Chicken Pesto Stir Fry
I made chicken pesto stir fry this week for dinner and thought I’d share the recipe. This dish is a big hit at our house. It is one of the few recipes we make that all four children will eat. The best part…it’s super easy to put together! You know I love an easy meal...
REVIEW: Cooking with Trader Joe’s Cookbook: Easy Lunchboxes
I was given the opportunity to review a digital copy of the Cooking with Trader Joe’s Cookbook, the Easy Lunchbox edition by Kelly Lester. This excited me to no end, this cookbook is PERFECT for me and my family!!!! I LOVE Easy Lunchboxes and I LOVE Trader Joe’s, and I LOVE packing lunches. So this cookbook...
Peacho de Gallo
A few weeks back we went over to our friends’ house for dinner, and Chris made this amazing salsa and added a peach to it. It was delish! He didn’t use a recipe, so I couldn’t steal it from him. I had to come home and make one up myself. So I started with a...
Family Movie Night :: Harry Potter Party
When the kids were young I read the Harry Potter books to them. We only made it through book three before they were off and reading on their own at night. After we read each book we would watch the movie as a family. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban seemed to take eons...
Deep Freeze Cooking
I have been spending quite a bit of time in my kitchen this week, trying to stock up my deep freeze for the coming months. When I cook dinner I’ve been doubling and even tripling recipes to stick some in the deep freeze for easy dinner cooking later on. We’ve also been freezing some of...
Tomato + Mozz + Basil Appetizer
This is truly one of the easiest appetizers I’ve ever made…take some fresh mozzarella cut into small pieces, fresh basil leaves & cherry or grape tomatoes and put the combo on a toothpick. Then put the tooth-picked goodness on a plate and drizzle balsamic vinegar lightly over the appetizers just before serving. It’s perfect. And...
