My family makes a super simple, super yummy version of chicken divan. Its pretty much a staple in all of our menus. I make it quite often, t...

Last week went much better than the week before, thankfully. It was my first week of doing Plan A, and even though I ended up working 38 hou...

I tried another tasty recipe from 365 Days of Slow Cooking tonight for dinner - beef stroganoff. I've never made beef stroganoff, bu...

A new week. Hopefully this week is better than my week last week. I hit a wall on Tuesday - and was seriously just plain mentally exhauste...

Another week ahead of being a single working mom... and you know, its actually not as bad as it used to be... I think I'm getting used t...

Carson and I made some pumpkin pie muffins this morning. The recipe comes from my Ellie Krieger: The Food You Crave cookbook. I've ma...

This recipe comes from our cousin, Melissa , on Kevin's side of the family. This has to seriously be the easiest bread to make... ever....

I had thought this week would be a somewhat normal week, with Kevin home from Germany. He got home Thursday evening. When he went in to wo...

It'll be another crazy week this week. Kevin is leaving for Germany this afternoon. He's going for work, so it'll be a quick tri...

Over the weekend, I saw one of Paula Deen's shows featuring a tomato mac and cheese recipe. I've been wanting to try adding pureed...

I hit up a few farmers' markets again this week. I haven't really had the time to get to many these last couple of weeks, really......

Tonight we had a crockpot meal that I found on 365 Days of Slow Cooking , which is a blog by Karen, a SAHM that has set a goal of using th...

September sure is flying on by us, isn't it? It's already mid-September and it seems like the month just began a couple days ago! At...

I found this recipe on Kalofagas a while back and thought it sounded tasty. (If you haven't seen Peter's blog, you really should ...

This is a long-time favorite family recipe from my maternal grandmother's family. My grandma is 100% german. She is the second-younges...

I canned peaches last year and said I'd probably never do it again until we had our own peach tree to make it a little more economical...

We have a busy week ahead... my cousins Kristin and Joe are in town from Florida, my Aunt Sandy and Uncle Bob will be in town from Oklahoma,...

I finally canned peaches this past week. The new method (post to come soon) is soooo much easier than the method I used last summer. I also ...

We've had these a couple of times now, just haven't had the time to post them. My SIL Mary posted this recipe/method for baked zuc...

I spent the first 6+ years of life down in Memphis, Tennessee. I had a southern drawl, called all of the carbonated soft drinks 'coke,...

Just a quick post of the meals this week... Sunday ~ We're going down to Rochester Hills to hang out with our good friends, Ben and Kat...

I came across another salsa recipe on RecipeZaar that I knew I wanted to try. It was for peach salsa, but I wanted to make a pineapple-p...

I decided to try an Iraqi dish for dinner last night. It is this month's challenge on the Walima arabic cooking blog. I love, love,...

So we're back from vacation and I haven't wasted much time getting back into the kitchen. As expected, the garden is overgrown with...

We're off on vacation this week, so no meal plans or any posting while I'm gone. We'll be headed north to Kevin's grandpare...

I tried another side dish recipe from my Simply in Season cookbook for a fresh corn saute. Its very simple, very quick, and very tasty! ...

I made cheddar corn fritters from Taste and Tell this week. I've been wanting to try them for ages, but just hadn't gotten around ...

I'll be playing catch up again. I have so many posts that I'm behind on... I doubt I'll get to them all before we leave for v...

I tried a recipe from my Recipes from America's Small Farms: Fresh Ideas for the Season's Bounty cookbook for zucchini tacos on M...

A little later than normal this week, but better late than never! Its been a very busy week. Lots of farmers' markets or farm stands, sh...