Articles with Recipes
20 Ways To Eat SPAM Meat
Hungry? What's for dinner is a question you'll hear often around my home. Everyone always wants to know. I love making home cooked meals for my family but sometimes I just don't have enough time! Or I can make some parts from scratch but need a little help on the sides. So I like to turn to packaged rices, pastas, and bagged salads for a little time saving help when needed. One food item I find that many people use is SPAM. While my favorite way to serve up SPAM is cut into small pieces Read more [...]
Beat The Heat With Pampered Chef’s Quicksicle Maker
I received the Pampered Chef Quicksicle Maker to facilitate this post. All opinions are my own.
I hope your summer is going well! Time is flying but we are still trying to soak in every spare moment outside, when possible. This summer has been so much fun. I don't know if it's just because of the ages our kids are at or what. Our youngest is almost 4 while the oldest is 13. So they are at the ages where they are all a bit independent and can be left to their own vices for periods of Read more [...]
Grandma’s Zesty Italian Veggie Pasta Salad {Recipe}
This is my favorite pasta salad recipe. I love the variety of veggies in it. It's the perfect fresh summer salad. I appreciate that it does not have any ingredients that you need to worry about spoiling quickly if sits out - such as mayo, cheese, meat or eggs. It makes a large batch, perfect for taking to get-togethers!
Ingredients:
5 Ribs of Celery
2 Roma Tomatoes
1/2 Container of Button Mushrooms
1/2 Large Red Onion
1 Large Cucumber
1 Can Black Olives
1 Package Wacky Mac or Rainbow Rotini Read more [...]
Lemon Blueberry Bread Is A Delicious Summer Treat ~ Recipe
My daughters LOVE to bake. They are constantly asking if they can bake cookies, cakes, pies, you name it. They are the reason I buy baking supplies and wet wipes in large quantities! Lol.
Last week, our neighbor gifted us with a shoebox full of freshly picked blueberries. The blueberries were some of the best I have ever had, part of that was because they were straight off the plant and the other part was because I didn't have to sit in the sun picking them myself.
Savannah (11 years old) asked Read more [...]
How To Make A Great Cake {From A Box!}
I get a lot of compliments on my cakes and cupcakes when I bring them places. And now that our daughter is getting older, she's also taken to the kitchen. So she's been creating a variety of cake items for our bi-weekly Bible Study too. And they always get rave results. But one of the first questions I get asked is "Did you make this cake from scratch?" Honestly, I don't! They always come from a box but I "doctor" it up a bit. And I've taught our daughter to do the same.
Make A Read more [...]
