Category: food

  • MORNING JUICE RECIPES

    MORNING JUICE RECIPES

    You may remember from an earlier post, that my husband and I have been juicing since about January.  We started off with a juice only diet (me for 4 days, my husband for almost two weeks). Now, we still have a juice for breakfast every morning and my husband also drinks one for lunch too. I…

  • CAPRESE TORTELLINI

    CAPRESE TORTELLINI

    We recently planted our garden and I can’t wait until our tomatoes grow so that I can make all of my favorite caprese dishes. I have plenty of basil. I also want to make some mozzarella cheese-which will be a new experience, but we love fresh mozzarella around here! I could eat caprese pizza, caprese…

  • RASPBERRY JELLO PARFAIT

    RASPBERRY JELLO PARFAIT

    I love making berry desserts in the warm weather. I made these raspberry jello parfaits when we had some friends over for dinner. We just had eaten grilled steaks and garlic mashed potatoes, so a light refreshing berry dessert was perfect. And I think it’s fun when everyone gets their own individual dessert.  Raspberry Jello…

  • A LITTLE GIRL’S BIRTHDAY CAKE

    A LITTLE GIRL’S BIRTHDAY CAKE

    Last week my little girl turned two. For her birthday cake I used this delicious recipe, but instead of making it an ice cream cake, I added in a layer of homemade cream cheese frosting. I used edible gold sprinkles and decorated with some little woodland animals I got at Michael’s then spray painted gold. She loved…

  • BLACK BEAN + SWEET POTATO SLIDERS

    BLACK BEAN + SWEET POTATO SLIDERS

    My husband and I eat mostly vegetarian, so we are always trying new recipes that we AND our kids will like. One day I was looking around for some vegetable sandwich recipes and saw one that used sweet potatoes for the buns. I thought I would give it a try on our favorite black bean burgers.…

  • GRUYERE + APPLE GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH

    GRUYERE + APPLE GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH

    Another grilled cheese sandwich we made to commemorate National Grilled Cheese month is the gruyere and apple. I had some left over gruyere from the other grilled cheese sandwich, so it was perfect. We loved both sandwiches for their sweet and salty combination. (Again, we paired this sandwich with our favorite natural sea salt and…

  • GOUDA + PEACH GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH

    GOUDA + PEACH GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH

    Did you know that April is National Grilled Cheese month? I found out while shopping at the grocery store. I saw some recipes and signs for grilled cheese sandwiches near the cheese section. My grocery store has an amazing specialty cheese section so I love buying nice cheeses. And my kids love all the samples-however, they don’t…

  • CLASSIC BROWNIES

    CLASSIC BROWNIES

    While visiting my sister, her mother-in-law made these delicious brownies… she and I have a lot in common, we share a love for good pizza, brownies and chocolate cake! 🙂 As soon as I got home, I had to make these brownies for my husband. Classic Browniesrecipe source: (here)Ingredients:1 1/4 cups cake flour3/4 teaspoon baking…

  • homemade hot cocoa

    homemade hot cocoa

    Yesterday, school and work were cancelled because of a snow storm, so it was the perfect day to sit inside drinking hot cocoa. My husband and the boys spent time snow blowing the driveway and having a snowball fight. I took the much warmer task of making the hot cocoa for when they were done.…