Happy Sunday everyone! Yesterday was my 22nd wedding anniversary, not too shabby! I highly recommend getting married and having lots of children. It has worked for us. Today I have six recommendations for you, all related to entertainment. 1. Shaun the Sheep: We saw this movie with our 7 year […]
Side dish
This recipe was created because we had the most delicious organic green beans and cherry tomatoes, and we needed to come up with something to go with it. This salad is very easy to put together and it really tastes like summer to me. Mac and cheese is a family […]
Perfect summer dinner~ mac and cheese with green bean tomato ...

This weekend was full of sickness. UGH!!! Diane was so sick with a high fever, strep throat, just wanting Mama’s cuddles. But our basket of greens was calling so we made our first recipe. If you like the flavor of garlic this dip is for you!! It is super strong, […]
Garlic Scapes Dip

My oldest son plans to attend culinary school one day. In the mean time, there are plenty of benefits to having a chef in our house. He can eat a dish in a restaurant then come home and figure out what was used in the recipe and replicate it for […]
Red Pepper Bruschetta

Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah. I hope that those of you who are celebrating are enjoying delicious Hanukkah fare. My friend Jane was nice enough to give us an enormous amount of potatoes and 3 dozen eggs so it was time to make the latkes. This is Jane’s […]
Potato Latkes for the win~
So with last week’s basket we got a beautiful bag of fresh basil. It smelled incredible. I wish I had a way for you to scratch and sniff this page, but I don’t. Trust me it was so good. I almost did not want to make anything with it so […]
Fresh Basil Hummus
Do you ever find yourself with a bunch of leftover mashed potatoes? Sometimes the kids do not like to eat them very much the second day. Mashed Potato Latkes to the rescue! These came out so good and one of my kids said they tasted better than regular mashed potatoes! […]
Leftover Mashed Potatoes?

So what do you make yourself for lunch everyday? Is it boring tuna or turkey sandwich? This is my new favorite lunch or dinner and it is soooo healthy!! I like to buy the costco size broccoli, mushrooms and onions so that I have the ingredients I need on hand […]
Awesome lunch, seitan stir-fry!

I got the most beautiful eggplants at the farmers market last week and I forgot to use them. They were looking a bit sad and I did not have much time, so I created this recipe on the spot. No dipping the eggplant rounds in egg and breadcrumbs, no frying […]