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My pickiest child (now grown) loves mama's Slow Cooker Taco Soup and asked me to put it on my blog so she'd have it. There's a recommendation for you! This is one of the easiest soups around and is great for a crowd. With Super Bowl Sunday coming up you need to keep this recipe handy. Serve it with cornbread and you have a delicious … [Read more...]
One of our favorite family recipes is Chicken in Sour Cream Sauce or we call it Chicken and Chipped Beef. Ingredients: 8 boneless chicken breasts 1 jar dried beef 8 strips of bacon 16 oz. sour cream 2 cans cream of chicken soup Directions: Lightly grease 9x13 glass casserole dish and line with dried beef. Wrap bacon … [Read more...]
As my son has been getting ready to go back to college (~sigh~) I wanted to send some food back with him. He doesn't have a cafeteria on campus so if he cooks it's in the dorm kitchen and that's not ideal. So he and I got to work making this easy to grab snack/meal of chicken pockets. I first found this recipe many years ago in the book … [Read more...]
My family loves Crock Pot Lasagna! It's so easy to do the day before (especially for Sunday lunch) and is always a crowd pleaser. Crock Pot Lasagna Ingredients: 2 boxes lasagna noodles (broken into smaller pieces) 1 24 oz. container ricotta or cottage cheese 2 eggs 1 tsp garlic, minced 2 pounds ground beef (or ground … [Read more...]
*** It has been brought to my attention that there is some concern about the use of plastics in boiling water. I've read several sources and this concern has mixed responses. Here are a few of the links I read: The Leaching of Plastics, To Make an Omelette, Ziploc Omelettes are Not Recommended, and Snopes. My suggestion (and one I personally will … [Read more...]
This is a favorite of my married daughter and has become a staple in her newlywed home. For those of you who love to be exact and measure, I apologize. I used to be like that. I'm reformed. All ingredients are approximate. This recipe will make 2 casserole dishes or 1 dish and remainder of enchiladas can be frozen individually, popped in the … [Read more...]
I am trying to help my family begin to eat healthier. One of the things that has helped us the most is a Costco membership. They sell most of their fresh vegetables in large quantities so I have been challenged to use what we buy in recipes or freeze for later use. In the past I haven't been a huge green pepper fan, but I've gotten used to … [Read more...]
What better way to celebrate Valentine's Day than with Chicken Marsala with Gorgonzola Cheese? For our 25th anniversary dinner I tried this new recipe and renamed it Love Chicken. But since that sounds weird it's official "title" is Valentine's Chicken. 'Cause one day I'm gonna do a family cookbook and this dish is gonna be in it! I took … [Read more...]
What began as a little family journal in 2008 has turned into a passion for sharing my life, faith, adventures and dreams as a DIY, crafty, bargain hunting, homeschooling, memory keeping mom of both biological and adopted children. Make yourself at home! Click here to read more about me.
