Food, Crafts and Fun
It’s official, I’m on a giant pasta salad kick. I love everything about pasta, hot or cold. But there’s something about a pasta salad that is easy and so delicious. It’s one of those things I can take for lunch and not have to worry if I’m going to have time to go find a microwave. […]
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With how much baking we do in my house it’s ironic that my son’s favorite dessert of all time is Cosmic Brownies. You know. The store bought ones. What the heck?!?! I can’t really blame him, though. I remember as a kid growing up thinking the best “treat” was a store bought cake. My Mom […]
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I have a confession to make. I’m in love. Yep, head over heals in love! With these sandals! I’m on my feet a lot during the day. I work in a middle school so I have to keep up with 550 sprouting pre-teens. If that’s not enough to make your feet hurt, add to that […]
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I absolutely love toffee and chocolate together and these cookies? To die for! The buttery crust and condensed milk filling puts these Chocolate Toffee Bars at the top of my list. Our cookies didn’t turn out like the picture on Pinterest but when I bit into one of them I realized I didn’t care. They […]
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Who doesn’t love brownies? They are one of my favorite desserts with all the chocolatey goodness. They are so easy to make and you can seriously make a hundred different kinds. How could I not love that?! Culinary Envy called these Mind Blowing Brownie Bites. I think I’m changing the name of them. They remind […]
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Every summer my Dad organizes a family beach trip. It’s one of my favorite weeks in the summertime. We eat and talk and walk on the beach. It’s relaxing and wonderful and my kids and I love it. One of the things I love about this week is planning what I’m going to bring for […]
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When you hear “loaded baked potato” what do you think of? A big baked potato smothered in sour cream, cheese and bacon, right? Sure, because isn’t that what a loaded baked potato is? They are delicious and I could probably eat them everyday but it’s summertime now. I don’t want to cook potatoes in my […]
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Happy Labor Day Weekend! I can’t believe I’m writing that. Labor Day! It was just June. I know I’ve been writing “where has the time gone” in my last few posts but, seriously! Where did the summer go? The school year ended with me exhausted, frustrated and I seemed to have lost my desire to […]
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A co-worker asked me to come into her classroom and teach her students a fun craft project. The ability level of the kids was completely across the board so I wanted to do something that they all could do. I decided Corner Bookmarks was what we were going to make. I figured the students could […]
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Oh yes I did! We took camping desserts to a whole new level this time. If you missed our post on Campfire Desserts you have to check it out. Seriously! It’s a must. It’s kinda what camping is all about. Well, that and nature, of course. But mostly delicious desserts cooked over the campfire. We […]
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I’m totally having fun with this whole fun food for dinner Saturday night. I love seeing my kid’s faces when I put their plate on the table. I love hearing “no way. Great job, Mom.” It makes my entire day! And how could I not make this for Halloween?!?! I’m not sure where I saw […]
I know today is November 1st and Breast Cancer Awareness month was October but I just had to share this one with you. Plus today is “Wear Pink” day at my school. So, of course I had to bring cookies to help celebrate! And not just any cookies… Mammo-graham cookies. Ha! Get it?! Mammo – […]
My daughter saw these wonderful looking treats in her Fancy Nancy Tea Parties book. (Did I mention we LOVE Fancy Nancy?!) Her books are stupendous (that’s fancy for great!) I did an earlier post from this book as well. Click here to see it. So Ellie saw these and said to me “oh, let’s make […]
This may not look like much but let me tell you… it is delicious! My kids and I love root beer floats and have seen a lot of homemade popsicles out there that claim to be rootbeer floats, but they are imposters. Thanks to Almost Unschoolers for this amazing find because here is a real […]
Happy 4th of July everyone! What are you doing tonight? I’m going to hope I don’t fry my eyebrows while I watch the amazed looks on my kids face as the fireworks go off. They love fireworks. Well, not the loud ones. =o) When I saw these adorable Corn Dog Cookies over on Sue’s blog, […]
Tag! I’m it! Yeah! I love to play games. I’m a kid at heart. I’ll admit it. So when Tiffanee over at One Crazy Cookie tagged me, I was thrilled and honored. Thrilled because, like I said, I like to play =o) And honored because I love her blog. She posts the best recipes! What […]
I love Halloween! Have I mentioned that? Yep, love it! And how could I not when this is what decorates my kitchen? Cool, right?! Dirty Q-Tips! Ha! I saw these over on Pinterest too. Along with the Bloody Band-Aid Cookies that we made. It originally came from Katherine Marie Photography. Super simple but the […]
I’m not much of a prankster. It’s not that I don’t think they’re funny. I just don’t do them. Well, not a lot at least =o) So for me, April Fools Day isn’t really a big deal. But it’s like I said in my St. Patrick’s Day post, “now that I’m a Mom I have […]