In case nobody else has noticed - though I'm sure you most certainly have - fall is in full swing! Nighttime is coming faster each and every day, the weather outside is getting much cooler, and everyone seems to be feeling a little bit more blase than usual - but not in our house! Well, not at ...
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pumpkin & cream cheese muffins
it must be fall because my family is craving these pumpkin & cream cheese muffins. we make them every year. my youngest, especially, loves these! they're sweet enough that he calls them pumpkin cupcakes. whatever makes him happy! these muffins are made with 3 simple parts - the pumpkin muffin ...
twice baked potato pie
while some like to call it loaded mashed potatoes or twice baked potato casserole, in our house we prefer twice baked potato pie. okay, so this really isn't a pie. not like i think of a pie, anyway. you don't bake it in a pie plate, you don't cut it into slices, and it doesn't have a crust and/or a ...
freezer meal :: chicken enchiladas
i usually love making dinner. i love chopping vegetables, i love sauteeing them, i love making a mess in the kitchen. (i don't love cleaning it up.) but i know i'm not the only one that has busy days when making dinner is just another daunting task on the to-do list, and i know i'm not the only one ...
chicken & wild rice wraps
this is one of those dinners you make when you've had a busy day and are quickly running out of time to get some good food in all those hungry mouths. you can use any leftover or rotisserie chicken - that makes it even faster! besides that, just cook up some rice, chop some lettuce, grab your ...
homemade salsa
the last couple of years i've planted a salsa garden: tomatoes, green peppers, jalapeno peppers, etc. so it would only make sense that at summer's end i would make some homemade salsa to can - you just can't beat garden freshness in the middle of winter! this recipe is one that my sister's been ...
my new favorite :: raspberry peach freezer jam
this week a girl in my neighborhood organized a peach delivery - 20lb boxes of fresh peaches from a local orchard. to say that 20lbs gives you a lot of peaches is an understatement - that box is something of a bottomless pit! so while we've been eating them fresh, making peach jam, and canning them ...
homemade blueberry muffins
i can remember my mom making these blueberries muffins often - even in the winter months! she would use either fresh or frozen blueberries to make them, and so would freeze the many, many pounds we'd pick during the summer months to use in sundaes, smoothies, and of course, these muffins! and now i ...
easy weeknight dinner :: chicken divan
a few weeks ago, i posted my family's favorite way to eat broccoli - roasted, of course. it's delicious! i also mentioned in that post that i had bought a humongous bag of broccoli from costco. here's one of the ways we used it up: chicken divan. this recipe is not only delicious, but it is super ...
“stressed” is desserts – spelled backwards :: my favorite easy desserts
at the end of a long day (and with young kids at home, that happens quite often!), i usually put my feet up and indulge in a little something sweet for myself - no noise, no messes to clean up - just me and my sweet retreat. these are a few of my favorite easy dessert recipes that we make often ...