Strawberry Love

This is for Karen, who has the same exact bowl as I do but has prettier strawberries. That, and more light.

Quick S’mores

This is a recipe by my oldest. I am making sure we get it in writing so he can refer back to it. He hopes to make more tomorrow and share them with friends at church. He made two batches today. For his first, he used milk chocolate and mint chocolate. The second had dark [...]

Stuffed French Toast

Can you think of anything you’d rather have for lunch than stuffed french toast?

Didn’t think so.
French Toast Part
1 loaf of challah, sliced into 1/2″-3/4″ slices
3/4 -1 c. milk, enough to make the eggs runny so the bread can absorb lots
8 eggs (I know, I know, but even this wasn’t enough!)
Generous 1 tsp. of vanilla (this [...]

J’s Birthday Party!

Family: more photos here on Flickr.
Woohoo!
Ok, is it sad that I didn’t realize his 6th birthday party was on the 6th? Because it didn’t connect for me until just now.
But enough of the sadness! Because the party was all about gladness.
Back up a little to the day before: the boys and I had fun prepping [...]

Beef & Mushrooms Over Noodles

3 lbs stew meat
8 oz. brown mushrooms
1 bay leaf
3 tbs. each butter and flour
1 1/3 c. beef stock
salt and pepper to taste
3 tbs. chopped fresh parsley
Finely chop half of the mushrooms and slice the rest. This is so little ones with mushroom apprehension disorder can still enjoy them and can’t pick them out.
Melt butter over [...]

Broccoli Beef

I don’t have exact measurements so I hope you’ll forgive me. But this was pretty good, if I do say so myself. Err…make that God needs the credit because He created garlic.
2 small heads broccoli, cut into bite sized pieces
1 medium red bell pepper, cut into strips
3 heaping tbs. (tablespoons!) of garlic, finely minced (maybe [...]

Blintzes, Phisch-Style

That title isn’t very appetizing, is it?!
This is a something we make for breakfast each Christmas morning for the last few years. Because we love them so much, we make them other times of the year, too, particularly when strawberries are in season. They’re not the usual blintzes, though. I once mis-read the recipe [...]

Kale Chips

Don’t balk. Trust me on this one: they’re good. Ok, well, maybe 2 out of 4 who tried them thought they were good. Since I’m one of the two, I’ll share.
All you need:
1 tbs. of olive oil or less if you have a sprayer
1 tbs. of soy sauce
1 bunch of kale
Preheat the oven to 350F.
Wash [...]

Oh Chili, Our Chili

No photos. There’s no time, sorry, maybe I’ll try for later when it’s actually done. I’m hoping for leftovers. Guesstimating the amounts below because we—hubby and I—just got happy with putting ingredients in the crock pot.
1 very large sweet onion, diced
half a head of garlic, finely minced
1 tbs. olive oil PLUS an undetermined amount of [...]

Bread Pudding With Decadence

I don’t feel well at all today. Neither did the half loaf of french bread in the pantry. I feel all flu-y and the bread felt like a brick.
Finally! That was my cue to indulge just a little.
I had a recipe for bread pudding that was all healthy and stuff. Well, it had apples [...]

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