Category: What to Eat

  • Meal Plan Monday for week of March 16

    Monday B- Cereal, yogurt L- Potluck playdate. My contribution: green salad for the moms D- Salmon, corn Tuesday B-Breakfast Tacos, smoothies L- Another playdate lunch D-  (ladies discussion group) my contribution: Crockpot raspberry chipotle pork tenderloin My husband to handle the kiddos’ dinner. Wednesday B- Banana splits (frozen vanilla a yogurt, bananas, strawberries, blueberries and…

  • Dreamy creamy mac and cheese

    Oh my Goodness! I just made some macaroni and cheese that my kids and I totally loved. It was creamy and yummy and I kept stealing bites. (That was all there was left to photograph once I decided to write about it.) Can I guarantee any nutritional value? No. But can I say it was…

  • Not so good bread and super yummy bread

    Last night I attempted to make a whole wheat bread I hadn’t yet tried. It didn’t rise much and turned out to be much more dense than I had hoped. My sweet three year-old enjoyed it… but I think that was only because we put lots of honey on it. The rest of it didn’t…

  • Princess castle cake and tiara cake!

    My daughter celebrated her third birthday this weekend and, after hearing about my sister-in-law’s experience in making a few cakes just before me, I was able to learn a new secret for cake-decorating success: straws! Using straws, a few other things, and a little help from my 3 children, I was able to present these…

  • Thin Mint Ice Cream!!!

    I just made this for dessert and had to share: Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookie Ice Cream in the Vita Mix 1 cup milk (skim, 1% or 2% will work) ½ cup sugar ¼ cup nonfat dry milk 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 4 cups ice cubes 6 Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies (in addition…