Legos are a huge part of our lives. My husband is a member of a LEGO user group and is a very active within it. Our kids have learned all about sorting LEGO pieces as well. They also help host two shows a year that we always attend to support his creations. It’s fun to…
Fiesta Dishes Paint Colorful Rainbow And Serve One Another
I love my Fiesta dishes for their versatility. I can mix-and-match them for multiple occasions and they have held up amazingly well. However, I will say that the silverware has not been of the same quality. I have found one type that has held up better than others. My favorite ones are rainbow style and…
Breakfast for Dinner is Great on a Wednesday
In our house, Wednesdays mean breakfast for dinner. We started this tradition about a year ago, and as the primary cook and meal planner it has been incredibly helpful for me. I always know that Wednesdays will be dedicated to breakfast foods, which is a meal everyone in the family enjoys. It also relieves the…
Fantastic Refried Beans Made From Scratch
Today I made my own refried beans for the first time. It was a mediocre success. I added a few too many seasonings into my bean mixture, but overall, the consistency was pretty good. I did figure out that I prefer to put them in a blender or food processor to make them smooth, rather…
Time for an Adventure During Wonderful Snow or Cold Day
One of the joys of being a teacher is when it snows and gets very cold, I also get a snow or cold day for us to! I love that I get to stay home with my kids on these days! It even better when I get to see the joy it brings my kids…
Promising Vegetable And Chicken Stock Made From Scrapes
Do you make your own chicken or vegetable stock? I have been saving the carcasses and skin of rotisserie chickens, as well as vegetable discards, and freezing them for a while. I did a large grocery shopping trip this weekend and needed some extra freezer space. So, I pulled out the chicken and veggies and…
Selected Ingredients That Are Home Grown Or Locally Sourced
Are you ready to put all that hard work good use and enjoy home grown ingredients? Now that winter is in full force here, with its cold blistery days occasionally mixed in with what we now consider warm 40° days. It is soup season. One of my favorite things to enjoy during the cold months…
Leftovers A Chance To Make Something New
Are you a leftovers family? We often eat leftovers for lunch and sometimes for dinner. I always try to make sure we waste as little food as possible. One way I do that is by freezing some of our leftovers to use in meals at a later time. For example, I bought two rotisserie chickens…
Turning Juicy Summer Plums Into New Delicious Jam
Back in August we harvested our wild plums! The time has come to finally pull them out of the freezer and do something with them. Jam/jelly is first on the list. I’m making quite a bit of plain jam. It has turned out great. We put several into small 4 ounce jars that can be…
Salt dough – Rolling Out Free Fun All Afternoon
I attempted to make salt dough for my kids to the turn into ornaments that they could paint or we could make into bird feeders. It turned out to be a lot of fun for them to roll out the dough and push the cookie cutters into it. The hardest part was waiting for them…