Hopefully this isn't a stupid question. I'm always scouring sites for recipes that I can make during the week. But, I get home at 5:00 and we need to be sitting down to eat by 5:30, so criteria is strict. I find a lot of recipes that I think would be good, except they need to bake for 30 minutes or 45 minutes, or whatever the case may be. Any ( Read more... )

My mom, aunt, and I simultaneously all found Pioneer Woman at the same time about four years ago. It was long before she was super popular, and on her old website. I remember we made her cinnamon rolls (didn't turn out) and her chicken spaghetti casserole (yum!). Back then, she was only posting recipes and I kind of lost track of her. A year or ( Read more... )

I've been cooking up a storm lately and the best part is, very little of it has been for the girls! They've gotten tastes and have eaten a fair amount of it, but it's not solely for them. It's been nice to cook adult dishes and not puree everything ( Read more... )

Sometime in November I found two posts online for homemade Christmas gifts that sounded cool. The first is a secret hollow book. Eek! So cool. I'm making one for Sammy and Liv. My mom had old books that worked perfectly. Their covers were weird so I'm going to cover them in wrapping paper. The second was for a snack mix that sounded ( Read more... )

Is it the end of the day yet? I'm tired and have no motivation to do any work ( Read more... )

A few months ago Amy and I ordered takeout from our local asian restaurant. She recommended the chicken fried rice and it was gooood. It's been on my mind since and I've gotten it to go a few times since. A coworker was talking about the fried rice he makes so I asked for the recipe. It involves both a rice cooker and a wok. Obviously neither ( Read more... )

I know I say this every week, but look at my belly! It's totally popped out!

In my Twins book, a woman mentioned eating the Stouffer's frozen macaroni and cheese entree for lunch so I bought one and brought it into work. It was tasty, but in my head I was thinking that I could make one just as good and probably for cheaper. I've made Patti ( Read more... )

* Britney's new video came on MTV this morning and wow, is that the most boring video ever? And seriously. If you're going to be a "stripper" in a video with a stripper pole, wouldn't you maybe do more than just walk around the pole? Wouldn't you learn a few stripper moves? Rent Carmen Electra's video or something! Such a waste ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday jmasterflash! I hope you had a fabulous day ( Read more... )

Quickly before I run off to do methodology training with the new hires, today is the day we post our Daring Baker July challenge! You can read my post here. I've done a quick scan of a few other blogs and while we didn't decorate the cake at all, mine turned out very well comparatively! I'm excited for the August challenge now ( Read more... )