Pancakes
We have a Saturday night tradition to have breakfast for dinner, so last night I made pancakes. I adapted this recipe and they were so yummy. As I was making them, I thought how absolutely inconsistent I am. I wanted to make them healthy, so I used whole wheat and limited the sugar, but I […]
Crock Pot Roast Beef and Leftover Stir-Fry
I’ve discovered a really yummy way to make easy roast beef in the crockpot. Just add the roast to the crockpot and cover with 1 cup beef broth and 1 cup salsa. Cook until roast is done (5-6 hours on low in my crockpot). About 20 minutes before serving, take out the roast and pour […]
Avocado, chicken, & black bean salad
If you are seeing this message on top – you aren’t logged in. Most entries in this blog are limited to registered users. Please login to view entire site. This is a salad I adapted from a recipe from somewhere (sorry, I don’t remember) which we have all the time because it is so easy, […]
Pumpkin cookie bakeoff
This blog has limited most of its content to registered users. Please login to view full content. I’ve had a hankering the last week or so for pumpkin, chocolate chip cookies. So I did an internet search and found two promising recipes, so I’ve decided to do a bake-off. This first recipe is adapted from […]