Pin it here. This was a total experiment. An I-wonder-if-that-would-work recipe. And . . . it did! These Waffle Iron Pizza Pockets were great, and a huge hit with the whole family. I had seen Erin mention making cookies in a waffle iron (a new concept to me!) and in the comments, someone mentioned making Grands biscuits or cinnamon rolls … [Read more...]
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Easy Dinner for a Crowd – Taco Salad
You know I love taco salad as a picnic option, right? Well . . . soon after I posted that idea, I needed to feed a crowd, and I needed to keep things simple. Both of my boys were baptized on Mother's Day (BEST Mother's Day gift EVER), and both sides of the family were coming. I wanted to serve lunch in our home, but it was going to be a busy … [Read more...]
Menu Plan for the First Week of Summer!
This menu plan will be short and sweet! We're still in baseball/picnic season, but I am completely out of new picnic ideas, so I'm planning to re-do our favorite new one from this season. Tacos in a bag! Yum! (Anyone have any more great picnic ideas I can try for our last week of baseball?) Honestly, I'm so excited about the response to my … [Read more...]
Baseball Season’s Coming Soon!
It's my last normal(ish) menu plan for a while, since next week will begin our baseball season. Honestly . . . I'm looking forward to baseball because it is such a fun time of year. And it also means PICNIC SEASON! Our local Little League plays their games on weeknights, so there are many nights when we're gone from 5:45 until well after … [Read more...]
Freezer Cooking
What my husband said about me last night: "When it comes to meal planning and cooking, you're an expert." And he was serious. I don't know about you, but I absolutely glow when my husband brags on me. Here's the thing. Even though learning to wash the dishes daily was equivalent to learning a new language for me, I've always been pretty … [Read more...]
Today’s Detail: Heels
No, not high-heels as the detail to complete a stylish outfit. Far from it. Heels of bread. Lots of them. Each pair in its own individual bread bag, scattered throughout my fridge. There was no school today, so we decided to go on a (cheap) family outing. We headed to a state park, and wanted to take a picnic lunch. But I was … [Read more...]
My Bed: Our Home’s Housekeeping Barometer
Please note: I'm claiming artistic license more than scientific fact in this post. I'm okay with that. I think I have some sort of disability when it comes to caring about weather predictions. I can not watch the weather. I'm incapable. I've tried. There are times when I know inside my logical-grown-up brain that I need to find … [Read more...]
Recipes
I used to fantasize that I was a creative, adventurous and . . . OK, I'll say it . . . fabulous cook. Then, I had children. And with my slob-problems meaning that the home was generally a wreck, "adventurous" flew right out the window. But even while struggling with housekeeping issues, I've always been passionate about feeding my family … [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...]