A Twist on Traditional Pozole

Around Christmas the center isles of the grocery store will have the big 110 oz cans of hominy and somehow I seem to come home with one because I love soups and stews and have these grand notions of making pozole. This recipe is a twist on some of the traditional flavors but incorporates one of…

What did we eat for dinner this week? 12.18.23 – 12.23.23

Hope your plans for Christmas came together nicely. I’m praying that we all find time for taking in the magic of the season and finding peace and happiness in the small and big things to come over the next week. Monday, Chicken Fajita Wraps This is another freezer meal that takes what could be chicken tacos…

What did we eat for dinner this week? 12.11.23-12.17.23

Our littlest is still sleeping on this quiet Saturday morning while I type, so my mind likes to keep thinking and dreaming about food. I love mornings with the Christmas tree all lit up and pretty in the background. Yay for Christmas!  Monday, December 11th – Chicken Tortilla Soup I love soup and tortilla soup is one…

What did we eat for dinner this week? 12.04.23-12.10.23

As a I sit here getting ready to type… it’s so hard to believe that today is Christmas Eve’s Eve. That’s right! Christmas Eve is tomorrow. We have lots of presents to wrap and cookies to make!  It’s going to be lots of fun with lots of memories made. Merry Christmas Everyone! <3   Monday, December 4th – Ham and…

Pancake Muffins

I wanted to try making some breakfast recipes that I could make on the weekend and have for the next week or pop into the freezer for busy school mornings. This one is great because it can be sweet and/or savory. Let’s Get Crafty! Ingredients:2 cups bisquick1/4 cup pancake syrup2 eggs2/3 cups milkOptional toppings (we…

Super Easy (and CHEAP) Christmas Decorating Idea

Many years ago I went to someone’s house during Christmas time and they used wrapping paper to wrap their wall pictures as Christmas decorations. I’ve wanted to give it a try and haven’t until this year when I made it a mission to find Christmas wrapping paper that I loved enough to have it on my…

What did we eat for dinner these weeks? 11.20.23-12.03.23

The past three weeks have been a blur of Thanksgiving week and being sick so it seemed easiest to group a couple weeks together. Here’s the good stuff and thank you to my husband for carrying so much of the household weight over the last couple weeks and thank goodness to the freezer meals that…

What did we eat for dinner this week? 11.13.23 – 11.19.23

This was a busy week and little planning went into several of the meals… but hey! That’s real life. I’ve noticed over the last month or so that dinnertime has felt more difficult without having many frozen meals to lean on as I’m used to. I usually like to use a few freezer meals during…

Sheet Pan Chicken with Veggies

Something I’ve been wanting to do more is make sheet pan meals. I love the idea of them and love the limited dishes. I also really like that these feel pretty healthy with the focus being meat and veggies. Let’s Get Crafty! Preheat the oven to 350 degrees We did two different pans because I…

Pumpkin Pie

Can it really be a Thanksgiving dinner without pumpkin pie? I’m not sure… I can’t remember a Thanksgiving growing up when my Mom didn’t make one. Our kids love pumpkin pie, so this recipe definitely needed to be on my blog to include in my kiddo’s cookbooks. Nothing fancy. I like the recipe straight off…