One of my favorite things to do is to host a party for my boys' friends. I love having their friends come over. For 2 reasons: I want them to stay home, where I know what they're doing. And I want to know their friends. I lure them in with candy and then they like me and want to come over all the time. That makes me sound like a complete creeper, but when it comes to my boys, I kinda am. I want to know their friends, I want to know who they're texting, who will be at the football game, their ... Read More
Chocolate Chip Cookies
My favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe is no secret. It's probably the most obvious recipe ever: it's on the back of the Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip bag. But it's sooooo good. It's not complicated and you probably already have all the ingredients in your cupboard. Mix together the flour, baking soda and salt in a small bowl. Then in a separate bowl beat butter, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract. Add 2 eggs, but 1 at a time. Gradually add flour mixture. Then stir in chocolate ... Read More
Weekly Meal Menu
I'm coming up with less and less of things to cook. I tried to be creative last week with some chicken fried steak and gravy...but it wasn't a hit with the family. So I stopped looking for new and exciting recipes and went back to basics this week. Just cook what they'll eat. Even if they ate it 2 weeks ago. It's all good. I am, however, making an exception for Vodka Pasta because VODKA pasta. If you don't just automatically get me on that, we need to have a private conversation. On what's ... Read More
Weekly Meal Planning
Happy Tuesday Friends! Another week, another list of meals. Since school has started and I've started cooking more, eating out less, I'm happy to report that our budget has been a whole lot happier too. We went grocery shopping last week and bought all the ingredients for TEN meals and items for lunches and breakfast for under $200.00. TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS PEOPLE. That's what I spent before 3pm in Vegas. Mmmm. Vegas. Monday // Tuesday // Wednesday // Thursday // Friday I'm using a ... Read More
Weekly Meal Menu
Now that we're getting back into the swing of things, I've decided it's probably time to start cooking again. I took a summer couple weeks off. It's good to take a break and recharge, you know? :) Since I've started back up, I've been scoring major points with Huz. He loves coming home to a ready made dinner. And I love foot massages. That's literally what I think about as I'm whipping mashed potatoes. "I'm totally getting a foot rub tonight. Just keep whippin'." Whatever the motivation is ... Read More
