I cannot begin to recount all the times my crock pot has been a life saver. Saved me just a bit more time so that I can run one more kid to one more activity. Saved us from spending extra money to eat a meal out on one of those “I’m going crazy and I’m taking you all with me” kind of days. Saved the kids from hearing, “for the last time, get OUT of the kitchen. I am trying to cook dinner!”. So in honor of crock pots, here’s a super quick, super easy recipe for Crock Pot Ranch [...]
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Oh how my family loves Beef Stroganoff! The white wine in this recipe is what gives it a little extra pizzazz, but it is optional so you can leave it out if you like. Also, I add my mushrooms in at the end because we like them not to cook down so much. If you’d like a more traditional stroganoff, then you can add them to the skillet at the same time as the onions and garlic. Also, if you’re in a hurry, you can just use cream of mushroom sauce in the can and skip the flour and beef [...]
Our family loves cornbread. Honey cornbread that is. I used to buy store bought mixes but over the last year or so I've been trying to cook more from scratch. Plus the kids weren't too crazy over the mixes adn by the time I add my own eggs and milk, it doesn't cost much more to just use all my own ingredients. I tried a few different recipes, but they just didn't taste very good. Most of the time they were either not sweet enough or too mealy. In other words, the kids didn't like them. Then I stumbled upon [...]
Pita chips are one of my favorite snacks. "Back in the day", we used to see quite a few sales and coupons for Stacy's Pita Chips. Not so much anymore. And I just can't justify spending almost three dollars for a bag of chips when half the bag turns out to be crumbs and a package of pita bread only costs a dollar fifty. So now when the craving hits, I make my own. Here's how: Stack two pieces of pita bread and use large, sharp knife to cut into triangle shaped sections. Right now I use store bought pita [...]
Hubs likes Sweet & Sour Chicken. Hubs also likes to eat healthy. Hubs loves my Healthier Sweet & Sour Chicken recipe and your family will too! When we first married, I tried making Sweet & Sour Chicken by using bottled sauce. He didn't like it. I tried pulling some recipes off the internet for sweet & sour sauce. He didn't like those either. So I started pulling ingredients together and tweeking until I got it right. Now this is one of my family's favorite meals. They beg for it. I like to plan for it on a not so [...]
