I’ve been loving my slow cooker all the more these days.  As a working mom, it’s been so easy for me to stick a meal into a slow cooker and let it simmer for most of the day.  But on my stay-at-home mom days, it’s also been great.  I’m not restricted to meals that need Read more

Kitchen Hack (noun):  Refers to a shortcut found in the kitchen.  A tip or a technique that makes one’s life easier, specifically when it comes to organizing or preparing a meal. I love grilling out, but I’m not much of a grill master. My husband does pretty good, but we still don’t grill often. With Read more

I’m convinced, when it comes to my kitchen, that: Menu Planning is the single thing that saves me the most money each month. Having cooked ground beef in the freezer is the single thing that saves me the most sanity each month. When I have ground beef in the freezer I’m like a quadrillion times Read more

It’s almost soup season!  Well, for those that thing there is such a thing as soup season.  I, personally, don’t think there is a soup season – I think everyday is part of soup season.  I eat it year round, but I’m willing to concede to those who think that while you CAN eat soup Read more

We eat Mexican-ish foods in our house quite often.  Mexican food just lends itself to easy, family friendly meals that everyone in our family likes.  Things like tacos, taco salads, enchiladas, burritos. But we ran into a problem a couple of years ago when we started suspecting one of my children was sensitive to certain Read more

I’m not known for cooking many foods from other cultures.  I’m not very experienced when it comes to other cuisines.  I’m a Midwest gal, born and raised.  I’ve started to branch out a teeny tiny bit, but I’m making slow progress. But there is 1 Indian dish that I make and have made for years.  Read more

This recipe was born out of necessity and a little trial-and-error. See, I had bought a roast when it was on sale “Buy 1, Get 1 Free”, but I didn’t know what I wanted to do with it.  It was summertime and I wasn’t really feeling pot roast (as delicious as it is), so when Read more

“I made Chinese food! I made Chinese food!”, I sang while doing a little happy dance around my kitchen. Now, I’m not talking stir fry. I make those all the time. I’m not talking Fried Rice. I make that often too. I mean something that involves a little bit more Chinese kind of know how Read more

Have you ever been to Paradise Bakery?  They have a couple of them in Omaha and they’re A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!  They’re actually owned by Panera, but they have a different (yet similar) menu.  They’re particularly known for their chocolate chip cookies, which are fantastic!  My favorite thing to order there is their Tomato Soup and then a Read more