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Meal Plan for the Week 4-15

Sausage and Ricotta Stuffed Potatoes

I’m a pretty good meal planner but I’m not good at blogging that plan. I often forget till about Tuesday and then by that time it’s too late. I’m on time this week and want to share with you what we are having this week. Monday-Pasta, Sausage and Veggie Toss. Easy mix of shaped pasta [...]




Homemade Brushetta #recipe

homemade brushetta recipe

Somedays I crave a little snacking food. Lately it’s been all about tomatoes; fresh salsa from the deli, roasted beefsteaks with parmesan cheese and today it was brushetta that was calling my name. I made this a while back for my family and it got really good reviews. It’s such a simple dish I’m not [...]




Overnight Dutch Oven Bread Recipe

bread dough recipe

It’s all rage, this “No Knead Bread” recipe floating around the internet. I wouldn’t say that it’s completely No Knead because there is a time when there is about 5 minutes of pulling the bread together a couple hours before baking. I will admit that it is very very simple to make even though the [...]




Wet Walnuts Ice Cream Topping #Recipe

wet walnuts, recipe, ice cream toppings

For as long as I can remember I’ve loved Smuckers Walnuts in Syrup on ice cream.  Those teeny jars were like heaven to me and often I would pass on ice cream for dessert if we didn’t have any. Recently I’ve been splurging and buying it but I could literally eat the whole jar in [...]




Pepperoni Soup Recipe

soup recipe, sausage or pepperoni soup, puerto rican recipe

Sounds strange I know. Those outside my family look at me strange when I say we’re having pepperoni soup for dinner.  It was something that seemed like a special treat when I was growing up.  It’s something that my own family has grown to love and in fact Sabreena asked to have it for her [...]




Homemade Squirrel Nut Zipper Candy Recipe

homemade caramel squirrel nut zippers, penny candy, recipe

This is a both a Pinterest recipe FAIL and success. I found a 6 minute microwave caramel recipe that got great reviews so I attempted it as my first foray into candy making. It was simple, easy and hopeful. About 1 hour after it was “setting” I knew it wasn’t going to be exactly what [...]




Steps to Healthy Eating for the New Year

steps to healthy eating

With the New Year comes many promises of change. Changes to eating habits, changes to exercise, changes to habits. Some changes come easier than others. Starting on the road to a healthier diet can be quite simple. Taking steps to incorporate new ingredients or techniques can be done in baby steps. Jumping feet first into [...]




Russian Tea Cakes #Recipe #ChristmasCookies

russian tea cakes, mexican wedding cookies, christmas cookies

Also known as Mexican Wedding Cookies, butterballs, snow cookies, jumbles and many other monikers, these little sugary buttery cookies are delicious no matter what you call them. I’ve seen many variations of this recipe and I love this one the best. These are Rob’s favorite cookies, one of the few good childhood memories he has. [...]




Breakfast Cinnamon Roll Casserole Bake #Recipe

cinnamon roll casserole bake

Every Christmas Morning I bake up Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls while the kids are opening gifts and usually serve them along with juice, milk and sausage. I like to keel breakfast light since we have a big family dinner in the early afternoon. Thanksgiving we don’t usually have any traditions since we tend to head out [...]




Pizza Pasta with Pepperoni #NinjaCooking Recipe

Pepperoni Pizza Pasta #NinjaCooking

A few weeks ago we got a Ninja Cooking System so I decided I was going to tackle dinner and see if even I could use it.  So I looked through the cookbook that came with the Ninja and I decided on the Pizza Pasta with Pepperoni.  Our family loves pasta, pizza and pepperoni so [...]