February 2009

Menu Planning Monday

February 22, 2009

Here is this week’s menu plan. I never got around to making some “healthier” cookies last week, so I hope to this week. I have a couple of new soup recipes that I am going to try this week. I will post about them soon. We are also having a family dinner for my husband’s [...]

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Rice Cooker Macaroni and Cheese

February 20, 2009

Yes you read the title right, it says rice cooker macaroni and cheese. I love my rice cooker. I use it to make rice all the time. It makes great rice. It also steams vegetables really well. But did you know that you can cook other things in it. Well you can. There are several [...]

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Cooking With Kids – A Great Cookie Recipe

February 19, 2009

I need to post some healthy cooking with kids recipes, but for today here is a great cookie recipe. This recipe was one of the first recipes that my oldest daughter learned to make. Now my eight year old is making it. It was also one of the first recipes that I posted on this [...]

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My Signature Dish

February 19, 2009

Life As Mom is having a recipe swap today. The theme is your signature dish. I wasn’t going to participate in the recipe swap at first because I was not sure I really had one. But once I thought about it I think maybe I do. My Thick and Chewy Chocolate Cookies. These cookies are [...]

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Overnight Whole Wheat Breakfast Cake

February 18, 2009

My kids love hearing that we are having cake for breakfast. They think it is great. I think this recipe is great because it is a make ahead breakfast. You do all the work the night before and just place it in the oven in the morning. Recipes like this work for me. I also [...]

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Pepper Grinder

February 17, 2009

One of my favorite, yet most simple items in my kitchen is my pepper grinder. I will admit though it took me awhile to learn this. Growing up my dad always preferred using a pepper grinder. He preferred this over the preground kind most people buy. I always thought this was a silly thing and [...]

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Chocolate Malted Cookies

February 16, 2009

A friend of mine recently reminded me about this recipe. I made these cookies many times quite a few years ago. But I forgot about the recipe and had not made them in a long time. I decided to give them a try again. I can’t believe I forgot about this recipe, they are so [...]

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We Don’t Know How To Suffer

February 16, 2009

This subject has been on my mind for a while now. We have been hearing so much lately about the economy. It is everywhere in the news. You can’t miss it. There is a lot of doom and gloom talk going on right now. Many, in the media, are comparing it to the Great Depression. [...]

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Menu Planning Monday

February 15, 2009

I never made the black bean pizza last week, so you will see it on the menu again this week. We ended up having a bunch of errands to do last Friday and we got home late. I was tempted to go out to eat on the way home because I knew that I would [...]