Italian Tomato Soup

This was last night’s dinner – tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches on sourdough, yum!  This soup couldn’t be any easier and it tastes so much better than any tomato soup from a can.  The recipe is from the cookbook, “Betty Crocker Soups and Stews”. 1 cup water 2 (14.5 oz each) cans diced tomatoes … Continue reading

Cinnamon Roll Waffles

Found this idea on Pinterest (of course!),  from a blog called “Little Bit Funky”.  They were quick, easy and tasty – my 3 favorite things in food! So all you need is a tube of cinnamon rolls (I bought Pillsbury Cinnabon cinnamon rolls), some cooking spray and a waffle iron.  Spray waffle iron with cooking … Continue reading

Pasta e Fagioli Soup

Dinner tonight brought to you by the September 12, 2012 issue of “All You” magazine and it was delicious! 2 tablespoons olive oil (I used Pam with Olive Oil instead to cut out a few calories) 1 onion, chopped 1 rib celery, chopped (I did about 4) 2 carrots, chopped (I did about 3) 1 … Continue reading

Parmesan Chicken with Bow Ties

This recipe comes from the April 27, 2012 issue of “All You” magazine and it was dinner tonight and it was terrific! 12 oz bow tie pasta salt and pepper 2 cups small broccoli florets 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 1/2 pounds chicken breasts, skin and bone removed, cut into 1/2″ pieces 1 small onion, … Continue reading

Savannah Tailgater Chili

This recipe comes from the October 2011 issue of the Food Network magazine and is a Deen Brothers recipe (Paula Deen’s sons).  It was really good last night and I’m sure that it will be even better today as soups, stews and chilis are almost always better the second day. 3 tablespoons olive oil 2 … Continue reading

Canned Biscuit Dough Donuts and Holes

Made these for breakfast this morning and they truly could not be any easier or tastier!  YUMMY!  (And for those of you who live near a WinCo grocery store, they couldn’t be any cheaper either with the biscuits on sale for .98 a tube!)  The recipe comes from the Food Network website from Paula Deen.  … Continue reading

Easy No Bake Cookies aka Gorilla Poops

After we went through the school lunch ideas, I had the girls make some no bake cookies.  This recipe is from a blog called “Six Sister’s Stuff”.  They have a post with 50 No Bake dessert ideas, how great is that?  These were really easy to make and the girls had fun making them and, … Continue reading

Garlic Lime Chicken Fajitas

My daughter Courtney recently got engaged and so last night we invited her future in laws over for dinner so that we could meet them.  We decided to do a fajita bar which I’ve never made before.  They turned out pretty great!  We did both chicken and steak fajitas as well as lime rice (recipe … Continue reading

White Chocolate Peanut Butter Krispies

Everything tasted great but after much deliberation, I’m pretty sure that these were my favorite treat from the party.  Sort of like the Avalanche Bars I posted earlier, only better!  These were white for Faith.  The recipe is from the blog called Plain Chicken.  YUMMY!  I gotta be honest, I’m gonna go eat one as … Continue reading

Dipped Rice Krispie Pops

And so here is the treat for the color orange and the value “Choice and Accountability”, another cute, easy and yummy idea from a blog called The Party Wagon.  Her pops were much more uniform looking than mine and as I’m looking at the picture of them on her blog, I’m wondering if she used … Continue reading