Two (actually three) great lasagna recipes

Last night, we went to our niece Jessie’s 6th birthday party, and my sister-in-law Leslie made two fabulous lasagna recipes. (It’s possible that my perspective is a bit skewed at the moment because I’ve been eating mostly Chex Party Mix and Christmas cookies for the month of December.) I love lasagna, but I find that [...]

A couple of relatively unhealthy (but good!) chicken recipes

1. From the White Trash Cookbook (and you know that I mean that in the most positive way possible): Potato Chip Chicken – mayonnaise, cream of chicken soup and potato chips. Heaven in a rectangular glass dish: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Potato-Chip-Chicken-Casserole/Detail.aspx.  FYI – to make this dish a wee bit healthier, I added a bag of frozen broccoli [...]

Motherhood and apple pie

 
I’ve always wanted to be able to make apple pie like my sister Carolyn.  Her pie is so good, it melts in your mouth.  (My dad loved her pie, and in true Pennsylvania Dutch fashion, ate it in a bowl with milk on top, which, if you’ve never tried it, is really good.)
Of course, the [...]

A crock of *******

I’ll be honest.  I have a love/hate relationship with my crock pot.  I love knowing that dinner will be ready when I get home, and I don’t have to do anything.  But I struggle to find recipes that my family likes.  They don’t like roasts (Tim calls them “big hunks of meat”), and so many [...]

Recipe for a fun weekend

Here is a list of foods that got us through our girls’ weekend in PA:
1. Peanut butter Oreos
2. Pink ribbon bagels from Panera Bread: http://sheknows.com/blogs/alytude/2008/10/05/pink-and-berry-licious/
3. Crab dip:
2 8 oz. cream cheese (softened)
½ pint sour cream
3-4 Tbsp. mayonnaise
½ tsp. Old Bay seasoning
3 shakes garlic powder
2-3 shakes Worcestershire sauce
Juice of ½ lemon
½ tsp. dry mustard
Mix above with [...]

OMG – What can I make for dinner?

One of my on-going struggles is around how to prepare healthy meals that my family will eat, when I get home at 6:00 or later.  I have the best intentions, but there are so many days when I walk in the door and I just don’t feel like spending the next 45 minutes preparing dinner.  [...]