April 2010

Lemon Cream Cheese Tarts for My Dear Mom

April 30, 2010

For those of you who have forgotten… Mother’s Day is lurking just around the corner. This is not a joke. I am not even foolin. This past week I have been thinking a lot about my own dear Mother and all of the great things she has taught me over the years. Do you ever [...]

Healthy Oven Baked Onion Rings

April 29, 2010

Hold on to your hats everybody, I’ve got a healthy recipe for you today. Oven Baked Onion Rings are the topic of discussion on this stormy spring day. These yummy Onion Rings are a fun little project that everyone in my family loves to gobble up. Yes, even the boy who says he “hates” onions. [...]

Molten Lava Cake

April 26, 2010

Wow! That picture’s bright enough to knock your socks off, isn’t it! It just shouts out…. Eat me! Eat me! Rah Rah! Eat me! No, I wasn’t a cheer leader in high school. Those of you who know me from high school are nodding your head and thinking… “Nope, no way (chuckle, chortle) that girl is [...]

How to make your own Tiered Serving Platter for CHEAP

April 25, 2010

Hello everyone! I have a fun, inexpensive little idea for you all today. It is after all going to Mothers Day soon I thought you might enjoy a fun gift idea. I was at a wedding shower a few weeks ago and someone brought some delightful lemon squares on the most lovely tiered platter. I asked where she had [...]

Classic Spinach Salad

April 22, 2010

You might be thinking… ”Well that looks like a simple salad!” You might be thinking… ”I need some sunglasses to shield my beautiful eyes from that shockingly bright yellow egg yolk.” I know I am. You might be thinking “Gosh. I really love red onions, and Swiss cheese, and mushrooms, and boiled eggs, and BACON. Oh yes, [...]

Creamy Poppy Seed Dressing

April 21, 2010

Well, well, well. Spring is in the air everyone! (At least it has been today, who knows about tomorrow.) The way I can tell it’s spring….. 1.The hot pink color on my arms after hanging out at the park with a great friend and three sweet little boys. 2. The 30 potato bugs LittleTwinBoyAaron had squished tightly in his [...]

Light and Dark Chocolate Pinwheels Cookies

April 19, 2010

If you have been following this blog for even one teeny tiny week you know we have been chatting a lot about the beauty of a cake mix. I loved reading all of your comments about how a cake mix helps to to simplify your lives. It got my mind just a rollin over all of [...]

Parmeson Chicken w/ Spaghetti Sauce

April 16, 2010

I have a very SIMPLE meal idea for you on this Friday morning. I am in the mood for simple. This past couple of weeks I’ve been 10 different shades of frazzled. Yes. 10 different shades. Does that ever happen to you? We’ve had a lot of family events, a vacation, a holiday, baptism, birthday, a [...]

Tiered Vanilla Cake with Raspberry Filling

April 12, 2010

Here you have it! The cake I made for Emily’s birthday/baptism celebration. Does it look like the cake the dear girl picked from Flickr Photostream? Well….not really. But at least I didn’t accidentally turn it elephant gray. I have learned a bit since that bad food coloring experience. She loved the cake and we had a [...]

Healthy Corn Muffins

April 9, 2010

These wonderful corn muffins come together in a snap and have less fat than most muffins. Quick and Healthy….two things that carry a lot of weight around here. Well actually, we hope they help us NOT carry so much weight. I would be happy as a lark if these beauties could automatically shave about 5 inches [...]