Abby had to come up with a recipe for a healthy dessert for school. Here it is: Abby’s Chocolate Strawberry Smoothie This makes a whole blender full! Ingredients: 1/2 cup of almonds 1/2 cup of oatmeal 1/2 cup of water 1/4 cup of cocoa powder 1 1/2 to 2 cups of almond milk (or any […]
I love Station 22 down in Provo, but it is far away! One day I really wanted my favorite sandwich from there and my husband figured out how to make it. We haven’t found the best bread to put it on yet BUT other than that I like it better than Station 22’s version! Although […]
We had tacos for Easter, it is all I had the energy for and I just don’t enjoy the ham-funeral potato-bland rolls business that goes on for Easter. But, listen these are AUTHENTIC tacos and you want the recipe. The important thing you need to know is you need to head on into a Mexican […]
Over the past couple of weeks I made two pretty yummy salads, both are must trys. And both are not my recipes so let me just give these people the credit: Strawberry Salad with Strawberry Poppy Seed Dressing by Simple Bites (I write for their sister site Simple Kids) There are a billion strawberry/spinach salad […]
My husband is on a mission! For years and years he has been suggesting asking pleading nagging that we eat rice and beans for dinner. “We should eat like peasants! Our food bills would be nothing! It tastes better than anything else anyway!” The thought of eating rice and beans a few nights a week […]
Yes! Let’s talk croquetas/croquettes. Yes, they are easy and you can pull them off — be brave and try something new! Croquettes are a Spanish appetizer (tapas) and my husband orders them at restaurants whenever we see them. You can make seafood croquettes, potato croquettes, vegetable based, cheese based, turkey based. I mean, it’s basically […]
Boy oh boy. Pinterest is fun! When I try to explain it to people (which is kinda hard), I always tell them I love it for two reasons: #1 Using it as a Search Engine: Lots of times I will just use it as a search engine for things like fun kids activities, recipes, crafts […]
Michelle Huxtable, the author of The Gathering of Friends cookbooks, invited me (plus a guest — I had my mom come with me) to go to Thanksgiving Point to learn all about herself, her cookbooks, her passion and to check out her newest cookbook. I own one of her cookbooks, and have given them away […]
Note: Hot *CHOCOLATE* not Cocoa…which is definitely how it should be made during the holidays. Ingredients 2 1/2 cups whole milk & 2 cups half-and-half OR 3 cups of milk & 1 1/2 cups of cream (sometimes I will use skim if I don’t want it as rich) 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped 4 ounces milk chocolate, […]
We got back from Costa Rica and are just trying to adjust back to real life. I want to run away again. Who wants to be a grown up?! Not me. Our last night in Costa Rica was MAGICAL. We went into Jaco to a little Italian restaurant and ate outside. There was some sort […]
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