School snacks you can make ahead for the week in just 30 minutes. Cherry cheesecake, lime wobble, and orange creamsicle pie. Protein rich & no added sugar!
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easy crock pot swedish meatballs
Tender, bitesize beef meatballs, dripping with a creamy gravy, and they couldn’t be easier to make in your crock pot!
5 min healthy, low fat, high protein, cheesecake cups
Healthy, low fat, high protein, sweet, creamy, and fresh. These cheesecake cups have absolutely everything you want, and they’re GUILT FREE!
Ultimate Macaroni Salad – Amish style with eggs and cheese
There are a few things that you just can not buy. I was walking around, trying to pick out some easy sides for a BBQ last Saturday, trying to make life easier by not making everything from scratch. I picked up the macaroni salad (it was basically fluorescent orange), I looked at the tiny little…
Super Quick Carbonara
So, here’s one of those left-over meals that I alluded to earlier. I used a bunch of the ingredients from my Pasta à la Vodka to whip up lunch the next day for Oliver and I (the fresh pasta and pancetta). This is so, SO good! Oh yeah, it only takes about 5 minutes to make…
Chili Mac and Cheese
So, this is another recipe created by those people who I worship over at America’s Test Kitchen (from their skillet suppers magazine). It cooked up so nice and quick, had the perfect amount of spice, wasn’t over powering at all for Bo who isn’t a big chili fan, and best of all, Oliver liked it…
Roasted Potatoes and Carrots
I’ll admit it, the simple task of throwing together some vegetables and roasting them has always seemed daunting to me. I’ve never fully believe that it could be THAT easy. That I could just throw whatever kind of vegetable I wanted onto a baking sheet, pop it in the oven, and call it a day….
Sour Cream Scones
I was in a bit of a bind for breakfast this morning. I’d been out of bread all week, a combination of forgetfulness last week when shopping and laziness this week in not wanting to load up the kids and run out, in the rain, only to buy bread. I did finally tonight, but I…
Sugar and Spice Candied Nuts
These are a favorite of mine, especially around the holidays. I made them this past weekend for our Canadian Thanksgiving, and I’ll be making them again in a couple of months for Christmas. You can use pretty much any kind of nut, but if I were you I’d stick to the traditional ones: pecans and…
Classic Pound Cake 3 Ways
A couple of weeks ago I decided to do a fondue. The fondue is another story entirely. It’s a story that involves a new fondue set, a sticker, a slight fire, and a pot full of once delicious but rendered inedible chocolate that tasted distinctly of smoke. Any way, these recipes come into play because I…
Open Faced Grown-Up Grilled Cheese
Now, I’m known for many, many bad habits. One of the worst (at least according to my mother), is that I don’t eat leftovers. I’ve passed this on to Bo to, and I admit, it’s horrible. It’s also got to change. Food is bloody expensive, and I’m in the (also horrible) habit of cooking far…
Granola
This is one of the easiest things in the world to make, and it is so great. So much better then those boxed granola style cereals that you buy, and it’s fantastic sprinkled on top of yogurt or ice cream. You can add basically anything that you like to it as well, this recipe is…
Easy Frozen Oreo Dessert
This is really a piece of cake dessert. It’s easiest made a day ahead, but even the morning of will work. It’s not actually oreos either. It’s just chocolate wafer cookies with cool-whip sandwiched between them and “iced” over the top. I didn’t take make pictures because it’s really easy to do. First off, spread…
Mexican Style Skillet Chicken and Rice
Sorry, I’m not feeling very creative right now. I can’t seem to come up with a shorter more creative name. Something like Sombrero bake…that’s horrible. Let’s just leave well enough alone. Want to know what else I’m sorry for? I forgot to take pictures of this one as I cooked it. And it’s not so much that I…
Easy Garlic Parmesian Chicken Bake
Tonight was one of those horrible nights. I’m going to go ahead and assume that everyone has them, so please, don’t feel the need to correct me. Anna and Oliver both got shots today, Anna’s first set, and she was not happy about it. At all. The tylenol didn’t help her at all and while…
Free-Form Fruit Tart
Or, as I lovingly refer to it: The easiest, most delicious, spectacular, did I mention delicious, tart ever! I didn’t take many step by step pictures, almost none actually, but it’s because every time I make this tart all I can think about it eating it. I never remember to get the camera out. Use…
