May 17th – AP test day and a new slow cooker recipe
One of the new routines thanks to Chip’s bladder issues is that instead of leaving dry food out for them all day, I fill their bowls twice a day. This is not a big deal for Chip, but for Amber it is utter hell. I tried to ease her into it while Chip was at [...]
Dirty Rice
It’s been awhile since I dropped a recipe in here, but I made this tonight after my mom and I talked about it this weekend and it was too good not to share: Ingredients: 1 cup Rice (I used a long grain blend tonight & it was fabulous, but basic white will do) Beef broth [...]
Late Friday beauty – is there anything better than cats with kids?
I had to capture this moment last night – Amber actually sat in someone elses lap while mine was available on the same sofa! And? They are BOTH smiling! Doesn’t get better than that does it? After 10 days of winter break, the first work week of 2011 has been survived – barely! Each [...]
Shrimp with tomatoes and spinach – low fat – really!!
Let’s see just how lazy I can be in posting this recipe that I tried over the winter break: Oh yes! We do have a scanner and Snag It for a reason don’t we? Also, a crappy iPhone camera when we realize at the last minute that this is a recipe worth sharing which makes [...]
Cookies cookies cookies!
Back left = Ricotta Cheese cookies with frosting & sprinkles Front = Ricotta Cheese Cookies with sprinkles only Back Center = Chocolate Sugar Cookies with sprinkles Back right = Grape Jello Spritz cookies with sprinkles There you have my weekend Chocolate cookies done Saturday and the rest Sunday. RECIPES: Chocolate Sugar Cookies Courtesy of Blue [...]
Is there something I should know?
LSM November 28, 2010 at 3:26 pm (Edit) A non-beef recipe to try! Roast Sticky Chicken 4 teaspoons kosher salt 2 teaspoons paprika 1 teaspoon Cayenne pepper 1 teaspoon onion power 1 teaspoon thyme 1 teaspoon white pepper 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 1 large roasting chicken 1 cup chopped onion In [...]
Please please tell me now
Sometimes, you just need to ask: While I can easily check out every website on the planet for crock pot recipes (and, believe me, I will!) – if my dear readers could please share ones they know have worked really well for them, that would be awesome. I am much more likely to try something [...]
Holidailies, Wheel-O & cookies.
No, I am not participating this year, BUT, I really enjoyed it last year and I wanted to encourage anyone NOT burned out by NaBloPoMo or, perhaps, on a roll from that to check out participating in Holidailies. There were some really fun writing prompts provided last year. My favorite had to do with writing [...]
Recipes as promised
The first two come from Mimi. She recently moved her site and archives are not there so I’m just typing them out again. LACE COOKIES 1 1/2 cups uncooked oatmeal 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar 2 tbl flour 1/2 tsp salt 2/3 cup butter, melted (10 2/3 tbl) 1 egg, slightly beaten 1/2 tsp [...]
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