We are a serious tortilla eating family. Someone in our family probably has tortillas everyday. They are great for snacking on plain or with a little bit of butter. We often put cheese, tomato and onion on them and melt them. Some of my children like them with some cream cheese on top – I […]
sour dough biscuits
Even when your life is like a roller coaster, there are some things that just have to be done. And feeding your family is one of those things. I’m sure food is important for all families but it seems to be an especially big issue for large families. If I don’t stay on top of keeping […]
Basil Pesto :: the frugal edition::
Last week we picked the first of our basil. I didn’t think the plants were really very big and so I wasn’t planning on cutting very much, but I came in with an overflowing bowl. We decided to make pesto for our pizza. We used the last of our frozen pesto a couple of months […]
Stuffed Flying Saucers {aka Patty Pan squash}
We had never seen white patty pan squash until we moved to this area. The first time someone gave us some, it was a little overgrown and the skin was a little hard. I didn’t think it would saute very well because of the skin and I’m a little too lazy to peel squash. So […]
summer pasta salad
Yum It’s summer squash season here for us and we’ve been picking quite a bit of it. Fortunately for me, my family is pretty tolerant when it comes to food. They don’t really care if we eat some things over and over. So we’ve been eating yellow squash almost every day. Usually, I’ll saute some […]
whole wheat pancakes…with chocolate chips
I love mornings when we are not rushed to get anywhere and I can piddle around the house a bit. I probably piddle too much and waste a bunch of time, but it is relaxing. We haven’t had many morning like that lately, but I see a lot in our summer! Which is kind of […]
traditions :: pizza and movie night
Traditions are a funny thing. Some you take from your childhood and incorporate them into your family, some you get from other people and you tweak them to fit your family and some just kind of happen. It’s the last kind that to me are the most organic and meaningful for our family. They are the […]
already too hot for spinach
We made a very hard decision on Saturday. We decided to pull up our spinach. We’ve been enjoying the spinach for months and can usually enjoy it through April. But this week, with the temperatures in the 80’s, the spinach was really taking a beating. Normally, we just eat spinach in salads and some of us like it on our pizza, […]
Banana Bread Muffins
…you have 6 bags of bananas in the freezer!” This is what I heard after a friend put all my freezer items back in the freezer when we moved. “Well, yes, I do.” I agreed “What are you going to do with them?” “Make the yummiest banana bread ever” You see we love bananas but […]
Whole Wheat Waffles
Yum I probably shouldn’t admit this, but my poor husband has to fend for himself for breakfast. Even if I’m up when he is getting ready for work, I can’t ever get it together enough to make a hot breakfast for him. So here’s our routine, every couple of weeks I make tons of waffles […]
