Beat the Freeze!

It got c-c-c-cold late this afternoon as we all ran out to beat the freeze!  After watching our fledgling garden produce lots of goodies this summer, we hated to lose anything tonight to the impending frosty temps (thanks for the heads up, neighbor John!)… so out we went to gather the last of the goods.

 

Looks [...]

Menu Plan Monday, 10/20

Last week’s MPM was a great resource for me this week as I planned my menu around what we already have in the house.  (My addiction to cheese really surfaces when we’re almost out!  It will have to stretch this week!)  Thanks, ladies!  Here’s what we’ll be eating…
Sunday, 10/19

waffles and eggs
snack stuff… cheese, crackers, leftovers, [...]

Menu Plan, 10/13

Feeling rather adventurous this week… all of the included links (except for the taco soup leftovers) are yummy looking new-to-me recipes! 
Sunday, 10/12

waffles, sausage, eggs
leftovers (taco soup, burritos)
stuffed shells, green beans, garlic bread — The shells were tasty and easy to prepare.  I’m excited to have another meatless entree to add to our menu, but they [...]

Bloggy Recipes

I am all about trying new recipes, and I’ve found the blogging community to be a haven when it comes to great ones, tried-’n-true.  My problem has been that when I see a recipe on someone’s site, I don’t always bookmark it right away.  You know, the whole “I’ll get back to that later” fantasy.  [...]

Menu Plan, 10/6 “The Other White Meat”

I’m not so sure “The Other White Meat” pork campaign makes it any healthier, but I’m going to hope so… somehow pork found it’s way on my menu in many forms this week.  Our love for bacon and sausage aside (yup — we go for the good stuff!), I rarely find myself cooking a pork roast.  Couldn’t pass [...]

Menu Plan Monday – My Little Garden

Watching my little garden flourish and produce an abundance of tomatoes, pumpkins, and peppers this week, I’ve felt like I’m raising a fourth child.  The kids have a ball navigating through the plants jungle picking all the produce (lesson learned… don’t plant everything so close together!).  My littlest one tends to gravitate toward the green tomatoes, [...]

Menu Plan Monday – Family Favorites

You will most definitely want to visit Organizing Junkie this week.  Her Menu Planning crew of 300 + bloggers was asked to share recipes for their family favorites!  I’m sharing two of our favorite brunch foods.  We love brunch!
We’ve got a busy ballgame week ahead.  Lance has an away JV football game tomorrow night, so [...]

Menu Plan Monday, 9/15

“I’ll climb in the jungle to get some more for you, mom!”
My kids had a blast today catching up on tomato pickin’ after 3 inches of rain in a day and a half halted our harvesting for a bit.  We were back at it this afternoon, gathering apples and okra and lots and lots of [...]

Menu Plan Monday, 9/8

Here’s what we’ll be eating this week. 
Sunday, 9/7

fried eggs, cinnamon rolls, oj
zucchini parmesean, Italian cheese bread, fried okra
smoothies (for the kids) homemade vanilla ice cream topped with butterscotch (hot fudge for hubby) and pecans for mom and dad   

Weekday Suppers

roast, potatoes and gravy, carrots
roast beef burritos with lettuce and cheese
tuna casserole, peas, apple crisp
Mexican chicken skillet, [...]

Our Menu, 8/31

Um… where did August go?!?
We’ve had an awesome “foodie” weekend!  Friday night we served homemade ice cream and desserts to 60+ guests in our backyard after the football scrimmage.  (I made Butterfinger and vanilla ice cream.)  We attended Lance’s 20 year high school reunion picnic in the park Saturday night, and my annual family reunion cookout today.  (Sixty-eight people, [...]