Several recipes for soft pretzel bites have been floating around Pinterest lately due to the Super Bowl coming up this weekend and they looked really good, so (...)
Nothing says St. Paddy’s Day more than Corned Beef and Cabbage. This type of dish works best in a slow cooker, too — so we are talking low maintenance on top (...)
It is almost the season for the perfect peach! Don’t you just love summer? Visions of children with sticky-sweet peach juice dribbling down their chins will (...)
Sometimes you just need a chocolate chip cookie, and nothing else can replace that craving. At least this is true for me, anyway. Chocolate chip cookies strike (...)
This soup is truly a labor of love. It takes time. It is not something you can rush. Make it a weekend thing, or a thing when you have nothing to do but chill (...)
I’m new to this whole gluten free world, but even though it has only been two weeks I have learned plenty. Thankfully, my career as a teacher allows me summers (...)
My middle child has been following me around asking for corn dogs lately. I have no idea why, but she really wanted them and who am I to deny her this wish? (...)
Chicken and Dumplings — so good! This is truly comfort food — flavorful chicken broth thickened by dense dumplings, loaded with veggies and of course lots of (...)
This soup sounds more exotic than it really is — Albondigas is Spanish for meatballs. You can use just about any kind of meat you’d like in this recipe, but my (...)
It’s Cinco de Mayo, right? I say, why not post a recipe that has a little heat in honor of that battle won between Mexico and France way back in 1862? (...)
This icing is so easy, and has a mildly sweet flavor — not over the top with so much powdered sugar and milk your teeth hurt. You can spread it on cookies, (...)
Yes, this is for real! I’m not a huge microwaver, but the microwave actually saved the day here. I happened upon this completely by accident. This weekend I (...)
I am convinced that my entire generation grew up with Hamburger Helper. Our moms were busy and needed to whip up a quick dinner, so how much easier can it get? (...)
Have you ever taken the time to look at the ingredients in pre-packaged breakfast sausage? Well, I have, and the list of additives is frightening. A lot of (...)
When I was a little girl, my parents were friends with a family that cooked the most amazing homemade Mexican food. Tortillas, tacos, enchiladas and of course (...)
There is a sandwich shop here in the Chicago area that I fell in love with back in 1995. Since then, Potbelly Sandwich Shop has expanded a ton (no pun (...)
What could be a more perfect way to repurpose leftover corned beef from St. Patrick’s Day than corned beef hash? We had this for dinner the other night, or (...)
This weekend was a lot of fun. Not only was it Super Bowl weekend, but my first baby turned 7 years old. I’m not quite sure how this happened so quickly, but I (...)
I never liked reuben sandwiches until I met my husband. I don’t even think I heard of them until Dan introduced them to me. At first I couldn’t wrap my mind (...)
Hey — I’m Italian! I love lasagna. Lots of meat, sauce, and gooey cheese…what’s not to love, right? Well, all those calories and fat grams. I set out to try to (...)
‘Tis the season for comfort food (when isn’t it the season for comfort food?) and nothing hits the spot quite like a good soup. It envelops you in warmth, and (...)
Oh man, are these good! The light zing of lemon always reminds me of spring, and considering the fact that it IS March (even though we still are getting snow (...)
We have had a ton of zucchini this year in our garden. I’ve been lucky enough to catch most of them before they turned into giant, monster zucchini…but a few (...)
Pizza cups - a favorite family recipe for kids and adults
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As promised, I said I would post some of my family’s favorite pizza recipes. This one is requested almost every week. It is a doughier crust, almost like a (...)
I don’t know about you, but I love puppy chow, a.k.a. muddy buddies. Whatever you call the stuff, it is like crack. I don’t even wanna know how many calories (...)
