Category: Food
Cinco De Mayo Recipes
Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican army’s victory over French invaders in 1862. Today it is celebrated not only in Mexico but in the US as well. We love mexican food and can’t wait to have our fiesta tonight! Here are some of the recipes we love to have not just today but when we crave mexican food!
Ro-Tel Famous Queso Dip Recipe
Not so healthy but [...]
Is There Such a Thing as Bad Chocolate?
If you’re anything like me, you know that the answer to the above question is an unequivocal no! No, all chocolate is good, right? Well, unless it is a matter of giving chocolate to our kids… then it’s not so good. Not so good for teeth or sugar and fat consumption. And chocolate does contain caffeine, which might not be so good for your sanity, [...]
Healthy Family Snacks for Game time
Sunday is family night for us. Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, and close friends all come together for football. Of course, on the night of the biggest game of the year the food and the parting is even bigger! In the last couple of weeks we have been adjusting our diet choices quite a bit and are attempting to eat a little healthier than before. My sister [...]
Menu Planning Save Time in the Kitchen
I always find that the hardest hour of the day, aptly nicknamed “the witching hour” is the one before dinner. At about 5:00 pm, my kids start losing it, and so do I! When they were younger, I would cook dinner with a wiggly baby in my arms and a toddler hanging on my leg… just thinking about it makes me not want to relive [...]
Grocery Tips for Shopping Smarter in 2012
Do you do the grocery shopping in your house? An unofficial survey among my circle of friends has shown that in most homes, the mom does the grocery shopping. In our house, my husband and I share the chore, but in his childhood home, his dad — a.k.a. my father-in-law, Bob — always did the grocery shopping. An avid tightwad (and I say that with [...]
Favorite Pumpkin Pie Recipes
Thanksgiving preparations are well under way. If you are hosting your family’s feast you have probably spent time researching any needed recipes last week. But, to my horror, I heard a radio talk show today saying everyone should attempt a new recipe this year. Now, I am not the most organized hostess in the world but I found myself thinking… “Are you kidding me?” This [...]
Turkey Advice: How to cook it, gadgets to buy
Our resident TopChef and cooking advisor has some Turkey tips for you this holiday season…… It’s just my husband and I in our household, so I rarely make turkey. Perhaps a turkey breast now and then, but never a whole turkey. Besides I never needed to. Thanksgiving was always celebrated at my uncle’s house with fried turkey, a regular turkey and usually a pig as [...]
Better Candy Choices for Halloween
Not only is Halloween candy bad for the kids, but it’s difficult for the adults to walk buy those childhood favorite treats as well. Besides how bad can a miniature Snickers be? Well it’s not just the calories, the increased sugar will also make you crave more carbs. It’s a vicious cycle.
There are better options available. Mini-boxes of raisins, mini Quaker Chewy Granola bars or [...]
Camping with my Crock Pot and Recipes
I survived! This past weekend, this single mom took three kids camping with my son’s Boy Scout Den. Granted, I wasn’t completely alone in the wilderness with them, and I had help setting up the tent. It was definitely a mild version of true camping, but that was exactly what I was looking for. I have camped before, but to be honest, those camping trips [...]
Huge Increase Of Peanut Butter Prices starting this Month
We all know that the price of food is increasing what feels like daily but, recent news about peanut butter was really alarming to me. The price of peanut butter, a long-time family favorite and a staple of the daily American diet, is expected to increase by at least 30 percent beginning Oct. 31.
Three of the largest American peanut butter manufacturers, J.M. Smucker Co., Kraft [...]
