One of my guilty pleasures is watching Youtube cooking videos. I’m not a natural-born cook; it’s been a challenge getting to where I am right now, and I won’t be hosting dinner parties anytime soon! =) Anyway, I stumbled across this video of a fun halloween snack and couldn’t resist making these tonight. Mine […]
{ Sinful Homemade Icecream Cake }
Yesterday was my husband’s birthday, and he asked for a homemade icecream cake. It’s been years since I’ve made one but he remembered it! Lorelai helped assemble (aka: tasted everything she could get her hands on the entire time). This cake is positively sinful. It’s rich and sweet, and very inexpensive. Downsides? You’ll probably get […]
{ Pancakes for Ocean Week }
I decided to surprise Lorelai with a fun breakfast this morning. She loves pancakes (who doesn’t???). I decided to make them ocean-themed since we’re still on Ocean Week! She was ecstatic, though I don’t know if it was because of the shape or because of the chocolate chip eyes. =) Use your favorite pancake recipe, […]
{ Homemade Face Paint }
So I’m seeing a pattern in our weeks. We do great with our routine Monday through Wednesday, but come Thursday and Friday, we get busy and have to finish up our plans over the weekend. That’s what happened to us this week. Thursday we went to an awesome storytime at a local bookshop and then […]
{ Rainforest Dirt Pudding }
After we got back from gymnastics this afternoon, Lorelai asked for a snack. I decided to go ahead and make the rainforest dirt pudding I’d put on my list! The original recipe calls for Cool Whip topping, but that was an unnecessary step in my opinion. It turned the pudding part too light and took […]
{ Hearty Hamburger Vegetable Soup }
So, I don’t post recipes on here often. Probably because I’m not that great of a cook, but I’m really trying to learn. One of my favorite meals is soup – doesn’t matter what kind, I like them all! My husband refers to me as a soup-head because I have no problem having soup for […]
Homemade Salt Dough Ornaments
I was really looking forward to making more homemade ornaments this year! After looking over the post from last year, I mixed up the dough and realized… that recipe is not that great. The proportions are all off and the fact that I made them in the microwave was the reason they came out so […]
{ Happy St. Patrick’s Day! }
Happy belated St. Patrick’s Day! We didn’t do much for the day, but true to my irish roots, we had corned beef and cabbage (and potatoes)! It was seriously yummy. I think I ate about a pound of cabbage myself. LOL!
Protected: { Christmas Eve }
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{ Menu Plan }
We’re going grocery shopping tonight and this is our menu plan for the week: Baked Potato Soup Chicken Florentine Casserole Slow Cooker Pot Roast Grilled Pork Chops Mostaccioli Bake (essentially spaghetti bake with different noodles) Leftovers & 1 night eating out The first two (potato soup and the chicken casserole) I’ve never made. The pot […]
{ Butterbeer }
Butterbeer. The famous drink featured in the Harry Potter book series. Two words: Liquid. Candy. At least with this recipe, it is sweetness overload. I (who, in general, likes sweet stuff) could only take 2 sips. When measuring out the butterscotch, I became skeptical. That syrup is sooo sweet, and that 1/2 cup measuring cup […]
{ Pumpkin Cupcakes }
Ingredients: Box of spice cake & a can of Pumpkin Puree. That’s it, seriously. Mix together in a large bowl with a wooden spoon. Once ingredients are semi-mixed, mix with electric mixture until batter is smooth. Cook at 350 for 18-20 minutes! These smell and look soooooo good! I was out of paper cups, so […]
{ Dinner Menu }
I was just typing up our grocery list. Here’s our planned dinners for the next week, in no particular order: Grilled Fish w/ sauteed mushrooms & Italian cucumbers Whole Chicken w/ homemade mashed potatoes & stuffing Corned Beef w/ potatoes & carrots (crocked)… maybe cabbage if I can figure out how to cook it (sad.) […]
Protected: { A Few Shots }
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{ Nom Nom Nom }
I had a pretty shitty weekend. I was sick on Saturday and just felt blah yesterday. I don’t think it helped that we didn’t leave the apartment once this weekend. Well, it helped with gas, I guess. I woke up today with my snuggly little toddler clinging to me. Apparently she came in last night […]
{ Meal Plan }
I’ve really been craving fruit salad this week, so today at the grocery store, we picked up a bunch of fruit. There weren’t any strawberries, and I wish I had picked up raspberries as well, but we settled on this. Green & Blue salad, as Lorelai calls it. Blueberries, honeydew melon slices, and grapes. Nom, […]
