The Adventures of a Stay at Home Mom
Doesn’t this look Yummy! I promise you that it is ever bit as good as it looks! This weekend we needed a side dish to bring to a Cub Scout event that our family attended. It involved biking, swimming, and eating and was a lot of fun. Well, after I got our youngest to stop crying while biking. Connor thought his little training wheel bike could keep up with the big kids and while we started to bike towards the {Read More}
ngredients: Dirty Ranch Mashed ‘Taters Ingredients: ● 2 lbs small red potatoes ● salt ● 1 packet dry Ranch seasoning mix ● cup ; butter or margarine ● 1 cup milk or cream at ready ; (may not use all of it) ● Cream cheese ; 1 brick ● 3 slices crisped bacon ; if desired Directions: *Do not peel potatoes & chop potatoes into small chunks (cook faster) *Drop into lrg sauce pan with boiling water & Salt potatoes {Read More}
, sal Fruit Compote Ingredients: ● 1 large can pear halves ● 1 large can peach halves ● 1 large can pineapple chunks ● 2 cans mandarin orangesSauce: ● 3/4 cup brown sugar ● 1/2 cup melted butter ● 1 1/2 tsp. corn starch ● 1 tsp. curry powder*Directions:Drain fruit well and mix in a 9×13” baking dish. Melt butter over low or med/low heat, then add other sauce ingredients and stir until sugar is completely melted and mixture is heated through. Pour sauce over fruit. Bake for {Read More}
Caramel Apple Salad Ingredients:● 3 large Apple ; (I use granny smith)● 3 large Snickers● 1 can Pineapple tidbits ; drained● 1 cup Peanuts ; can use regular or honey● 1 container Cool whipDirections:Cut Apples and snickers into chunks. Mix all togetherKims Notes: If you are making ahead of time do not add the pineapple. The juice will settle to the bottom. Just put the apples in the pinapple juice after cut up and drain. Add everything but pineapple and {Read More}
Spinach Orzo Ingredients:● 1 tsp. butter● 1 clove garlic ; minced● 1/2 cup coarsely shredded carrot ; (1 small)● 2 cups chicken broth● 1 cup uncooked orzo pasta ; (6 oz)● 1 1/2 cups thinly sliced fresh spinach● 2 tbsp. freshly grated Parmesan cheese● 1 tbsp. fresh or 1 tsp dried basil leaves● Salt ; and pepper to tasteDirections:Melt butter in a three-quart saucepan over medium heat. Cook garlic and carrot in butter about two minutes, stirring occasionally, until the {Read More}
Zucchini Puffs Ingredients:● 3 medium Zucchini ; ends trimmed and grated● 2 cups Cheddar ; shredded● 3 large Egg ; beaten● 1/2 cups Bread● 1/4 tsp. Dry oregano● 1/4 tsp. Dry basil● 1/4 tsp. Dry parsley flakes● salt ; to taste● Pepper ; to tasteDirections:Mix all ingredients by hand in a large bowl. Use as much of the bread crumbs as you need so the mixture is moist but not too wet. (Depends how big your zucchini’s are). Subscribe to {Read More}
Zucchini Coins Ingredients:● 1/2 c. Italian-seasoned breadcrumbs● 3 Tbsp. grated Parmesan● 1/4 tsp. pepper● 3 c. thinly sliced zucchini ; (about 1 lb.)● 2 egg whites ; lightly beaten● cooking ; sprayDirections:Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Combine breadcrumbs,Parmesan, and pepper; mix well. Dip the zucchini slices in egg whites; dredge in breadcrumb mixture.Place zucchini in a single layer on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Bake at 450 degrees for 15min. Turn zucchini over; bake an additional 10-15 min. {Read More}
Usually you don’t even notice someone has unfriended you until you either actually “miss” the person or you may notice your number of friends have changed. Most of the time it doesn’t even really matter – it was an acquaintance, someone you knew growing up, or someone that was connected to you through someone else. It’s when the person may be a close friend or family member when you start to question why they unfriended you. Then start the questioning {Read More}
This house has been out of control lately……dirty underwear laying on the floor, books all over the bedroom, dirty dishes left on the table and more…… It’s time for a change! Today we start our new Responsibilities. First we made a chart for each child with things we would like them to do either every day or throughout the week. Ian has a typed sheet and Connor has a picture sheet since he cant read yet. I talk on {Read More}
My family has become obsessed with this family of Eagles on the web. It is a web cam that is overlooking an Eagle’s nest in Ohio. There are two baby eagles and one egg. It is amazing to watch the interaction between the mom and dad eagle. My kids love to see when the dad Eagle comes back and brings food (usually a dead rat) for his family. I expected the Eagle’s to have a louder call, but so far {Read More}
