As I have mentioned before, I am married to a lover of beans (I consider chickpeas to be beans). My hubby loves beans and I know that if he cooks dinner I can almost expect there to be beans and lots of veggies. He has been begging me to make hummus for some time now,…
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A Week of Marshmallow Treats: Oreo Marshmallow Treats
Do you know that kind of sneaky feeling you get when there is something delicious close by and you have already had your fair share of it, but you continue to slice off tiny pieces? Pretty soon all those tiny pieces that you have snitched add up to another whole piece or two. That’s me…
Trix Marshmallow Treats: A Week of Marshmallow Treats
Silly Rabbit. This post is almost exactly like my first post in “marshmallow treats week”. The only difference is that I used Trix cereal instead of Reese’s Puffs. These “treats’” are great for kids because they are so colorful and bright. It makes me happy to look at them. How could these treats not…
Reese's Puff’s Marshmallow Treats: A Week of Marshmallow Treats
I have said it before, and I’ll say it again: I love Rice Krispie Treats! They are on my top 5 list of favorite foods (along with ice cream, cheesecake, sushi, and Philly cheese steak….oh, and gummy bears. I guess that make six, but I can’t decide which one to demote off my top 5…
Sun Dried Tomato and Fresh Basil Bruschetta
Summer is coming!!!!!!!!!!!! My husband and I just planted out garden and we are super excited! We only have a tiny little amount of space on our back patio, so we filled it with herbs, a bunch of varieties of peppers, and a couple strawberry plants. Last year we had planted a bunch of tomatoes,…
Blood Orange Soda (Homemade Soda Tutorial)
Sometimes when I am walking through the soda section at a grocery store, I wish they sold really unique flavors like peach, pear, rhubarb, kiwi, blueberry, pomegranate, watermelon, apple, etc.. True, you can get these flavors at some specialty stores, but they aren’t your basic soda flavors. Well, did you know that it is actually…
Three Pea Spring Salad
I’m back!!!!!!!! I’m still recovering from mono, but I finally have the energy to be on the computer and make a post. Let me tell you, mono is long and hard. Don’t ever get it. You wont like it. I made this delicious, green, bright, springy salad before I got sick and I have been…
Katniss’s Favorite Lamb Stew with Dried Plums from the Hunger Games
Right now, a huge part of America (and maybe world) is not-so-patiently awaiting Friday March 23, 2012. The Hunger Games movie is coming out!!!! Click here to see the trailer. I read all the books very quickly when they came out and I quite enjoyed the first two (we wont talk about the third one)….
Pesto Potato Pizza ( A St. Patricks Day Pizza)
Pin It In the last post, I taught you how to make fresh pesto. Today I’m going to show you something you can do with the pesto. I have been watching Worst Cooks in America on Food Network. In the show they take people who are awful cooks and train them in the kitchen. These…
Chocolate Chipotle Chili
If you read my previous post, you will know that I competed in a chocolate and chili cook off as a church activity. Every one brought either a chocolate treat or a chili. I brought one of each. Although, I kind of colored out side of the lines and threw a little chocolate into my…
