A dear friend of mine had an incident the other day, the kind of incident that ends up with a tow truck. When I describe this friend to other people I use the word “warrior”. She truly puts me to shame on a daily basis. I wanted to do a little something to let her know we […]
Flanky Panky
Flanky Panky? Yes. I have a love affair with this cut of meat. Especially when it’s grilled to perfection. Mmmm. It’s an all time family fave. It only has two ingredients and you have them at home. Flank. It doesn’t sound like it would be tender, but it is, and it’s an easy grill on the bbq steak that […]
Brownie Points
Ooooh la la. A dainty dessert. Mmmmm. The original recipe for these brownie cookies is from PDX Food Love, but being the dainty little dessert gals we are, we had to change it up to make it more. We really make all the recipes for our blog and take the pictures ourselves. We got together […]
Granol..ahh
I went to my sister’s house for dinner and started to pick at the homemade granola in her cupboard. I picked and picked and picked…. My children and husband picked and picked. Collectively we shamed ourselves with the gluttony of ten families. We would have stuffed more in our pockets as we were leaving but we had pretty […]
Muzzy’s Delicious Hot Fudge
My husband’s family makes hot fudge for every get together. EVERY get together. We’ve been married for 25 years so I’ve eaten gallons of hot fudge. Sadly, parts of me make that obvious to the human eye. Anyway, legend has it that this was grandma Naoma’s (Mu’s) recipe. I have teased my hubby for years […]
Maple BBQ Salmon with Baby Bok Choy
I’m drooling. Why? Because I’ve eaten this and it is DELICIOUS. Don’t you wish you could reach into the computer and put this on your dinner plate? You can’t. If it could be done I’d have maple salmon breath and be picking bok choy out of my teeth right now. This recipe isn’t time-consuming, but […]
Lazy Girl Sticky Buns
I love to cook, and I can, but I am also l-a-z-y. Sometimes I want to make something that only looks like it was hard to do. Maybe I secretly need the adoring looks from my children. They are so few and far between when they get older. Anyway, these sticky buns were DELISH. I made them Sunday because I let […]
Indoor Smores
This activity reminds me of my childhood. Smores. Mmmmm. I loved them, but my mother and I never made it past the cooking and eating of the toasted marshmallows. Whenever we made Rice Krispie treats there were always about 10 marshmallows left in the bag. Perfect. If we were craving something sweet, we always had 10 […]
Jolly Rancher Rainbow Pops
My mom used to make red-hot cinnamon suckers for our birthdays. She made one for each person in our class at school. Keep in mind, this was in the 60’s and 70″s when no one cared that your treats were homemade. Someone’s mom could have been making birthday cookies in a latrine with ten cats. We wouldn’t […]
Sweet and Spicy Roasted Chickpeas
Who would have ever thought that chickpeas (also known as Garbanzo Beans) could be so mouth popping delicious? When roasted they have such a wonderful crispy texture. These are fantastic by themselves and add a great crouton crunch to salads. It’s an easy way to get a veggie into you (minus butter or ranch) and your child. P.S. […]