I’m sooooo over all the Cheese balls at the grocery store.
O V E R
I totally get tricked every year into thinking,
THIS cheese ball will be the one.
If I see the words: Bacon, Peper-jack, Motzerella, Wine or Olive…..
I’m a gonner. it’s going in the cart, and I’m [...]

I have never tried Chicken sausage.
(on purpose anyway….I’m sure that there has been some random chicken parts have been thrown into the usual cheepy hot dogs I buy at Wal-mart.)
But this is the first actual PACK of Chicken Sausage I bought, with the word Chicken written in larger then an 8pt font.
Anyway, to continue on [...]

I have NEVER heard of this cheese before!
When I saw it in the store I thought, “A special kind of cheese, made just for frying?”
I am going to be the “Best Wife on the Block” if I come home with this.
(Hubby always burns his fingers trying to scrape every last piece [...]

After a recent trip to Trader Joes (do you have one of those….they’re dangerous) I snaged these great items:

And I thought it would be fun to post how I use them all. most of them.
(…..I already scarfed down the Mango slices….)
Anyway, I’ll start it off with how I use the Whipping Cream:

Potato Leek Soup
-3 Potatoes
-2 [...]

What do a tomato, an avacado and a string cheese have in common?
They’re all ingredients in String Cheese Salad…

My newest “Throw something together, it’s 5 O’Clock and we don’t have anything to go with the chicken, and we can have Cheddar Pringles again, kind of a meal”
Seriously, the kids love that there is string [...]

Today’s Happenings:

Here is a link to the recipe we used, Delicious!

I have been out to eat way too many times since Monkey was born.
It’s bad.
The lady at McDonnald’s knows my kids names.
That’s not good at all.
But between Homeschooling, Sports, Awana’s, the Baby and just life in general I just can’t find the time to cook dinner.
When 5 O’clock rolls around, I’m struggling in the [...]

I’ll let you in on a little secret.

I make CRAPPY Cookies.

KERRRRRR-AP-EEEEEEE

There I said it.
I can’t Cook a Cookie of my life depended on it.
Somehow they always turn out dry
And believe me….
I’ve tried to make them a million different ways:
I’ve used butter, then margarine, flour, then sifted flour, cookie pans, cookie pans with air in the [...]

Oh I was so wrong about my Non-Recipe-Creating Status.
I forgot that I recently made my own recipe.
My OWN. I OWN IT.
It’s mine.

And you know what?
I’ll totally share the recipe with you.
Are you ready?
This is the best Tuna Sandwich you will ever eat.
E-V-E-R
Okay.

Don’t scroll down unless you can handle the midnight cravings.
Or If you’re not [...]

So this is our first year growing Zucchini.
We’ve always heard that these always produce more then a family can eat, so we weren’t surprised when our one measly little plant quickly filled up our Fruit bowl:
Please ignore the cobwebs under the cupboards
I just had a baby Sheesh….. :)

Now, obviously we’ve got some overflow issues [...]