I'm not five. I promise. I just don't like onions and lots of other icky stuff in my chicken salad. But I LOVE chicken salad. It's one of the quickest and yummiest ways to use pre-cooked chicken for lunch. And the very quickest way to make it is to use JUST my one secret ingredient. Ranch dressing. Like . . . in place of … [Read more...]
How to Stretch Leftover Pizza
I remember when we used to order one pizza and it was enough for the two of us and a toddler. It was a big deal when we realized it was time to start ordering two pizzas. Now, we usually have to add something to the meal for two to be enough. On a rare occasion, we do have a few pieces leftover. But . . . how do you serve leftover pizza as … [Read more...]
Menu Plan . . . Yes. That’s What I Meant to Do.
Have I mentioned that I'm writing an e-book? Because I am. The much requested Deslobification Manual is coming out at the end of January. Not that I'm going to call it a Deslobification Manual, but that's the basic idea behind it. Anyway, now that January is half over, it's becoming one of those tunnel-vision projects that I love so much but … [Read more...]
Homemade Spaghetti Sauce Recipe
I'm determined to use up (and discover!) what's in my freezer and pantry this month. So when the store I went to didn't have any deals on spaghetti sauce, I decided to make a batch of my favorite homemade sauce using the canned tomatoes I had in the pantry. And then wondered why I hadn't done that in a very long time. This recipe is based on … [Read more...]
Menu Plan – First One of 2012
I'll share my plans for the new year in my next post, but first . . . I need to get my menu plan out of the way for the week. Menu planning may not be something I look forward to, and it generally involves me tapping my fingers on the keys while trying to think of something we haven't eaten (three times) in the last few weeks, but I've accepted … [Read more...]
Menu Plan of Simple New Recipes
Summer will be over in three short weeks! I tend to want to savor each remaining moment, and somehow this translates into a desire to grab fast food. Fast food is fun, and being in the kitchen after we get home from the pool . . . not so fun. You know I'm a fan of quick meals, and this week I'm excited to try some new ones from the brand, … [Read more...]
Pizza Snowballs (A Pizza Pocket Recipe Kids Can Make) – And a Post-Vacation Menu Plan
I’m writing this as we drive home from Disney World. Before we left, we had our final picnic supper for baseball season, and the unanimously requested repeat meal was Pizza Pockets! But it’s summer, and I was packing for our trip, and I just didn’t have it in me to make even the easy-recipe dough from scratch. So I adjusted an idea I’d heard … [Read more...]
Chicken Parmesan Sandwiches – And a Double Dose of Picnic Fun
Last Monday I admitted that I cheated by letting the little toga-guy provide our picnic supper for the week before. I more than made up for it. We had TWO picnic suppers last week. Every single baseball game was at 6:15. Although that means we can get the kids to bed almost on time, it also means that supper is crazy-rushed. On Monday, I … [Read more...]
Menu Plan Monday – And a Picnic Report
Have you been waiting by your computer to see my picnic idea from last week? Technically . . . we did have a picnic. I'm calling it that even though we ended up eating in the car after narrowly escaping a torrential downpour. And I'm calling it that even though on the nifty picnic idea I had planned. We had pizza. As in, $5 pizzas from … [Read more...]
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