In case you missed my post earlier this week, I shared a few thoughts on Mother’s Day. It is a keeping it real, sharing what I have been thinking, type of post. And I want to say thank you all for the nice comments and thoughts on that post. We all have so much to be thankful for! There is still a few more days [...]

I will totally admit that this week’s plan may not go at all as planned. Hopefully, by the end of the week my kitchen will be torn up and my new cabinets will be getting ready to be installed. Several of these meals are in the freezer and will just be reheated. I am freezing my chili rellenos for the first time and will let [...]

We ran out of homemade granola the other day and my daughter said, “Mom I think I will make some more homemade granola this weekend.” And I said something like, “Yes, that would be very nice of you.” In my mind though I was really thinking something like, “Yes, all those years of working with you in the kitchen, even when you did not want [...]

About halfway through this last week my daughter informed me that I was not sticking to the menu plan. And she was right, the plan did not go as planned at all. Our kitchen is a bit of a mess right now. All our appliances and my sink are currently working, but the chaos is messing a little bit with the scheduled life that I [...]

I think I have mentioned a few times how much I love using my crock pot. I have been sharing my favorite crock pot recipes every Monday, but if you are looking for even more crock pot ideas be sure to check out my crock pot board on Pinterest. There are a lot of great ideas there as well. I am keeping this week’s plan [...]

If you are cooking ham for Easter, be sure to check out my ham leftovers post that I did last week. There are a lot of delicious ideas for using ham in it. We are not having ham this weekend, so I will be skipping ham on the menu plan this week. However, I did get potatoes on sale for 99 cents for 10 pounds [...]