My boys always look forward to homemade soft pretzels and I love making them into shamrocks during the month of March! I set the table with my same green gingham tablecloth (it washes and dries beautifully!). The platter is by Happy Everything with an old shamrock attachment and the napkin holder is Nora Fleming. I… Read More
Last week I said I was going to try to share meat free suppers each week but I botched the first installment and am about to share a meat heavy meal in this post. But, I’ve got to get all my St. Patrick’s Day things out! :-) I first made Cottage Pie MANY years ago… Read More
Over the course of Lent I am going to try to share our favorite Friday meat-free recipes for Sunday Supper. When I meal planned and grocery shopped, I didn’t realize it would be 70 degrees and sunny or likely wouldn’t have slated in a hot soup. HA! Regardless, this was a delicious meat-free, Italian take… Read More
Our annual Mardi Gras dinner at home is one of our favorite meals of the year. The boys said I need to it more often and they are right! New Orleans School of Cooking Jambalaya Once again, I made jambalaya for our main course using the recipe we learned at the New Orleans School of… Read More
I’ll be the first to admit that these meatballs were pretty involved and took some time. In spite of my overcooking them in the oven, the guys all loved this meal. Sometimes I’ll try a new recipe and they think it’s fine, but every now and again they try one and say “add this to… Read More
My guys were gathered around the TV tonight for the big game! It was unusual in that nobody invited anyone over, but usual in that we enjoyed some delicious homemade Mexican food. Knowing it would be just the four of us, I decided to dive into a somewhat complicated recipe that didn’t serve a lot… Read More
Before the boys came along, I made Symphony Brownies all.the.time. They are incredibly simple and next level delicious. And then, one day, I could no longer find Symphony Hershey Bar! I was SO excited to find them at Mother’s Wal Mart over Christmas break. I resisted the urge to buy them out, and just carried… Read More