The girls all came over to my house last night for our weekly activity where I gave them some school lunch ideas and then we made some no bake treats. The genesis for all these lunch ideas came from a blog called “Easy Lunchboxes”. Her blog is amazing so I would recommend checking it out … Continue reading
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
Today is my 27th anniversary! 27 years ago I married my sweetie and best friend Bob! We celebrated on Monday night by going out to dinner at La Jolla Groves restaurant in the Riverwoods and then we went up and spent the night at the Homestead resort in Midway. After we checked out Tuesday … Continue reading
So, I was craving muffins this morning (oh, who am I kidding? I crave muffins EVERY morning!) and wanted a quick and easy recipe so I went right to Betty Crocker’s website and found this one. Quick, easy and delicious! 1 egg 2 cups Original Bisquick mix 1 1/4 cups mashed very ripe bananas (2 … Continue reading
This recipe comes from a website called “Tasty Kitchen”. They are super simple and super delicious! 🙂 1 cup Nutella 1/2 cup sugar 1 cup flour 1 egg (the batter was so crumbly that I couldn’t get it to stick together to form balls so I added another egg) Preheat oven to 350. Blend all … Continue reading
Today is my son Zach’s 24th birthday! And he requested this cake which I have made for him before on previous birthdays. It is a Kraft recipe and is pretty quick and easy to make and looks pretty impressive and is really tasty! cake: 1 Devil’s food cake mix + ingredients listed on box to … Continue reading
My friend LaRobyn and I go to the Taste of Home Cooking School almost every year when it comes to our area. We just went on Tuesday, September 11 and for the first time since we’ve been going, I won a bag of groceries! They give all kinds of prizes away including all of the … Continue reading
I’ve been working so much that we haven’t really been able to make many cakes this year but my friend Charles at work got engaged so I asked him if we could help out and make the cake and they said yes so here it is! They had a whimsical color scheme with lots of … Continue reading
So there you have the Personal Progress treat party, all set up and ready to go on my deck counter. For those of you keeping score, you will notice that I have only posted 7 treats so here is the very last one: and they are Pots of Gold Brownie Cups for the color gold … Continue reading
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
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