Bringing "back in the day" back to today
Since we have banished store bought baked goods from our house, I have been left with the challenge of trying to feed my family breakfast every day. For the last few weeks we have gotten by with muffins. A few past their prime apples were marked for apple streusel muffins but at the last minute …
Illness struck our house this week. As the virus finished its sweep through the household what better way to tempt fate and see what you’re really made of than to challenge your stomach with a rich, creamy dinner full of cheese, eggs and bacon than with a delicious pasta carbonara recipe? Go big or go …
We like bread, A LOT! Meals are just better with bread and for certain meals, it’s practically a sin not to include bread with it. In our house, soups, stews and pasta dishes require some sort of baked good. Unfortunately fresh bread on a week night isn’t always easy to pull off, unless you opt …
This spinach, ham and cheese quiche recipe is so easy and quickly became an unexpected family favorite. It’s so simple that my four year old makes the filling while I make the crust! This is a basic recipe that can be adapted to suit your individual tastes. Although the recipe calls for half and half, …
Since we have been doing this experiment of cooking everything from scratch I have found that weekend breakfasts can be a bit of a challenge. This morning we had a little time so I thought that I would make an actual breakfast. We had some ground sausage in the fridge that was going to be …
This cooking from scratch thing almost came to bite me in the butt this morning. It was 7:30 AM and I had four hungry people that needed to leave the house for three (yup, THREE) soccer games. The pantry was empty and we were in no position to eat greasy eggs for breakfast. Limited time, a collection …
When my wife and I were first married we received a Rachel Ray 30-minute meals cookbook. Neither one of us had really ever had to cook for anyone and at that time we needed all of the help that we could get. The problem that we had was, there were almost no recipes in the …
When faced with left over turkey meatballs, in our house we choose between eating meatball pizza or meatball subs. This week meatball subs won. Sticking to our “no purchased bread” rule meant figuring out how to make sub rolls. My quest resulted in the ugly ducklings pictured above. Do not let these pictures discourage …
My weekly menu posting declares that this is house favorites week and that is no lie. I would say that this recipe ranks #1 as our family favorite (Eric correct me if I’m wrong). Chicken Milano draws actual cheers from the children (ok, and the adults too) whenever it makes the dinner rotation. We are a family …
Spaghetti and meatballs is a classic meal that is beloved by both adults and children. Every family must have a slam dunk meatball recipe. Dumping frozen meatballs out of a bag does not count! I had struggled for years to find the right balance of meat, egg, bread crumbs and seasonings to get that perfect …